πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🚐 Remainder stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
147 kids going on a trip. Each boat holds 11. How many boats are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ boats
2Lily buys 4 packs of stickers with 8 in each pack, then shares them equally among 9 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
392 kids going on a trip. Each boat holds 10. How many boats are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ boats
4Omar buys 4 packs of stickers with 8 in each pack, then shares them equally among 6 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
5Omar shares 77 cards equally among 6 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
6Aiden shares 146 apples equally among 11 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
7Maya has 117 stickers and puts 6 in each bag. How many bags can Maya fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
8Zoe buys 7 packs of stickers with 10 in each pack, then shares them equally among 7 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
9Omar has 43 stickers and puts 4 in each bag. How many bags can Omar fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
10Maya shares 27 beads equally among 4 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
11Zoe has 124 stickers and puts 10 in each bag. How many bags can Zoe fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
12Maya has 64 stickers and puts 5 in each bag. How many bags can Maya fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
Answer key: Remainder stories
- 1. 5 boats
- 2. 3
- 3. 10 boats
- 4. 5
- 5. 5
- 6. 3
- 7. 19 bags
- 8. 10
- 9. 10 bags
- 10. 3
- 11. 12 bags
- 12. 12 bags
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