Solving Multi-Step Math Word Problems for Grade 4

A bakery made 120 cookies. They packed them into boxes of 6 cookies each. How many boxes did they use? If they sold 15 boxes, how many cookies are left?

• 30 cookies

• 40 cookies

• 35 cookies

• 25 cookies

Sarah has 48 apples. She wants to divide them equally among her 8 friends. After giving the apples away, she buys 3 more bags of apples, each containing 6 apples. How many apples does she have now?

• 24

• 36

• 12

• 18

A farmer has 250 strawberries. He wants to put them into baskets that hold 10 strawberries each. After filling the baskets, he gives away 5 baskets. How many strawberries does he have left?

• 250

• 200

• 210

• 195

In a classroom, there are 32 students. If each student needs 4 pencils for the school year, how many pencils are needed in total? If the school buys 100 pencils, how many will be left after distributing them?

• -28

• 50

• -12

• 72

A toy store has 150 toys. They sell 25 toys each day. How many toys will be left after 4 days of sales? If they receive a new shipment of 50 toys, how many toys will they have then?

• 75 toys

• 50 toys

• 100 toys

• 125 toys

A library has 300 books. They donate 75 books to a local school. If they then buy 50 new books, how many books does the library have now?

• 250

• 275

• 200

• 325

A gardener plants 5 rows of flowers with 12 flowers in each row. If 10 flowers die, how many flowers are still alive?

• 70

• 40

• 60

• 50

A pizza shop made 200 slices of pizza. If they sell 25 slices each hour, how many slices will be left after 6 hours?

• 25 slices

• 75 slices

• 100 slices

• 50 slices

A school has 120 students going on a field trip. If they can fit 15 students in each bus, how many buses are needed? If 2 buses are canceled, how many students will be left without a bus?

• 30

• 45

• 60

• 15

A pet store has 80 fish. They sell 12 fish each week. How many fish will be left after 3 weeks? If they receive 20 new fish, how many fish will they have in total?

• 64

• 72

• 60

• 80