4th Grade Multistep Word Problems Worksheets with Answers (Free PDF)

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This 4th grade multi step word problems worksheet covers multistep word problems (Common Core 4.OA.A.3), with a free PDF to print.

Key takeaway: This worksheet helps fourth grade students practice multistep word problems with whole numbers.

Topic: Multistep Word Problems (4th grade)
Content: 20 worksheet problems, from easy to challenging
Standards: 4.OA.A.3
Answers: On a separate page, so you can try every worksheet problem first
Format: Free printable PDF, US Letter, black and white

This worksheet helps fourth grade students practice multistep word problems with whole numbers. Also, students write equations with letters, decide what to do with remainders, and use estimation to check their answers.

There are 20 problems. The first six use two steps with addition, subtraction, and multiplication, and the next five add division and remainders. Then, one problem asks for an estimate, and the last eight use three steps, including stadium seats, a road trip, a bake sale, field trip vans, and a reasonableness check. Also, allow about 35 minutes, and show each step.

These 20 problems practice multistep word problems with whole numbers (Common Core 4.OA.A.3). You will use all four operations, write equations with a letter for the unknown, and decide what to do with remainders. Estimation checks whether an answer is reasonable. Harder problems come last.

Grade 4 · Common Core State Standards: 4.OA.A.3

4th grade multi step word problems worksheet: worksheet problems 1 to 10

1 – Packs of stickers

Maya has 15 stickers. She buys 3 packs with 8 stickers in each pack. Write an equation with the letter s for the total number of stickers and solve it.

2 – Pages read

Jamal reads 24 pages each day for 5 days. On the sixth day he reads 18 pages. How many pages does he read in all?

3 – Money left

Sofia has $50 and buys 4 notebooks.

Sofia has $50. She buys 4 notebooks that cost $6 each. How much money does she have left?

4 – Sold bags of apples

Now, a farmer puts 36 apples equally into 4 bags. She sells 3 of the bags. How many apples does she sell?

5 – Card collection

Noah has 14 cards. Ethan has 3 times as many.

Noah has 14 baseball cards. Ethan has 3 times as many cards as Noah. How many cards do the two boys have in all?

6 – Balloons

Priya buys 6 packs of balloons with 12 balloons in each pack. She also has 7 loose balloons. Write an equation with the letter b for the total number of balloons and solve it.

7 – Ticket prices

Next, at a school play, adult tickets cost $12 and child tickets cost $7. The Garcia family buys 3 adult tickets and 5 child tickets. What is the total cost?

Worksheet problem 8 and after

8 – Cupcake boxes

Then, a bakery packs 144 cupcakes equally into boxes of 6. It sells 9 boxes. How many boxes are left?

9 – Canoes

Now, there are 75 students at a camp. Each canoe holds 4 students. How many canoes are needed so that every student has a seat?

10 – Ribbon bows

Mei has 100 inches of ribbon. She cuts it into pieces that are each 8 inches long to make bows. How many complete pieces can she cut?

Worksheet problems 11 and up

11 – Leftover cards

Diego has 53 baseball cards. He puts the same number of cards on each of 6 pages and keeps the extra cards in his pocket. How many cards are in his pocket?

12 – Estimate and solve

Round $19 to $20 and $52 to $50.

Aisha buys 4 shirts at $19 each and a pair of shoes for $52. Estimate the total cost by rounding each price to the nearest ten dollars. Then find the exact total.

13 – Farmers market apples

Then, a farmers market sold 245 pounds of apples on Saturday. On Sunday it sold 2 times as many pounds as on Saturday. All the apples were packed in 5-pound bags. How many bags were packed?

Pounds of apples sold.

14 – School store pencils

Now, the school store opens 8 packs of pencils with 12 pencils in each pack. It sells 3 pencils to each of 25 students. How many pencils are left?

15 – Team uniforms

Also, a Little League team buys 8 shirts at $14 each and 8 hats at $9 each. The coach pays with two $100 bills. How much change does the coach get?

16 – Empty seats

First, a stadium has 3 sections with 1,250 seats each and one smaller section with 875 seats. For a game, 3,980 tickets were sold. How many seats are empty?

Worksheet problem 17 and after

17 – Road trip plan

Priya’s family plans a 1,260-mile road trip. They drive 360 miles on the first day. They drive the same number of miles on each of the next 4 days to finish. How many miles do they drive each of those days?

Day 1 is 360 miles. The next 4 days are equal.

18 – Cookie bake sale

Sofia bakes 144 cookies and puts 8 cookies in each bag. She sells each bag for $3. How much money does she earn if she sells all the bags?

19 – Field trip vans

Now, a third-grade class has 138 students, and 5 teachers go on a field trip. Each van holds 9 people. What is the fewest number of vans needed?

20 – Is it reasonable?

Also, a library has 2,450 books. It adds 3 boxes with 128 books in each box and then removes 275 old books. Noah calculates (2,450 + 128) × 3 − 275 and gets 7,459. Use an estimate to show that his answer is not reasonable, then find the correct number of books.

Key facts behind this 4th grade multi step word problems worksheet

Key facts

A multistep problem uses two or more of the four operations.
Next, use a letter for the unknown and write an equation, such as b = 6 × 24 − 37.
Solve one step at a time and write units with each answer.
Interpret a remainder by rereading the question: drop it, round up, or use it as the answer.
Check with estimation by rounding the numbers and doing the same steps.

Common mistakes with this 4th grade multi step word problems worksheet

Students divide and give the quotient when everyone needs a seat. If 30 students ride in canoes that hold 4, the leftover students still need a canoe, so round up.
Students answer the wrong question when a story asks about leftovers. Also, if a question asks for extra items, the answer is the remainder.
Students forget one group in a total. Instead, when a story has several sections, add every section before you subtract.
Students trust a calculation without an estimate. Also, round each number, and you will see whether the answer is far too large.

Tips before you start the worksheet problems

Underline the final question first. Then go back and find the steps that lead to it. Repeat this habit on every problem for the best results.
Write a short label after each number, such as muffins or dollars. Also, labels keep the steps from mixing together.
Teachers can ask students to compare two different equations for the same story and explain why both work.

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4th grade multi step word problems worksheet: frequently asked questions

How do you check a multistep answer for reasonableness?

Round every number and repeat the steps with the rounded values. So, for 3 shirts at 19 dollars and a hat for 11 dollars, round to 20 and 10. The estimate is 70 dollars, so an exact total near 68 dollars fits.

How do you find change from two bills?

Add the two bills to find the amount paid, then subtract the cost. Two 50 dollar bills make 100 dollars. If the items cost 87 dollars, the change is 13 dollars. A quick check like this takes only a few seconds and prevents most errors.

When do you use the remainder as the answer?

Use the remainder when the question asks how many are left over. If 47 cards go on pages of 5, each page gets 9 and 2 are left. The cards left over are the remainder, which is 2.

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