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Grade 4 Word problems — Stretch your thinking

Word problems turn real situations into mathematical operations. Try the more demanding numbers. Estimate first, then explain your method and verify.

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Grade 4 Word problems — Stretch your thinking

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20 questions

Directions: Read the story once for meaning and again for quantities. Write your answer for each problem.

  1. A team runs 52 miles each week for 39 weeks, plus 4 more miles. Total miles?
  2. A library gets 49 boxes with 7 books each, then donates 15. How many remain?
  3. A class buys 53 notebooks at $20 each and 9 pens at $2 each. Total cost?
  4. 280 crayons go into 14 packs. Then 27 crayons are added. How many now?
  5. A library gets 49 boxes with 11 books each, then donates 5. How many remain?
  6. A class buys 39 notebooks at $48 each and 24 pens at $2 each. Total cost?
  7. 480 crayons go into 16 packs. Then 28 crayons are added. How many now?
  8. A class buys 49 notebooks at $14 each and 32 pens at $2 each. Total cost?
  9. 432 crayons go into 27 packs. Then 11 crayons are added. How many now?
  10. 306 crayons go into 51 packs. Then 4 crayons are added. How many now?
  11. A class buys 25 notebooks at $25 each and 11 pens at $2 each. Total cost?
  12. 1,360 crayons go into 40 packs. Then 28 crayons are added. How many now?
  13. There are 39 red and 41 blue pencils in each of 25 boxes. How many pencils?
  14. There are 44 red and 43 blue pencils in each of 32 boxes. How many pencils?
  15. A library gets 13 boxes with 25 books each, then donates 15. How many remain?
  16. A library gets 52 boxes with 37 books each, then donates 10. How many remain?
  17. A library gets 32 boxes with 37 books each, then donates 30. How many remain?
  18. A team runs 42 miles each week for 10 weeks, plus 21 more miles. Total miles?
  19. A library gets 55 boxes with 6 books each, then donates 41. How many remain?
  20. There are 32 red and 17 blue pencils in each of 36 boxes. How many pencils?

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  1. 1. 2,032
  2. 2. 328
  3. 3. $1078.00
  4. 4. 307
  5. 5. 534
  6. 6. $1920.00
  7. 7. 508
  8. 8. $750.00
  9. 9. 443
  10. 10. 310
  11. 11. $647.00
  12. 12. 1,388
  13. 13. 2,000
  14. 14. 2,784
  15. 15. 310
  16. 16. 1,914
  17. 17. 1,154
  18. 18. 441
  19. 19. 289
  20. 20. 1,764

How to help with this skill

Fourth graders practice larger numbers, fractions, decimals and multi-step reasoning. Encourage estimation as a way to check answers.

  • Read the story once for meaning and again for quantities.
  • Ask what is known and what is missing; draw a quick model.
  • Write an equation, solve it, and label the answer with units.

Try this: Tell the story back without the numbers before solving it.

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