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Grade 4 Word problems — Gentle practice

Word problems turn real situations into mathematical operations. Start with accessible examples. Give extra time for thinking and use a visual model whenever helpful.

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Grade 4 Word problems — Gentle practice

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20 questions

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

  1. There are 22 red and 10 blue pencils in each of 9 boxes. How many pencils?
  2. There are 14 red and 15 blue pencils in each of 7 boxes. How many pencils?
  3. A class buys 24 notebooks at $13 each and 6 pens at $2 each. Total cost?
  4. A library gets 26 boxes with 8 books each, then donates 3. How many remain?
  5. A class buys 16 notebooks at $15 each and 16 pens at $2 each. Total cost?
  6. A team runs 24 miles each week for 5 weeks, plus 13 more miles. Total miles?
  7. A library gets 18 boxes with 19 books each, then donates 6. How many remain?
  8. A team runs 19 miles each week for 5 weeks, plus 3 more miles. Total miles?
  9. There are 25 red and 8 blue pencils in each of 3 boxes. How many pencils?
  10. A library gets 19 boxes with 16 books each, then donates 10. How many remain?
  11. 442 crayons go into 26 packs. Then 5 crayons are added. How many now?
  12. A class buys 17 notebooks at $14 each and 9 pens at $2 each. Total cost?
  13. A library gets 19 boxes with 12 books each, then donates 3. How many remain?
  14. A library gets 19 boxes with 17 books each, then donates 16. How many remain?
  15. 253 crayons go into 23 packs. Then 10 crayons are added. How many now?
  16. A class buys 23 notebooks at $16 each and 16 pens at $2 each. Total cost?
  17. There are 17 red and 19 blue pencils in each of 9 boxes. How many pencils?
  18. 399 crayons go into 21 packs. Then 6 crayons are added. How many now?
  19. A team runs 20 miles each week for 7 weeks, plus 13 more miles. Total miles?
  20. A class buys 24 notebooks at $7 each and 14 pens at $2 each. Total cost?

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  1. 1. 288
  2. 2. 203
  3. 3. $324.00
  4. 4. 205
  5. 5. $272.00
  6. 6. 133
  7. 7. 336
  8. 8. 98
  9. 9. 99
  10. 10. 294
  11. 11. 447
  12. 12. $256.00
  13. 13. 225
  14. 14. 307
  15. 15. 263
  16. 16. $400.00
  17. 17. 324
  18. 18. 405
  19. 19. 153
  20. 20. $196.00

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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