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Grade 4 Word problems — Everyday practice

Word problems turn real situations into mathematical operations. Work steadily and show a few steps for problems that need them.

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Grade 4 Word problems — Everyday 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. A library gets 30 boxes with 17 books each, then donates 3. How many remain?
  2. A team runs 14 miles each week for 23 weeks, plus 22 more miles. Total miles?
  3. A class buys 33 notebooks at $28 each and 9 pens at $2 each. Total cost?
  4. A class buys 17 notebooks at $21 each and 21 pens at $2 each. Total cost?
  5. A library gets 34 boxes with 20 books each, then donates 14. How many remain?
  6. A library gets 27 boxes with 29 books each, then donates 24. How many remain?
  7. A library gets 38 boxes with 19 books each, then donates 17. How many remain?
  8. 312 crayons go into 24 packs. Then 25 crayons are added. How many now?
  9. A library gets 28 boxes with 15 books each, then donates 3. How many remain?
  10. 588 crayons go into 28 packs. Then 14 crayons are added. How many now?
  11. A team runs 33 miles each week for 19 weeks, plus 13 more miles. Total miles?
  12. A library gets 38 boxes with 18 books each, then donates 8. How many remain?
  13. A team runs 18 miles each week for 23 weeks, plus 19 more miles. Total miles?
  14. A library gets 26 boxes with 28 books each, then donates 23. How many remain?
  15. A class buys 20 notebooks at $17 each and 11 pens at $2 each. Total cost?
  16. There are 14 red and 9 blue pencils in each of 14 boxes. How many pencils?
  17. There are 22 red and 7 blue pencils in each of 22 boxes. How many pencils?
  18. There are 21 red and 15 blue pencils in each of 11 boxes. How many pencils?
  19. A team runs 20 miles each week for 6 weeks, plus 20 more miles. Total miles?
  20. A team runs 37 miles each week for 30 weeks, plus 7 more miles. Total miles?

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  1. 1. 507
  2. 2. 344
  3. 3. $942.00
  4. 4. $399.00
  5. 5. 666
  6. 6. 759
  7. 7. 705
  8. 8. 337
  9. 9. 417
  10. 10. 602
  11. 11. 640
  12. 12. 676
  13. 13. 433
  14. 14. 705
  15. 15. $362.00
  16. 16. 322
  17. 17. 638
  18. 18. 396
  19. 19. 140
  20. 20. 1,117

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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