Word Problems: 4th Grade

Grade level

4th grade

Time

About 30 minutes

Topic

Math word problems

Answer key

Yes, page 2 of the PDF

Kids practice

Reading word problems, Choosing the operation, Showing work, Multi-step reasoning

What kids do

“Read each problem twice. Plan the steps. Show your work. Write the answer.”

Printed on the sheet:

1. 1 A school orders 12 boxes of pencils with 24 pencils in each box. It gives 150 pencils to the 4th grade. How many pencils are left?
2. 2 Tickets cost $8 for kids and $12 for adults. How much do 3 kids and 2 adults pay in all?
3. 3 A farmer has 156 eggs. He packs them in cartons of 12. How many cartons does he fill?
4. 4 Lily reads 35 pages a day for 6 days. Her book has 250 pages. How many pages does she still have to read?
5. 5 98 students go on a field trip. Each bus holds 40 students. How many buses do they need?

Words on this sheet

pencilscartonspagesbuses

Teacher tip

Point kids to the remainder problem and ask what the leftover means in the story before they write the answer.

How to use it

• Read each problem out loud for kids who are still building reading skills.
• Teach a routine: read it, picture it, circle the question, solve, check.
• Do the first problem together under a document camera, then let kids finish on their own.

Watch for

Kids who grab the numbers and add without reading. Ask them to retell the story first.

Talk about it

• Does your answer make sense in the story?
• Which problem was the hardest? What made it hard?

Take it further

Pick one problem and change one number. How does the answer change?

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