Grade 4 Word Problems Worksheets
Free printable word problems practice for Grade 4 students. Generate problems, solve them on screen or paper, and download as PDF.
Practice Worksheet
Grade 4 Word Problems Practice
Solve each problem. Show your work.
- 1.A school buys 5 boxes of 14 pencils and gives 6 pencils to another class. How many pencils remain?
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- 2.A fundraiser collected $169 on Monday and $115 on Tuesday, then spent $9 on supplies. How much money remains?
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- 3.297 seedlings are shared equally among 9 gardens. Each garden then receives 9 more seedlings. How many seedlings does each garden have?
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- 4.A school buys 6 boxes of 13 pencils and gives 19 pencils to another class. How many pencils remain?
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- 5.A fundraiser collected $260 on Monday and $164 on Tuesday, then spent $8 on supplies. How much money remains?
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- 6.84 seedlings are shared equally among 6 gardens. Each garden then receives 4 more seedlings. How many seedlings does each garden have?
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Show answer key
- Question 1: 64
- Question 2: $275
- Question 3: 42
- Question 4: 59
- Question 5: $416
- Question 6: 18
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Build confidence with approachable problems
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- 1.A baker makes 12 trays of muffins with 12 muffins on each tray. If he sells 45 muffins in the morning, how many muffins does he have left?
- 2.A school library has 4 shelves, and each shelf holds 25 books. If the librarian adds 15 new books to the collection, how many books are there in total?
- 3.A box contains 84 crayons. If you divide the crayons equally among 7 students and then each student gives away 2 crayons, how many crayons does each student have now?
- 4.A gardener plants 9 rows of flowers with 11 flowers in each row. If 18 of the flowers wilt, how many healthy flowers remain?
- 5.A teacher has 96 pencils. She gives 40 pencils to the art room and then divides the remaining pencils equally into 8 containers. How many pencils are in each container?
- 6.A toy store receives 6 boxes of dolls. Each box contains 12 dolls. If the store sells 30 dolls, how many dolls are left in the store?
A selection of topic skills
Solve each problem. Show your work.
- 1.A local bakery baked 14 trays of muffins, and each tray holds 12 muffins. If they sell 85 muffins in the morning, how many muffins are left?
- 2.Sarah has a ribbon that is 8/10 of a meter long. Her friend Maya has a ribbon that is 7 5/100 of a meter long. Who has the longer ribbon and by how much?
- 3.A school library has 432 books to be shared equally among 9 bookshelves. If each shelf currently has 12 books on it, how many books will be on each shelf after the new books are added?
- 4.An architect is designing a courtyard. She needs to place a stone at an angle of 45 degrees, but decides to increase the angle by 30 degrees. What is the final angle of the stone?
- 5.A farmer harvested 450 apples. He put them into crates that hold 25 apples each. If he sells 12 crates to a grocery store, how many crates does he have left?
- 6.A relay race team ran 3/4 of a mile on Monday and 2/8 of a mile on Tuesday. How many total miles did they run? (Hint: Find a common denominator first.)
What Your Child Will Learn
Grade 4 word problems increase in complexity with larger numbers and problems requiring three or more steps to solve. Students learn to break a complex problem into smaller sub-questions, solving each part before combining the results, and to organize their work so each step is clear and checkable.
Bar models and other diagrams remain central strategies, now applied to problems involving fractions and decimals as well as whole numbers. Students practise estimating an answer before calculating precisely, which helps catch errors when a multi-step solution goes off track partway through. Problems increasingly draw on measurement and data contexts, requiring students to interpret a table or graph as part of extracting the information needed to solve.
Skills Covered
- Breaking multi-step problems into smaller sub-questions
- Organizing written work to track each step of a solution
- Using bar models for problems involving fractions and decimals
- Estimating an answer before calculating precisely
- Extracting information from tables and graphs to solve problems
- Solving three-step word problems involving mixed operations
Curriculum Aligned: A cross-strand focus connecting Strand B (Number) with the mathematical processes of problem-solving, reflecting, and communicating a solution clearly.
Parent Tip: Encourage your child to solve multi-step problems on paper with each step numbered or boxed separately — untangling one step at a time prevents the overwhelm of trying to do everything at once.
What your child will practice
- Whole Numbers to 10,000Read, represent, compose, and decompose whole numbers up to and including 10,000.
- Comparing Large NumbersCompare and order whole numbers up to and including 10,000.
- Fractions and DecimalsRepresent fractions from halves to twelfths using various models, and explain relationships between them.
- Equivalent FractionsDetermine equivalent fractions using a variety of tools and strategies.
- Decimals IntroductionRead, represent, compare, and order decimal tenths.
- Multiplication Facts to 12x12Recall multiplication facts up to 12 √ó 12 and related division facts.
- Division FactsRecall division facts related to multiplication facts up to 12 √ó 12.
- Multi-digit MultiplicationMultiply two-digit whole numbers by one-digit whole numbers using various strategies.
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Check my workFrequently Asked Questions
Why does my child struggle with word problems?
Word problems require reading comprehension plus math skills. Teach a systematic approach: read carefully, identify what's asked, find the key information, choose an operation, and check the answer.
How can I help my child with word problems?
Practice identifying keywords (total, difference, each, shared equally). Draw pictures or diagrams. Start with simple one-step problems and gradually increase complexity.
Are word problems more important than computation?
Both are essential. Word problems show how math applies to real situations and develop critical thinking. Strong computation skills make word problems easier to solve.