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
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- 1.A school buys 5 boxes of 28 pencils and gives 20 pencils to another class. How many pencils remain?
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- 2.A fundraiser collected $155 on Monday and $101 on Tuesday, then spent $15 on supplies. How much money remains?
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- 3.168 seedlings are shared equally among 7 gardens. Each garden then receives 20 more seedlings. How many seedlings does each garden have?
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- 4.A school buys 8 boxes of 15 pencils and gives 21 pencils to another class. How many pencils remain?
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- 5.A fundraiser collected $261 on Monday and $165 on Tuesday, then spent $9 on supplies. How much money remains?
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- 6.342 seedlings are shared equally among 9 gardens. Each garden then receives 20 more seedlings. How many seedlings does each garden have?
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Show answer key
- Question 1: 120
- Question 2: $241
- Question 3: 44
- Question 4: 99
- Question 5: $417
- Question 6: 58
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- 1.A baker makes 12 trays of muffins, and each tray holds 8 muffins. If he sells 40 muffins in the morning, how many muffins does he have left?
- 2.A school library has 9 shelves with 12 books on each shelf. If the librarian adds 15 new books to the collection, how many books are in the library now?
- 3.A teacher has 84 pencils to share equally among 7 students. After each student receives their pencils, the teacher finds 5 more pencils in her desk. How many pencils does each student have if they are not included in the extra 5?
- 4.Sarah has 4 packs of stickers with 11 stickers in each pack. She gives 9 stickers to her friend. How many stickers does Sarah have left?
- 5.A farmer harvested 96 apples and put them into 8 equal baskets. If he then eats 3 apples, how many apples are left in the baskets total?
- 6.There are 6 boxes of markers, and each box contains 12 markers. If 7 markers are broken and thrown away, how many markers are left?
Full range of grade expectations
Solve each problem. Show your work.
- 1.A local bakery baked 14 trays of cookies, and each tray holds 12 cookies. If they sell 85 cookies in the morning, how many cookies are left to sell?
- 2.Sarah has 4/10 of a meter of blue ribbon and 3 5/100 of a meter of red ribbon. Which ribbon is longer, and what is the total length of both ribbons combined in hundredths?
- 3.A school library has 432 books to be packed into boxes. Each box can hold 8 books. If the librarian has already packed 30 boxes, how many more boxes are needed to pack all the books?
- 4.A carpenter is building a square frame. If one side of the frame measures 45 degrees at the corner and he needs to double the length of two sides to 90 inches each, what is the total length of those two sides combined?
- 5.A farmer harvested 126 apples. He kept 18 apples for his family and divided the rest equally into 6 baskets. How many apples are in each basket?
- 6.A runner completed 3/4 of a race. If the race is 12 kilometers long, how many kilometers has the runner finished, and how many kilometers does she have left to run?
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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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.