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The fourth-grade students at Petway School are going on a field trip.  There are 68 students on each of the 4 buses.  How many students are going on the field trip?

272 students

100

Write a comparison sentence.

108 = 9 X 12

108 is 9 times as many as 12.

100

At the dog show, there are 4 times as many boxers as spaniels.  If there are a total of 30 dogs, how many dogs are spaniels?

6 spaniels

100

Find the product.

8 X 2000 = n

16000

100

Find the estimated product.

4 X 86 = n

360

200

There are 5,280 feet in one mile.  Fatima likes to walk 5 miles each week for exercise.  How many feet does Fatima walk each week?

26,400 feet

200

Write a comparison sentence.

8 X 4 = 32

8 times as many as 4 is 32.

200

There are 5 times as many yellow labs as terriers in the dog park.  If there are 18 dogs at the dog park, how many yellow labs are there?

15 yellow labs

200

Find the product.

7 X 60,000 = n

420,000

200

Find the estimated product.

2 X 567 = n

1,200

300

What is the value of the digit 4 in 46,000?

40,000

300

Write an equation.

4 times as many as 7 is 28.

4 X 7 = 28

300
Nick has 3 times as many guppies as goldfish.  If he has 28 fish, how many guppies does he have?

21 guppies

300

Find the product.

9 X 800,000 = n

7,200,000

300

Find the product.

6 X 582 = n

3,492

400

Find the estimated product and the actual product.

7 X 439 = n

Estimate: 2,800

Product: 3,073

400

Write an equation.16 is 8 times as many as 2.

16 = 8 X 2

400

Jill saw 5 times as many robins as cardinals while bird watching.  She saw a total of 24 birds.  How many more robins did she see than cardinals?

16 more robins

400

Find the product.

20 X 300 = n

6,000

400

Find the product.

8 X 684 = n

5,472

500

Use mental math and properties to find the product.

(4 x 9) x 250 = n

9,000

500

Cooper has 14 goldfish.  Nando has 7 goldfish.  Write an equation to show how many times as many goldfish Cooper has than Nando.

2 X 7 = 14

500

Evan’s dog weighs 7 times as much as Oxana’s dog. Together, the dogs weigh 72 pounds. How much does Evan’s dog weigh?

63 pounds

500

Find the product.

50 X 7,000 = n

350,000

500

The gift shop as the animal park orders 3 boxes of toy animals.  Each box has 1,250 toy animals.  How many toy animals does the shop order?

The shop ordered 3,750 animals.

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