Scale
Which is bigger: a real elephant or a toy elephant?
What is...a real elephant
There are 8 birds in a tree. 3 more birds fly in. How many birds are there now?
What is... 11 birds
You have 2 red blocks and 4 blue blocks. Which color do you have more of?
What is... blue blocks
A drawing of a dinosaur is 2 feet long. A larger drawing is 4 feet long. Which drawing is larger?
What is... the 4 foot drawing
A classroom has 24 pencils. 9 pencils are used. How many pencils are left?
What is... 15 pencils
One plant needs 2 cups of water. How many cups would 3 plants need if they all need the same amount?
What is...6 cups
A model car is 10 inches long. The real car is 10 times longer. How long is the real car?
What is... 100 inches
There are 5 boxes with 4 markers in each box. How many markers are there altogether?
What is...20 markers
If 1 pizza feeds 4 people, how many people can 3 pizzas feed?
What is...12 people
A scientist makes a model of a cell that is 5 inches wide. The real cell is much smaller. Is the model larger or smaller than the real cell?
What is...Larger
A scientist counts 36 rocks. Another scientist counts 24 rocks. How many more rocks does the first scientist have?
What is... 12 rocks
A recipe uses 2 cups of flour for every 1 cup of sugar. If you use 4 cups of flour, how much sugar do you need?
What is... 2 cups
Imagine shrinking your classroom to the size of a shoebox. What happened to the scale of the classroom?
What is... It got smaller/It shrunk in scale.
A scientist collects 6 samples each day for 5 days. How many samples does the scientist collect?
What is... 30 samples
A class has 10 students who like apples and 5 students who like oranges. If the number of apple-lovers doubles, how many students would like apples?
What is...20 students