Multiplicative Comparisons
Sam ate 14 pieces of candy. This was two times as many pieces as Jodi ate. What expression shows how many pieces of candy Jodi ate?
14 x 2
14 / 2
14 + 2
14 - 2
14 / 2 (fourteen divided by two)
375 / 5 =
75
Elisa baked 25 cookies for her family. She will put them in bundles of 5 to share them equally with her family members. How many family members will she be able to share with?
25 / 5 = 5 family members
8 x 2,021 = b
b = 16,168
Cecelia has 39 outfits for her doll. For her birthday, her parents are going to buy her 3 new outfits. However, they will ask her to get rid of 5 old outfits to make room for the new ones. How many doll outfits will she have then?
Cecelia will have 37 doll outfits.
39 + 3 = 42 doll outfits
42 - 5 = 37 doll outfits
There are 20 tennis balls in the bucket. This is 4 times as many as the number of basketballs in the bucket. Write an equation that shows the number of basketballs in the bucket.
20 / 4 = 5 basketballs (twenty divided by four equals five basketballs)
692 / 4 =
173
Francis clips coupons each week. She stores them in envelopes with 20 in each envelope. If she clips a total of 200 coupons, how many envelopes will she have?
200 / 20 = 10 envelopes (200 coupons divided into groups of 20 per envelope equals 10 envelopes)
692 x 7 = a
a = 4,844
Alex scored 12 more points than Ferdinand on their favorite video game. Ferdinand scored 23 points. How many points did Alex score?
Alex scored 35 points.
23 + 12 = 35 points
There are 4 times as many black cars as there are blue cars in the parking lot. There are 12 blue cars. How many black cars are there in the parking lot?
12 x 4 = 48 black cars in the parking lot
What is the remainder?
407 / 3 =
2
(135 r. 2)
Daniel puts all 184 of his Pokemon cards in an album with 8 cards on each page. How many pages does his album have in it?
184 / 8 = 23 pages (184 cards divided into groups of 8 per page equals 23 pages)
2003 x 3 = k
k = 6,009
Find the product.
4, 321 x 6 = p
p = 25,926
Zoe read 32 pages of his book over Christmas break. That is 4 times as many pages as Emma. Write an equation that shows how many pages Emma read over her holiday break.
32 / 4 = 8 pages
756 / 3 =
252
Chandra wants to keep her shoes organized on shelves in her closet. She has 42 pairs of shoes and wants to keep up to 10 pairs of shoes on each shelf. How many shelves will she need in order to store every pair of shoes?
g / 8 = 65
g = 520
(65 x 8 = g)
Find the quotient.
1296 / 3 = r
r = 432
Renae rode her bicycle 18 miles on the trails over the weekend. This was 3 times as many miles as Wesley. How many miles did Wesley ride his bike on the trails over the weekend?
18 / 3 = 6 miles
Which equation has a remainder of 1?
a. 75 / 5 =
b. 82 / 9 =
c. 66 / 3 =
d. 17 / 5 =
b. 82 / 9 = 9 r. 1
The teacher has 73 pencils. She keeps them in jars for students to access. If each jar holds 7 pencils, how many jars will she need for all the pencils?
The teacher will need 8 jars to hold all of the pencils.
73 / 7 = 10 r. 3 (73 pencils divided into groups of 7 per jar equals 10 jars with 3 pencils left over)
d / 6 = 82
d = 492
(82 x 6 = d)
For vacation, Shane drove his family 326 miles across the state. Paul and his wife drove 207 miles for their vacation. How many more miles did Shane drive than Paul?
Shane drove 119 miles more than Paul and his wife for vacation.
326 - 207 = 119 miles