Additive Comparison
The red basket has 35 apples. The green basket has 28 apples. How many more apples are in the red basket?
35 - 28 = 7 apples
Liam has 9 marbles. Noah has 5 times as many marbles as Liam. How many marbles does Noah have?
9 x 5 = 45 marbles
The answer to a multiplication problem.
Product
The fourth graders planted 92 flowers. The fifth graders planted 64 flowers. How many more flowers did the fourth graders plant?
92 - 64 = 28 flowers
Mia saved $8. Her sister saved 4 times as much money as Mia. How much money did her sister save?
$32
Comparing two amounts by finding how much more or less one has than another.
Additive Comparison
Jason raised $35 for the school fundraiser. His sister raised $68. How much more money did his sister raise than Jason?
68 - 35 = $33
Sarah baked 7 cupcakes. Her brother baked 6 times as many cupcakes. How many cupcakes did her brother bake?
42 cupcakes
Comparing two amounts using multiplication.
Multiplicative comparison
The fourth-grade class sold 148 books. The fifth-grade class sold 236 books. How many more books did the fifth-grade class sell than the fourth-grade class?
236 - 148 = 88 books
Ava has 36 stickers. This is 3 times as many stickers as her brother has. How many stickers does her brother have?
12 stickers
A letter that represents an unknown number in an equation
variable
Noah read 15 books. Liam read 21 books. How many more books did Liam read than Noah?
21 - 15 = 6 books
The fourth-grade class sold 48 books. The fifth-grade class sold 6 times as many books as the fourth-grade class. How many books did the fifth-grade class sell?
48 x 6 = 288 books
A drawing that uses rectangular bars to represent and compare numbers or amounts. It helps us understand and solve word problems.
Bar diagram