Basic Multiplicative Comparisons
Multiplicative
Additive
Comparison Problems
100

True or False? 

6 is 3 times as many as 2.

True

100

What is the key word for multiplicative comparisons?

Times

100
What is the key word for additive comparisons?

More

100
Molly makes a bead bracelet. She used 7 red beads. She used 2 times as many blue beads as red beads. How many blue beads did she use?

15 blue beads

200

True or False? 

12 is 4 times as many as 3.

True

200
Anne has 2 pencils. She has 5 times as many pens as pencils. How many pens does she have? 

10 pens

200
Sam has 12 more cards than Lena. Lena has 6 cards. How many cards does Sam have?

18 cards

200

Chris buys 24 strawberries and 8 kiwis. How many times as many strawberries as kiwis does Chris buy?

3 times as many

300

True or False? 

48 is 6 times as many as 7.

False

300

Brian finds 3 diamonds in a treasure game. Ella finds 4 times as many diamonds as Brian. How many diamonds does Ella find?

12 diamonds

300

Andy makes 17 paper airplanes and Ali makes 8 paper airplanes. How many more airplanes does Andy make than Ali>

9 paper airplanes

300

Winnie has 29 inches of yellow yarn. He has 38 more inches of red yarn than yellow yarn. How many inches of red yarn does he have?

67 inches

400

What number is 5 times as many as 11?

55

400

East Park has 7 trees and West park has 56 trees. How many times as many trees are in West park as in East Park?

8 times as many trees

400

Dave and Sarah deliver meals to people's homes. Dave delivers 58 meals and Sarah delivers 12 meals. How many more meals does Dave deliver than Sarah?

46 meals

400

A parking lot has 8 times as many cars as buses. The parking lot has 72 cars. How many buses are in the parking lot?

9 buses

500

What number is 20 times as many as 2?

40

500

Mrs. Hartman has 5 times as many stickers as Mrs. Alvarez. If Mrs. Hartman has 80 stickers, how many stickers does Mrs. Alvarez have? 

16 stickers

500

Chapman has 5,000 fewer people than Abilene. Abilene has 6,400 people. How many people does Chapman have?

1,400 people 

500

Aaron watches a school orchestra perform and counts 4 drums. He counts 5 times as many violins as drums. How many more violins than drums does Aaron count?

16

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