Basic Multiplicative Comparisons
If one apple costs $3 and a banana costs 3 times as much, how much does the banana cost?
What is $9?
If one plant needs 2 cups of water and another plant needs 2 times as much, how many cups of water does the second plant need?
What is 4 cups of water?
A rabbit weighs 4 pounds, and a kangaroo weighs 5 times more. How much does the kangaroo weigh?
What is 20 pounds?
A pencil costs $1, and a pen costs 3 times more. How much is the pen?
What is $3?
Which property is this 1 x 0?
Zero Property
John has 4 marbles, and Lucy has 2 times as many. How many marbles does Lucy have?
What is 8 marbles?
A dress costs $30, and a matching hat costs 3 times the dress's price. How much does the hat cost?
What is $90?
A cheetah runs 3 miles, and its prey runs twice as fast. How far can the prey run?
What is 6 miles?
A notebook has 50 pages. If a binder has 4 times as many, how many pages in the binder?
What is 200 pages?
Which property is this 23 x 1?
Identity Property
A book has 5 pages, and a magazine has 5 times more pages. How many pages does the magazine have?
What is 25 pages?
Sam runs 2 miles daily, and Mike runs 4 times that distance. How many miles does Mike run?
What is 8 miles?
A duck lays 2 eggs. How many eggs would 4 ducks lay if each lays the same amount?
What is 8 eggs?
A pack of crayons has 12 crayons. If Tommy has 5 packs, how many crayons does he have in total?
What is 60 crayons?
Which property is this 9 x 3 = 3 x 9?
Commutative Property
There are 3 cats, and dogs are 4 times as numerous. How many dogs are there?
What is 12 dogs?
One textbook weighs 2 pounds. If the encyclopedia weighs 5 times as much, what is its weight?
What is 10 pounds?
A giraffe eats 30 leaves, and an elephant eats 3 times that amount in leaves. How many leaves does the elephant eat?
What is 90 leaves?
A school bag costs $10, and a lunchbox costs 3 times more. What's the lunchbox price?
What is $30?
What property is this 9(3 x 1)= (9 x 3) + (9 x 1)?
Distributive Property
A tree is 6 feet tall, and its shadow is 3 times its height. How long is the shadow?
What is 18 feet?
A painting is 7 inches wide, and its frame is 3 times wider. How wide is the frame?
What is 21 inches?
An ant is 1 millimeter long. A centipede is 10 times an ant's length. How long is the centipede?
What is 10 millimeters?
An eraser weighs 2 ounces. If a stapler is 10 times heavier, what's its weight?
What is 20 ounces?
What property is this (9 x 1) x 2= 9 x (1 x 2)?
Associative Property