Multiplicative Comparison
Multiplicative comparison word problems
Factors
Multiples
Prime and Composite
100

Write the multiplicative comparison equation.

Twenty-one is seven times as many as three.

7 x 3 = 21

100

Solve. Angie has 28 coins. Angie has 4 times as many coins as Scott has. How many coins does Scott have?

7 coins

100

What are factors?

The numbers you multiply to get another number.

100

What are multiples of a number?

Numbers you say when you skip count.  Or a number that can be divided by another number without a remainder.

100

What is a prime number?

A number that only has two factors (or one factor pair).

200

Write the equation.

Nine times as many of six is fifty-four.

9 x 6 = 54

200

Yoshi bought 25 stamps. This is 5 times the number of postcards that Mario bought. How many postcards did Mario buy?

5 postcards

200

What are all the factors of 16?

1,2,4,8,16

200

List the first five multiples of 5.

5, 10, 15, 20, 25

200

What is a composite number?

A number that has more than two factors (or more than one factor pair).

300

Write the equation

Sixteen is eight times as many as two

8 x 2 = 16

300

Jessica has 16 stickers.  Jessica has 2 times as many stickers as Taylor has.  How many stickers does Taylor have?

8 stickers

300

What are all the factors of 28?

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28

300

List the first five factors of 6.

6, 12, 18, 24, 30

300

Is the number 2 prime or composite?

Prime

400

Write the equation

Five times as many as five is twenty-five.

5x5=25

400

Joshua picked 24 apples. This is 3 times the number of apples that Carly picked. How many apples did Carly pick?

8 apples

400

What are all the factors of 30?

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30

400

List the first five multiples of 11?

11, 22, 33, 44, 55?

400

Which of the following numbers are composite?

83, 64, 27, 31, 21

64, 27, and 21

500

Write the equation

Thirty-six is four times as many as nine.

4 x 9= 36

500

Diane bought 81 empanadas. This is 9 times as many as Steve bought. How many empanadas did Steve buy?

9 empanadas

500

What factors do the numbers 18 and 24 have in common?

18: 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18 

24: 1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24, 

They have 1,2,3, and 6 in common.

500

List the first five multiples of 50.

50, 100, 150, 200, and 250

500

Which of the following numbers are prime?


13, 27, 72, 2, 41, 84

13, 2,  and 41

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