Multiplicative Comparison
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Multiplication or Division
Multistep Word Problems
Multiplication and Division Strategies
100
Solve the multiplicative problem:
Sadie has 7 pumpkins in her yard. Alexa has 4 times as many pumpkins in her yard as Sadie. How many pumpkins does Alexa have in her yard?
7 x 4 = ?
? = 28 pumpkins
100
Mrs. Knight drove to her grandma's house. She left at 1:25 and arrived at 2:16. Tell the number of minutes that passed while she drove.
What is 51 minutes?
100
Six girls went to the store to buy shoes. Each girl bought two pairs of shoes.
How many shoes did they buy in all?
Multiplication
12 pairs of shoes.
100
The apple tree grew so many apples that Lea filled 7 baskets with 13 apples each to take to school. At school, she gave apples to everyone who passed by. At the end of the day, she has 46 apples left. How many apples did she pass ut?
What is 45 apples?
(13 x 7) - 46 = 45
100
Ariel has 12 bracelets, which is 4 times as many ties as Karsyn. Karsyn has 3 bracelets. What equation represents the comparison?
(10 + 2) x 3
area model 4 section12/ 4
12= 3 x 4
200
Solve the multiplicative problem:
Paislee ate 6 pieces of candy. Her brother ate 3 times as many pieces of candy as her. How many pieces of candy did Paislee's brother eat?
6 x 3 = ?
?=18 pieces of candy
200
Alice went out to dinner with her family for two hours. They arrived at the restaurant at 5:00, but they waited in line to get a time for 25 minutes. The time they finished eating.
What is 7:25?
200
Grace has a book with 36 pages. She separated the book into 6 chapters.
How many pages is each chapter?
Bonus: Find the Answer.
Division
Bonus: 6 pages
200
On Monday and Tuesday, Abigail bikes to the beach and back home. On Thursday and Friday, Abigail bikes to the park and back home. How many miles does Abigail ride her bike?
What is 80 miles?
(2 x 2 x 12) + (2 x 2 x 8) = 48 + 32 = 80
200
Andrews is arranging 24 DVDs. If he has 4 shelves, how many DVD's can he arrange on his shelves if he wants to have an equal number of DVD's on each shelf?
6 DVDs
300
Solve the multiplicative problem:
Gunner saw 6 birds flying. Nate saw 36 birds flying. How many times as many birds did Nate see than Gunner?
36 = 6 x ?
?=6 times as many birds
300
Jimena went to the concert at the following time:
The concert lasted 45 minutes. What time did the concert end?
7:30
300
Bob's Ice cream shop offers 12 flavors. They have 45 ice cream cones. 15 families come to the shop and he serves the cones evenly among the families.
How many ice cream cones did each family get?
Bonus: Identify the if there is any missing or extra information.
Division:
45/ 15= 3 cones
Bonus: 12 flavors
300
Mark collects stamps in a album that have 48 pages. He puts 8 stamps on each of the first pages. He also puts 15 stamps on each of the next 9 pages. How many stamps are in Mark's album?
What is 183 stamps?
(8 x 6) + (9 x 15) = (48 + 135) = 183
300
There are 63 students buying their lunch on Friday. This is 7 times as many as fourth graders who pack their lunch.
What equation can be used to find how many fourth graders pack their lunch on Friday?
? x 7 = 63 or 63 รท 7 = ?
400
Solve the multiplicative problem:
Izzy made 12 paper pumpkins to decorate her house. Auri made 3 times as many paper ghosts as Izzy. How many paper pumpkins did Auri make?
12 x 3 = ?
?=36 paper ghosts
400
8 Hours and Minutes 45
400
Albert is going to a party with 8 of his friends. He is bringing 27 cookies. How many cookies will each friend get? (Use an equation to solve)
Bonus: Remainder?
Division: 27 / 9= 3
There is no remainder. Each person gets 3 cookies.
400
The Burgos family is driving to Junction City, which is 426 miles away. The family drives 60 miles for 3 hours. Then drive 45 miles for the next 4 hours. How far are they from Junction City after driving 7 hours?
What is 26 miles?
426 - (3 x 60) - (4 x 55) = 426 - 180 - 220 =26
400
Preston spent 40 minutes at the library this week. He checked out 2 movies and 8 books from the library.
What additive and multiplicative comparison statements can you make about the number of movies and books Preston checked out from the library?
Preston checked out 4 times as many books as movies from the library.
Preston checked out 6 more books than movies from the library.
500
Solve the multiplicative problem:
Kate's family made 56 cookies. Lauren's family only made 8 cookies. How many times as many cookies did Kate's family make than Lauren's?
56 = 8 x ?
?=7 times as many cookies
500
School starts at 7:22 a.m. It takes you 16 minutes to walk to school, 25 minutes to get ready for school, and 9 minutes to eat breakfast. What time do you need to wake up?
What is 6:32 a.m. ?
500
Write a multiplicative comparison equation that goes with the problem. Then solve.:
Lola has 24 packs of sticky notes. She has 4 times as many sticky notes as pens. How many pens does Lola have?
Bonus: How many items (sticky notes and pens) does she have?
24 = 4 x ?
?=6 pens
24 + 6 = 30 items.
500
At Washington's Orchard 48 apples can fit in a basket. One day Mr. Perry and his friends pick enough apples to fill 28 baskets. It takes 8 apples to make a jar of applesauce. How many jars of applesauce can Mr. Perry make from these apples?
What is 168 jars?
48 x 28 = 1,344
1,344/8= 168
500
Blake spent 50 minutes baking this week. He made 2 pies and 5 cakes.
a. Mrs. Kristine wants to bake 4 times as many pies next week as she did this week. How many pies will Mrs. Kristine make next week?
b. Mrs. Kristine spent 5 times as many minutes baking cakes and pies this week as she did last week. How many minutes did Mrs. Kristine spend baking last week?
a. 4 x 2 = 8 pies will be made next week
b. 5 x ? = 50
?= 10 minutes spent baking last week