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100

Sean saves 56 quarters, which is 7 times as many quarters as Kieran. Kieran saves 8 quarters. What equation represents this comparison? 

56 = 7 x 8

100
Solve: n x 6 = 48

n = 8

100

River Stacks 8 bricks. Miles stacks 9 more bricks than River. How many bricks does Miles stack? (Write the equation)

8 + 9

100

The floor area of Laird's workout room is 8 times as large as the floor area of his storage closet. His storage closet is 3 feet long and 3 feet wide.

a. What is the area, in square feet, of the floor of Laird's workout room? Show your work. (Remember: Area is the number of square units needed to cover the inside of a region or plane figure). 

closet area = 3 × 3 = 9 square feet, workout room is 8 times larger, so 8 × 9 = 72 square feet

100

A statement that compares two quantities using multiplication where one is times as much as, or times as many as the other. 

Multiplicative comparison

200

A string of red beads is 50 inches. A string of purple beads is 10 inches. How many times longer is the string of red beads than the string of purple beads?

Draw a bar diagram and equation to solve. 

50 ÷ 5 = 10 

200

s x 5 = 45

s = 9

200

Rosie has 2 times as many balloons as Mani. Mani has 9 balloons. How many balloons does Rosie have? (Write the equation)

2 x 9

200

The length of Alexis's workout room is 2 times as long as the width. If the width of the workout room is 6 feet, what is the perimeter, in feet, of the workout room? Show your work. Remember: Perimeter is the distance around a shape or region.

width = 6 feet, length = 2 × 6 = 12 feet.

Perimeter is 6 + 6 + 12 + 12 = 36 feet.

200
"Finn swam 2 more laps than Miles" is an example of an __________. 

Additive comparison

300

Forty-eight new players joined the football team last year. That is 6 times as many as the number of new players that joined the football team this year. What equation can you use to solve? 

n x 6 = 48

300

56 ÷ n = 7

n = 8

300

Esmerelda packs 6 picnic baskets. Francesca packs 3 times as many picnic baskets as Esmerelda. How many picnic baskets does Francesca pack? (Write the equation)

3 x 6

300

The length of Troy's basement is 5 times as long as the width. If the width of the basement is 4 meters, what is the perimeter of the basement? (hint: perimeter= L + W + L + W)

48 meters

300

Statement that compares two quantities with addition where one is more or less than the other. 

Additive comparison

400

Cameron has 24 books. She has 3 time as many books as games. How many games does she have? 

8 games

400

f x 7 = 84

f = 12

400

Maceo writes 9 thank you notes. Masha writes 5 more thank you notes than Maceo. How many thank you notes does Masha write? (Write the equation) 

9 + 5

400

The area of Dario's garage floor is 4 times as large as the area of his bedroom floor. His bedroom floor is 5 meters long and 4 meters wide. What is the area of Darios garage floor? (hint: area = L x W)

80 square meters

400

"River swam 2 times as many laps as Seth" is an example of what? 

Multiplication comparison

500

The theater sold a total of 60 tickets to its musical. That is 3 times as many tickets than were sold for the comedy. How many tickets were sold for both the musical and the comedy? 

Write an equation with a symbol for the unknown. Draw a bar diagram to show your work. 

3 x c = m; m = 60; 3 x c = 60; c = 20 

30 x 20 = 60; 20 + 60 = 80 comedy and musical tickets were sold.

500

132 ÷ d = 11

d = 12

500

What comparison statement could represent the equation 9 x 6 = 54 (Write the comparison statement)

54 is 9 times as many as 6

500

Emma wants to lay some brown and yellow square tiles on her kitchen floor. Each tile is one square meter. The number of brown tiles is 3 times the number of yellow tiles. she uses 60 brown tiles. How many yellow tiles will she need? Explain and show your work. 

3 x c = 60; 3 x 20 = 60.

20 yellow tiles. 

500

A symbol used for an unknown quantity (examples: x,y,z,?)

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