Vocabulary
What does it mean to divide?
To separate something into equal groups.
Joe has 4 apples. Maria has 3 times as many apples as Joe. How many apples does Maria have?
Maria has 12 apples.
Emma has 24 stickers. That’s 3 times as many as Max has. How many stickers does Max have?
24 / 3 = 8 stickers.
A cheetah runs 3 times as fast as a zebra. If the zebra runs 12 miles per hour, how fast does the cheetah run?
36
18 = 9x 2
18 is 9 times as many as 2
A character like a letter or ? to show the unknown # in an equation.
A 4th grader read 6 books. A 5th grader read 4 times as many books. How many books did the 5th grader read?
24 books.
A jump rope is 36 feet long, which is 4 times as long as a ribbon. How long is the ribbon?
36 / 4 = 9
A small cactus is 7 inches tall. A large cactus is 4 times as tall as the small one. How tall is the large cactus?
28
40 = 4 x 10
40 is 4 times as many as 10
What is an unknown in an equation?
The missing value in an equation.
Sam’s ribbon is 5 times as long as Mia’s ribbon. Mia’s ribbon is 7 inches long. How long is Sam’s ribbon?
35 inches.
The cafeteria has 5 times as many chairs as the library. If the cafeteria has 45 chairs, how many chairs does the library have?
45 / 5 = 9
The playground has 6 times as many soccer balls as the gym. If the playground has 48 soccer balls, how many soccer balls does the gym have?
8
25 = 5 x 5
25 is 5 times as many as 5
What is a factor?
Numbers that are multiplied by.
Leo earned $8 mowing the lawn. His brother earned 3 times as much money. How much money did his brother earn?
$24
There are 56 books on one shelf. That’s 7 times as many as on another shelf. How many books are on the smaller shelf?
56 / 7 = 8
The music room has 5 times as many instruments as the art room. If the music room has 35 instruments, how many instruments does the art room have?
7
66 = 6 x 11
66 is 6 times as many as 11
What words show us a word problem is a multiplicative comparison?
"Times as many"
Zoe has 4 times as many fish as she has turtles. She has 3 turtles. How many fish does she have?
12 fish.
A teacher has 60 pencils. That’s 10 times as many as a student has. How many pencils does the student have?
60 /10 = 6
The school library has 8 times as many books as the classroom library. If the school library has 40 books, how many books does the classroom library have?
5
100 = 10 x 10
100 is 10 times as many as 10