Word Problems
Jada is 30 inches tall. Her brother is 3 times as tall as Jada. How tall is Jada's brother?
90 inches tall.
John ran 30 meters. John ran 5 times farther than Matt. How far did Matt run?
6 meters.
Multiple Choice Question!
B
Column 2 has 21 points and column 1 has 7 points. How many times more points does column 2 have than column 1?
3 times more
Mr. Tetro has 112 pieces of paper. He has 5 groups in his class. If he gives each group an equal number of papers, how many pieces of paper will each group have?
22 pieces of paper
Write an equation that represents this statement:
thirty-six is four times as many as nine
36 = 4 x 9
4 x 9 = 36
Maya loves to read. She reads 3 days a week for 32 minutes. She also reads for 48 minutes every Sunday. What is the total time Maya reads each week?
144 minutes
6 stickers.
Write an equation that represents this statement:
forty-eight is six times as many as eight.
8 x 6 = 48
I gave out valentines to the class. I had 32 valentines. I gave 8 to my kids and divided the rest into 4 baskets. How many valentines were in each basket?
6 valentines were in each basket.
A boy was running on a track. He ran 7 laps each day for 9 days. The next 5 days, he ran 7 laps per day. How many total laps did the boy run in 14 days?
98 laps
Jen runs 8 laps around a track. Carol runs 2 times as many laps as Jen. Which equation can be used to determine the number of laps Carol runs?
8 x 2
Bob's team scored 12 points on Monday. They scored 2 times as many points on Tuesday. They scored 18 points on Wednesday. How many points did they score over the course of the three days?
54 points
The garden has many types of flowers. It has 6 tulips. It has 4 times as many roses as tulips and 31 sunflowers. How many flowers does the garden have?
61 flowers
Sam has 12 baseball cards. Sam has 4 times as many cards as Aly. What equation can be used to find the total number of cards Aly has?
12 ÷ 4 = 3