Multiplicative Comparisons
Difference Between Multiplicative and Additive Comparisons
Use division to solve multiplicative comparison
Use comparisons to solve problem situations
Solve multi step problems with multiplication and division
100

A superhero video game uses 6 coins. An airplane game uses twice as many coins as the superhero game. How many coins does the airplane game use?

What is 12 coins?

100

Konnor has 4 feet of blue yarn and 6 times as many feet of yellow yarn as blue yarn. How many feet of yellow yarn does Konnor have?

What is 24 feet? 

100

A box contains 14 chapter books. There are 7 times as many chapter books as picture books in the box. How many picture books are in the box?

What is 2 picture books?

100

A grilled cheese at a cafeteria costs $3.00 

A combo meal costs 2 times as much as a grilled cheese. What is the cost of a combo meal?

What is $6.00? 

100

This year, 42 students ran the 5K race. That is 6 times as many as ran last year. How many students ran the 5K in the last two years?

What is 7? 

200

Oliver collects 3 silver coins in a video game. He collects 5 times as many gold coins as silver coins. How many gold coins does Oliver collect?

What is 15 gold coins?

200

Sutton picks 3 apples. Canon picks 3 times as many apples as Sutton. How many apples does Canon pick?

What is 9 apples?

200

Bryce has 20 baseball cards and 4 soccer cards. How many times as many baseball cards as soccer cards does Bryce have?

What is 5? 

200

A grilled cheese at a cafeteria costs $3.00

A bottle of water costs $2.00 less than a grilled cheese. What is the cost of a bottle of water?

What is $1.00? 

200

Colton swims 12 backstroke laps. He swims 8 more freestyle laps than backstroke. He swims 5 times as many freestyle laps as butterfly. How many laps of butterfly does Colton swim?

What is 4? 

300

Bethany has 7 sticks of gum. Violet has 4 times as many sticks of gum as Bethany has. How many sticks of gum does Violet have?

What is 28 sticks of gum? 

300

Mason drew 6 pictures. Carter drew 2 times as many pictures as Mason. How many pictures did Carter draw?

What is 12 pictures?

300

A rectangular tile has a perimeter of 18 inches. Its width is 2 inches.

What is the length of the tile’s longer side?

What is 7 inches? 

300

Dax and Braxton deliver meals to people’s homes. Dax delivers 19 meals and Braxton delivers 12 meals. How many more meals does Dax deliver than Braxton?

What is 7 meals? 

300

Carter cycles 24 miles on Saturday. That is is 6 times as many miles as he cycles on Sunday. How much farther does Carter cycle on Saturday than on Sunday?

What is 20 miles? 

400

At a restaurant, a smoothie costs $2. A chicken basket costs 5 times as much as a smoothie. What is the cost of a chicken basket?

What is $10? 

400

Slice of Pizza $2

Personal Pizza ?

Medium Pizza $10

Extra Large Pizza $15

Garlic Bread $4

The cost of a large pizza is $4 more than the cost of a medium pizza. What is the cost of a large pizza?

What is $14.00? 

400

This year, there are 42 students in the math club. That is 6 times as many as last year. How many students were in the math club last year?

What is 7 students? 

400

Amaya uses 5 cups of raisins to make trail mix. She uses 4 times as many cups of granola as raisins. Write an equation that could be used to figure out how many cups of granola she would use. 

What is 5 x 4 = ? 

400

There are 20 family members renting vans. Each van holds 5 people. Renting a van costs $30. What is the total cost of renting the vans?

What is $120.00? 

500

Ruler . . . $3.00

Scissors cost 2 times as much as a ruler. What is the cost of a pair of scissors?

What is $6.00? 

500

Slice of Pizza $2

Personal Pizza ?

Medium Pizza $10

Extra Large Pizza $15

Garlic Bread $4

The cost of a personal pizza is 4 times the cost of a slice of pizza. What is the cost of a personal pizza?

What is $8.00?

500

A rectangular garden is 3 meters wide. Its length is 2 times its width.

How many meters of fencing are needed to surround the garden?

What is 18 meters? 

500

Remi bakes 5 more lemon tarts than raspberry tarts. He bakes 12 lemon tarts. Write an equation to find how many raspberry tarts Remi bakes. Use r for the unknown.

What is 12 - 5 = r?

500

There are 15 players on a basketball team. They are divided into groups of 3 for practice. Each group does 4 different drills. How many drills are done?

What is 20 drills?