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20 x 4

80

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Mrs. Towe has two Christmas trees. One tree is 18 feet tall and the other is 6 feet tall. The first Christmas tree is___ times taller than the second Christmas tree.

3 times taller

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Alex has 42 baseballs in his bucket. This is 6 times as many balls as Abby has in her bucket. Write the equation that shows how many baseballs Alex has.

42= 6 x 7

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Which equation BEST matches this incomplete sentence?

36 is 6 times as many as___?

a. 36= 6 x n

b. 6+ n =36

c. 6 x 24 = n

a. 36= 6 x n

200

800 x 3

2400

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C and K Orchards just planted some new apple trees. They planted 7 rows of trees. They planted 10 trees in each row. How many apple trees did they plant altogether?

70

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Bailey has 11 chickens on her  farm. This expression can be used to show the number of chickens Finley has on her farm. 

                        11 x 2 

Which statement is true?

a. The number of chickens on Bailey's farm is 2 times the number of chickens on Finley's farm. 

b. The number of chickens on Finley's farm is 2 times the number of chickens on Bailey's farm.

c. The number of chickens on Finley's farm is 11 times the number of chickens on Bailey's farm. 


b. The number of chickens on Finley's farm is 2 times the number of chickens on Bailey's farm.

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How many seconds are in 3 minutes?

180 seconds

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6,432 x 7

45,024

300

There are 18 tires on an eighteen-wheeler truck. What is the total number of tires on 73 eighteen-wheeler trucks?

1,314

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Mac bought apples at the Ellijay apple festival. Each basket of apples has 8 apples. She bought 32 baskets. How many apples did she buy?

256

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Write a multiplication equation to match the following comparison statement. 

72 inches is 12 times the length of 6 inches. 

72 = 12 x 6

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67 x 41

2,747

400

How many days are in 10 weeks?

70

400

Write the comparison statement as a multiplication equation. 

Three times as many as five is fifteen. 

3 x 5 = 15

400

A plane can travel 765 miles per hour. How many miles could it travel in 4 hours?

3,060

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99 x 88

8,712

500

A scale model of a train is 9m long. The actual train is 35 times longer. How long is the actual train?

315m long

500

Write a comparison statement to match the following multiplication equation. 

36= 9 x 4

36 is 9 times greater than 4.

500

Nick bought a shirt for $76. He spent three times the amount that he spent on the shirt to buy a pair of boots. How much money did he spend on the pair of boots?

$228