Multiplicative Comparison Word Problems
Two step word Problems
Write the equation with the letter
Metric Conversions
100

Mia has 4 dogs. She gave 3 treats to each dog. How many treats did she give in all?

12 treats

100

Mr. Truesdale ran 5 kilometers. Mrs.Arrington ran twice as many kilometers. How many meters did Mrs.Arrington run?

10,000m

100

Noah walked 24 miles, which is 8 times as many miles as Jeremiah walked. How many miles did Jeremiah walk?

24 divided by 8 = J   OR  J x 8 = 24

100

How many centimeters are in 1 meter?

100 cm

200
Jasmine bought 3 bouquets of flowers. Each bouquet had 8 flowers in it. How many flowers did she buy?
24 flowers
200

An elephant weighed 8 kilograms. A lion weighs 5,000 grams. How much heavier is the elephant than the lion in grams?

3,000g

200

Lyla drove 50 miles to Disneyworld. Grayson drove 5 times as many miles as Lyla. How many miles did Grayson drive?

50 x 5 = G

200

How many grams are in a kilogram?

1,000g

300
Sam bought 12 baseball cards. This is twice as many baseball cards as Billy. How many cards did Billy buy?
6 cards
300

One water bottle is filled up to 3,000 milliliters. The second wattle bottle has 5 liters. How much more water, in milliliters, is in the second bottle than the first bottle?

2,000mL

300

Eva ate 48 cookies. Mekhi ate 3 times as many cookies as Eva. How many cookies did Mekhi eat?

48 x 3 = M

300

Ms. Ravnell has 32 meters of yarn. How many centimeters does she have?

3,200 cm

400
Mikey was fishing at the lake. Twelve geese flew to the pond. Suddenly, 3 times as many ducks flew into the pond. How many total birds were at the lake?
48 birds
400

Junior ran 34 kilometers to the store. Layla ran 12,000 meters. How many more meters did Junior run than Layla?

Junior ran 22,000 meters more than Layla

400

Ms. Ravnell can type several words per minute. Ms.LeMonier can type 72 words per minute, which is 6 times as many as Ms. Ravnell. How many words per minute can Ms. Ravnell type?

W x 6 = 72   OR    72 divided by 6 = W

400

An apple pie weighs 4 kilograms (kg). How many grams (g) does it weigh?

4,000g

500

Sarah and Molly were icing cupcakes. Sarah iced three times as many cupcakes as Molly. Together they iced 30 cupcakes. How many cupcakes did Molly ice?

10 cupcakes

500

Noah drank 16 liters of water, which is 4 times as much as Jenny. How many liters of water did Jenny and Noah drink altogether?

20 L

500

Adam was doing sit-ups. He did twenty-one on Tuesday and three times as many on Wednesday. 

21 x 3 = S

500

A soda bottle contains 10,000 milliliters. How many liters does the soda bottle contain?

10 L