G4 Math: Comparison Problems

Which comparison sentence goes with this problem?

Roger swam 19 laps in the pool. Anna Maria swam 4 times as many laps as Roger. How many laps did Anna Maria swim?

• Anna Maria swam 4 times as many as 19 laps.

• Anna Maria swam 4 more than 19 laps.

• Anna Maria swam 19 times as many as 4 laps.

• Anna Maria swam 19 more than 4 laps.

Select all the sentences that involve a comparison using multiplication.

• k is 26 times as many as 7.

• u is 18 more than 314.

• Tom ran 4 miles. Cindy ran 2 more miles than Tom. How many miles did Cindy run?

• Yuhan has 2 dogs and Jon has 3 times as many dogs. How many dogs does Jon have?

• Kris has 4 times as many pairs of shoes as her brother. Her brother has 8 pairs of shoes.

Select all the statements that can be represented by the equation 5 x 9 = w.

• w is more than 5.

• w is 5 times as much as 9.

• Henry sang 9 songs during practice. He sang 5 times as many songs as Joe, who sang w songs.

• Greg carried 9 buckets of water to his sister's baby pool. His mother carried w buckets, which is 5 times as many.

• Tom has 9 pens. Joan has w pens, which is 5 fewer.

Select all appropriate comparison sentences for the problem below:

Trent has 48 markers. Sharon has 8 markers.

• Trent has 6 times as many markers as Sharon.

• Trent has 40 more markers than Sharon.

• Trent has 48 more markers than Sharon.

• Trent has 7 times as many markers as Sharon.

Select the appropriate comparison sentences for the problem below.

Lucy has 317 bottles. Craig has 82 bottles.

• Lucy has 235 more bottles than Craig.

• Lucy has 900 times as many bottles as Craig.

• Lucy has 317 more bottles than Craig.

• Lucy has 82 more bottles than Craig.

Brady has 8 times as many crayons as Morgan. Morgan has 16 crayons. How many crayons, c, does Brady have?

Choose all correct answers.

• c is 8 times as many as 16

• c is 8 more than 16.

• c = 128 crayons

• c = 24

Max has 163 baseball cards. Sammy has 256 more baseball cards than Max. How many baseball cards, b, does Sammy have?

Choose all correct answers.

• b is 163 more than 256.

• b is 256 more than 163.

• b = 419

• b is 256 times as many as 163.

There are 5 times as many frogs as butterflies in one section of a rain forest. There are 37 butterflies. How many frogs, f, are there?

Select all correct answers.

• f is 5 times as many as 37

• f = 185

• f is 37 times as many as 5.

• f is 5 more than 37.

• f = 42

Kierra counted 275 beetles. Malcom counter 59 more beetles than Kierra. How many beetles, b, has Malcom counted?

Select all correct answers.

• b = 16,225

• b is 59 times as many as 275.

• b is 275 more than 59.

• b is 59 more than 275.

• b = 335

Anthony took 83 pictures of frogs in a rain forest. Tasha took 127 more pictures of frogs than Anthony. How many pictures, p, did Tasha take?

• p = 210

• p is 127 more than 83.

• p is 83 more than 127

• p is 83 times as many as 127.

• p = 10,541