Multiplicative Comparsions

Lisa sold 8 cups of iced tea. Greg sold 6 times as many cups of iced tea.

Which equation will help us find how many cups (a) Greg sold?

• 8 x a = 6

• 6 x 8 = a

• 6 x a = 8

A bird visited 35 flowers. A bumble bee visited 70 flowers.

Complete the comparison,

The bumble bee visited ____ times as many flowers as the bird visited.

Nick ate 5 hamburgers this week. His (b) brother ate 35 hamburgers this week.

Nick's brother ate ____ times as many hamburgers as Nick ate this week.

Which equation will help us find the unknown (b) number?

• b x 35 = 5

• 5 x 35 =

• b x 5 = 35

Select the THREE situations that can be described with the equation "7 x 5 = 35".

• John scored 7 points and Jacob scored 5 more than John.

• Brianne is 7 years old and her father is 5 times as old as her.

• Tom paid 5 times as much as Chris did for tickets to the game. Chris paid 7 dollars for his ticket.

• Alice made 7 dollars doing chores and her older brother earned 5 times more than she did.

• Erica is 5 years old and her brother is 7 years older than her.

Which equations shows '99 is 11 times greater than 9'?

• 99 = 11 + 9

• 99 = 11 - 9

• 99 = 11 x 9

• 11 + 9 = 99

Select two equations that match the statement below.

three times as many as six is eighteen

• 3 x 6 = 18

• 18 x 3 = 6

• 3 = 6 x 18

• 18 = 3 x 6

Which statement matches the equation below?

32 is 8 times as many as 4.

• 32=8+4

• 32=8x4

• 8-4=32

• 32x8=4

Write an equation that matches the statement below.

4 times as many as 5 is 20.

Which statement correctly describes the equation 5 x 6 = 30?

• 30 is 6 times as much as 5.

• 6 is 30 times as much as 5.

• 15 is 2 times as much as 30.

• 30 is equal to 15 + 15.

Jamillia drew a bar model for the equation 18 = 3 x 6. Which number should she put inside the blocks?

• She should put a 3 in the top block and 6 in all of the bottom blocks.

• She should put a 6 in the top block and 3 in all the bottom blocks.

• She should put a 3 in every block.

• She should put a 6 in every block.