Multiplicative Comparison Word Problems

Multiplicative Comparison Word Problems

Multiple Choice

When we have word problems, what does the word "times" mean?

• Always Multiply

• Always Divide

• Multiply OR Divide

• Never Multiply OR Divide

Last year, a banana farm produced 4,538 pounds of bananas. The next year, they produced 6 times the number of pounds as they did last year. How many pounds did they produce the next year?

Multiple Choice

Julia has 24 baseball cards. This is 4 times as many as Chad has. How many baseball cards does Chad have?

Which expression matches this problem?

• 24 ÷ 4

• 24 x 4

• 24 + 4

• 24 - 4

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Julia has 24 baseball cards. This is 4 times as many as Chad has. How many baseball cards does Chad have?

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A pet store sold 4 kittens and 16 puppies during the month of June. How many times more puppies were sold than kittens?

Drag and Drop

Jack bought a shirt and a pair of shoes. The shirt cost $​

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. The shoes cost 6 times as much as the shirt. The shoes cost $​

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8

48

10

42

6

9

49

Multiple Choice

There are 77 crayons in Mark's pencil box. This is 7 times as many crayons as Tyra has in her pencil box. How many crayons does Tyra have in her pencil box?

• 27

• 11

• 84

• 539

Multiple Choice

Robin bought 40 flowers. This is 8 times as many as the number of vases that she has. How many vases does Robin have?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 320

A tennis pro has 26 Penn Championship Tennis Balls and 3 times as many Wilson Prime tennis balls. How many tennis balls does she have altogether?

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An adult movie ticket costs 2 times as much as a child's movie ticket. A child's movie ticket costs $7. How much does it cost in all to buy 2 child ticket and 1 adult ticket?

Landon goes to the beach with his siblings. Landon picks up 3 shells. Braydon picks up 5 times the number Landon picks but 2 times less than their sister, Alexis. How many shells do the three of the pick up?

Match

Today, BestBuy sold 5 times as many laptops as desktop computers. A total of 48 laptops and desktops were sold. They also sold 3 times as many TVs as they did desktops.

Match the number of electronic devices they sold.

• Laptops

• Desktops

• TVs

40

8

24

• 40

• 8

• 24

A farmer has some chickens and rabbits on his farm. There are 3 times less chickens. The farmer has 60 chickens and rabbits. How many rabbits does the farmer have?

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Emma and Devon have a total of 21 trophies. Emma has twice as many trophies as Devon. How many trophies does Devon have?

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Mason and Maddison have 20 pencils together. Maddison has 3 times as many as Mason. How many pencils does Mason have?