Multiplicative Comparison Using times and division

It's lunch time and you and your best friend head over to Chick-Fil-A to get some food. You both order chicken nuggets and french fries. You eat twelve chicken nuggets, which is three times as many as your best friend ate. How many chicken nuggets did your best friend eat?

• 12 divided by 3 = 4

• 12 times 3 = 36

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It is lunch time and you and your best friend head over to Chick-Fil-A to get some food. You both order some chicken nuggets and french fries. You eat twelve chicken nuggets. This is three times as many chicken nuggets as your best friend ate. How many chicken nuggets was your best friend able to eat?

• Using division

• Using multiplication

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You and your best friend decide to buy souvenirs from the Carowinds gift shop! You pick out a tie-dye shirt and a pair of sunglasses that altogether costs four times as much as your friend’s souvenirs. Your shirt and sunglasses cost $32 altogether. How much did your friend spend in the gift shop?

• 32 divided by 4 = 8

• 32 times 4 = 128

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You and your best friend decide to buy souvenirs from the Carowinds gift shop! You pick out a tie-dye shirt and a pair of sunglasses that altogether costs four times as much as your friend’s souvenirs. Your shirt and sunglasses cost $32 altogether. How much did your friend spend in the gift shop?

• Using division

• Using multiplication

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You have extra money left over for snacks. You decide to buy a frozen Coke slushy. There are three different sizes. The small is 8 ounces. The medium is half the size of the large. The large size slushy is three times as large as a small slushy. How many ounces is a large size slushy?

• 12 divided by 3 = 4

• 12 times 3 = 36

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You have extra money left over for snacks. You decide to buy a frozen Coke slushy. There are three different sizes. The small is 8 ounces. The medium is half the size of the large. The large size slushy is three times as large as a small slushy. How many ounces is a large size slushy?

• Using division

• Using multiplication

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Before the park closes, you decide to ride the Fury325 one more time. While standing in line you start talking to the kid in front of you. You tell him you’ve ridden twelve rides today. He says that is three times as many rides as him. How many rides has your new friend been able to ride?

• 12 divided by 3= 4

• 12 times 3 = 36

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Before the park closes, you decide to ride the Fury325 one more time. While standing in line you start talking to the kid in front of you. You tell him you’ve ridden twelve rides today. He says that is three times as many rides as him. How many rides has your new friend been able to ride?

• Using division

• Using multiplication

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You stood in line to ride the Fury325 seven times as long as you did for the Scrambler. You stood in line for the Fury325 for sixty-three minutes. How long did you stand in line to ride the Scrambler?

• 63 divided by 7 = 9

• 63 times 7 = 441

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You stood in line to ride the Fury325 seven times as long as you did for the Scrambler. You stood in line for the Fury325 for sixty-three minutes. How long did you stand in line to ride the Scrambler?

• Using division

• Using multiplication

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