Understanding Multiplicative Comparisons

A group of 63 birds is 9 times more than a group of 7 birds. Which equation below has the same meaning as this statement?

18 is 6 times as many as _____.

• 9

• 2

• 6

• 3

Tanner and Zach both play basketball. In a game, Tanner scored 6 points. Zach scored 4 times as many points as Tanner. How many points did Zach score?

• 24

• 28

• 18

• 22

While camping last week, Kenny got 56 mosquito bites. This is 8 times as many as Scott got. How many mosquito bites did Scott get?

• 8

• 7

• 448

• 392

There are fifty-eight students trying out for the school's basketball teams. If twenty-eight of them didn't get picked for the team and the rest were put into five groups, how many students would be in each group?

• 6 students

• 7 students

• 8 students

• 9 students

Brandon has 3 boxes of stickers. Each box holds 57 stickers. How many stickers does Brandon have?

• 151 stickers

• 160 stickers

• 171 stickers

• 172 stickers

The football booster club sold 456 slices of pizza at the game. If each pizza was sliced into 8 pieces, how many pizzas did the booster club sell?

• 56

• 60

• 57

• 55

Keith bought 5 new baseball trading cards to add to his collection. The next day his dog ate half of his collection. There are now only 40 cards left. How many cards did Keith start with?

• 50

• 75

• 100

• 60