Multiplicative Comparison Word Problems

Paul has a total of 7 crayons. Steven has 9 times as many crayons as Paul. How many crayons does Steven have?

• 2

• 16

• 56

• 63

Julie has 3 times as many cats as Meredith. Meredith has 6 cats. How many cats does Julie have? Which equation can be used to solve the problem?

• 3 x 6 = 18

• 2 x 6 = 12

• 4 x 6 = 24

Nachi has 24 mints. He puts 6 mints in each bag. Which representation shows Nachi putting 6 donuts in each bag?

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In the number 7,730, the 7 in the thousands place is _________ times the value of the 7 in the hundreds place.

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

Each section of a ballpark has the same number of seats. There are 910 seats in each section. About how many seats are in 8 sections?

• 7,200 seats

• 900 seats

• 720 seats

• 9,000 seats

Erin has 12 pictures from a field trip and some pictures from a vacation. She has twice as many pictures from the vacation as from the field trip. Which strip diagram represents p, the total number of pictures Erin has?

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Alexa had a total of 36 bottles of water. She drank half of the bottles of water last week. Alexa will drink the remaining water bottles during the next 6 days. She will drink the same number of bottles each day. Which strip diagram shows a way to find w, the number of water bottles Alexa will drink during each of the next 6 days?

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Jamie is mowing lawns to earn money. She earns $18 each time she mowed a lawn. She has mowed 24 lawns. The Model represents the amount of money she earned this summer. What is the amount of money Jamie earned for mowing lawns this summer?

• $432

• $84

• $700

• $232

The table shows two sequences of numbers. The rule that describes the number of T-shirts sold relates to the amount earned is....

• multiply by 5

• add 10

• multiply by 3

• divide by 5

Nancy can type 50 words per minute. Look at the table below to write an equation that matches the data.

• m = 50 + w

• w = 50m

• w = 50 + m

• m = 50 - w