Additive and Multiplicative Word Problems

There were 21 boys playing in the park. That is 3 times the number of girls who were playing. How many girls were playing in the park?

• Additive

• Multiplicative

A food truck sold 8 times as many hamburgers as they sold hot dogs. If they sold 4 hot dogs, how many hamburgers did they sell?

• multiplicative

• additive

My little brother has 10 red skittles and 2 green skittles. How many times as many red skittles does he have than green ones?

• multiplicative

• additive

It takes Cody 6 oranges to make a small glass of orange juice. He uses 8 times as many for a large glass. How many oranges does he use for a large glass?

• additive

• multiplicative

Wendy was playing basketball. She made 7 times as many shots as she missed. If she made 14 shots, how many shots did she miss?

• multiplicative

• additive

Glitterstone Jewelry Company used seven emeralds to make an emerald bracelet. To make a necklace it takes nine more as many emeralds. How many emeralds does it take to make a necklace?

• additive

• multiplicative

The Flora flower store has six lilies and three orchids. How many more lilies did they have than orchids?

• multiplicative

• additive

At Veg Grill food court, they sold fifty-four pizzas and nine sodas. How many times as many pizzas did they sell as sodas?

• multiplicative

• additive

A Save-Environment association team member, Nobel, was collecting cans for recycling. He collected six cans on Saturday and four more on Sunday compared to Saturday. How many cans did Nobel collect on Sunday?

• additive

• multiplicative

The Veg-Grill store has thirty diet sodas, which is six more than the number of regular sodas they have. How many regular sodas do they have?

• multiplicative

• additive