Multiplicative Comparison

Which expression represents the situation?

Cali stacks 8 boxes. This is 4 times as many boxes as Andrea stacks. How many boxes does Andrea stack?

• 8+4

• 8-4

• 8x4

• 8/4

What expression represents the situation? 

There are 8 flowers growing in a pot.There are 4 times as many growing in the garden. How many flowersare growing in the garden?

• 8/4

• 8x4

• 8+4

• 8-4

Amy has 30 pairs of shoes. That is 3 times as many as her 10 pairs of jeans. What equation represents this comparison?

Which two equations represents the following situation? Paula sends 5 times as many texts as her mother. Paula sends 40 texts. How many texts does her mother send?

• 40+5= ?

• 40x5=?

• ?x5=40

• 40÷5=?

Matthew has 16 cookies, which is 4 times as many cookies as Joel does. Joel has 4 cookies. What equation represents this multiplicative comparison?

• 16= 4+4

• 16= 4-4

• 16=4x4

• 4x2=16

Patty has 12 crayons in a box at home. She has 2 times as many crayons in another box in her desk. What equation can be used to represent this comparison?

• 2+?=12

• 12x2=?

• 12+2=?

• 12=__x2

Laylah sells slime in small and large containers. She sells the small slime containers for for 2 dollars. The large slime containers cost 4 times as much as the small ones. How much do the large slime containers cost?

• 16 dollars

• 6 dollars

• 2 dollars

• 8 dollars

There are 8 times as many flowers in a garden than there are inside a house. There are 5 flowers in the house. How many flowers are there in the garden?

• 3

• 40

• 10

• 13

45 is 9 times as many as ________

5 groups of 3 is equal to ______