Multiplication Comparison Word Problems

A small bag of candy has 5 lemon drops. There are 3 times as many lemon drops in a large bag. How many lemon drops are in a large bag? Select all correct answers.

• 5 / 3 = 15

  There are 5 lemon drops in a large bag.

• 5 x 3 = 15

  There are 15 lemon drops in a large bag.

• 3 / 15 = 5

  There are 5 lemon drops in a large bag.

• 3 x 5 = 15

  There are 15 lemon drops in a large bag.

Tylynn reads 7 pages in a magazine. She reads 5 times as many pages in a book. How many pages does Tylynn read altogether?

• 7 x 5 = 35

  Tylynn read 35 pages altogether.

• 35 / 7 = 5

  Tylynn read 35 pages altogether.

• ( 7 x 5 ) + 7 = 42

  Tylynn read 42 pages altogether.

• 42 / 5 = 7

  Tylynn read 7 pages altogether.

Daeston has 9 dollars. Landon has 3 times as many dollars as Daeston. How many dollars does Landon have?

• 27 dollars

• 3 dollars

• 12 dollars

• 21 dollars

Daeston has 9 dollars. Landon has 3 times as many dollars as Daeston. Use the bar model to help solve this question.

Christian and Adeline read the same book. Christian reads 63 pages one weekend. He reads 7 times as many pages as Adeline. Which equation with an unknown to find the number of pages Adeline reads.

a= how much Adeline read

• 7 x 63= a

• 7/63 = a

• 7 x a = 63

• a/7=63

Christain and Adeline read the same book. Christain reads 63 pages one weekend. He reads 7 times as many pages as Adeline. What is the number of pages Adeline read.

Kingston swims 7 laps in a pool. Piʻikea swims 28 laps. How many times the number of laps Kingston swims does Piʻikea swim?

• 4

• 21

• 35

• 196

Emma learns 25 new spelling words. That is 5 times as many words as Max learns. How many words does Max learn? Draw a bar model to find the number of words Max learns. Show your work.

Jamila has 32 postcards. Kuʻulei has k postcards. Jamila has 4 times as many postcards as Kuʻulei. Select all the correct statements.

• Kuʻulei has 6 postcards.

• Kuʻulei has 8 postcards.

• The number of postcards Kuʻulei has can be found by solving the

  equation 32 = 4 x k.

• The number of postcards Henry has can be represented by the expression 32 x 4.

Jacob bikes 7 miles one week. Saydee bikes 28 miles the same week. How many times as many miles as Jacob bikes does Saydee bike?

Which equation can help you answer the question?

• 28-7 =

• 7 + 28 =