Solving Multiplicative Comparison Word Problems with Bar Models

If Glenn has 3 cookies and Joshua has four times as many, how many cookies does Joshua have?

• 9

• 15

• 6

• 12

What phrase indicates a multiplicative comparison in word problems?

• less than

• times as many

• as much as

• equal to

If a red hat costs $18 and a blue hat costs $6, how many times more expensive is the red hat?

• 2 times

• 3 times

• 4 times

• 5 times

How many groups of $8 are needed to make $32?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

If a yellow lamp costs $8 and an orange lamp costs $32, how many times more does the orange lamp cost?

• 2 times

• 5 times

• 3 times

• 4 times