Solving Multiplicative Comparison Word Problems with Bar Models

This video tutorial teaches how to solve multiplicative comparison word problems using bar models. It covers examples involving cookies, hats, and lamps, demonstrating how to identify and solve these problems by representing quantities visually. Key vocabulary for recognizing multiplicative comparison problems is also discussed.

How can you represent the cost of the blue hat and the red hat using a bar model?

If a yellow lamp costs $8 and an orange lamp costs $32, how many times as much does the orange lamp cost compared to the yellow lamp?