NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________

DAILY PRACTICE

Comparison Problems

Solve each problem and show how you solved it. Write an equation for each problem.

  • 1 Kerry sold 8 boxes of cookies. Janet sold 7 times as many boxes. How many boxes did Janet sell?

  • 2 Sue answered 3 questions correctly on the first science test. She answered 15 correctly on the first math test. Sue got _______________ times as many math questions correct as she did science questions.

  • 3 There are 6 red pens for sale at the store. There are 4 times as many blue pens for sale at the store. How many blue pens are there?

  • 4 Terrell and Jill were in a play. Terrell said 9 lines. Jill said 81 lines. How many times more lines did Jill say?

NOTE

Students solve multiplicative comparison problems.

MWI Multiplicative Comparison


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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Arrays, Factors, and Multiplicative Comparison Unit 2 Generating and Representing Measurement Data Unit 3 Multiple Towers and Cluster Problems Unit 4 Measuring and Classifying Shapes Unit 5 Large Numbers and Landmarks Unit 6 Fraction Cards and Decimal Grids Unit 7 How Many Packages and Groups? Unit 8 Penny Jars and Towers