Comparing with times as many: printable worksheets
Compare two amounts with "times as many" and "more than": write the equation for a statement, and the statement for an equation.
Sample worksheet
The first 2 problems of a real worksheet, made the way the builder makes it. Open it in the builder to change the number of problems, the difficulty and the layout, then print.
1.
Plain books cost $6.00 each.
Fancy ones cost 3 times as much.
How much does each fancy one cost?
Equation:
Each fancy one costs .
2.
Aaliyah counts 80 feathers.
Tariq counts 5 times as many.
How many feathers does Tariq count?
Equation:
Tariq counts feathers.
Show answers
1.
Equation: 3 $6.00 = $18.00
Each fancy one costs $18.00.
2.
Equation:
Tariq counts 400 feathers.
What students practise
I can multiply multi-digit numbers.
Students multiply up to four-digit by one-digit and two-digit by two-digit numbers with partial products and the standard algorithm.
Key words
- partial product
- the product of one place of a factor
- standard algorithm
- the column method for multiplying
Common mistakes
- Forgets the placeholder zero when multiplying by the tens digit.
- Adds the regrouped digit before multiplying.
- Reads "times as many" as "more than" and adds instead of multiplying.
Standards
Common Core State Standards this worksheet practises.
- 4.OA.A.1: Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison, e.g., interpret 35 = 5 × 7 as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7 and 7 times as many as 5. Represent verbal statements of multiplicative comparisons as multiplication equations. (unverified)
- 4.OA.A.2: Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison from additive comparison. (unverified)
Related topics
- Before this: Two-step word problems (Grade 3)
- Next: Multi-digit multiplication (Grade 4)