Multiplicative comparison
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1
Ahmed has 9 cards. His cousin has 7 times as many. Write an equation and find how many cards the cousin has.
c = 7 × 9 = 63 cards.
2
Write two sentences about 40 and 8: one with times as many and one with more than.
40 is 5 times as many as 8. 40 is 32 more than 8.
3
Solve 72 = 8 × n and check your answer.
n = 72 ÷ 8 = 9. Check: 8 × 9 = 72.
4
A school has 450 pupils. That is 5 times as many as the pupils in the nursery. How many pupils are in the nursery?
450 ÷ 5 = 90 pupils.
5
Draw a bar model: Hana walks 3 km. Menna walks 4 times as far. How far does Menna walk, and how much farther than Hana?
4 × 3 = 12 km. 12 − 3 = 9 km farther.