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✖️ 4th grade math · Multiply & Divide

Times as many

"3 times as many" means multiply. "3 more than" means add.

Worked example

A red box has 6 shells. A blue box has 7 more shells than the red box. How many shells are in the blue box?
Answer: 13
"7 more than" means add: 6 + 7 = 13. Answer: 13.

For grown-ups: Multiplicative comparison ("3 times as many"). Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

  • CCSS 4.OA.A.1–2
What this practises, for teachers

Practices multiplicative comparison ("3 times as many") (4.OA.A.1–2). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

  1. A red box has 7 cards. A blue box has 3 more cards than the red box. How many cards are in the blue box?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 10
    "3 more than" means add: 7 + 3 = 10. Answer: 10.
  2. A red box has 6 shells. A blue box has 9 more shells than the red box. How many shells are in the blue box?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 15
    "9 more than" means add: 6 + 9 = 15. Answer: 15.
  3. A blue box has 12 stickers. That is 4 times as many as the red box has. How many stickers are in the red box?
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: 3
    The blue box is 4 times the red box, so divide: 12 ÷ 4 = 3. Answer: 3.

Before and after

Learn first: Times tables to 10 (3rd)

Comes next: Leftovers in stories (4th), Multiply bigger numbers (4th), Divide by one digit (4th), Ratio language (6th)

Name: ____________________Date: ____________Score: ____ / 12

Times as many (4th grade)

  1. A red box has 9 shells. A blue box has 8 more shells than the red box. How many shells are in the blue box?
  2. A red box has 5 cards. A blue box has 6 more cards than the red box. How many cards are in the blue box?
  3. A red box has 3 marbles. A blue box has 6 more marbles than the red box. How many marbles are in the blue box?
  4. A red box has 3 cards. A blue box has 4 more cards than the red box. How many cards are in the blue box?
  5. A red box has 9 marbles. A blue box has 8 more marbles than the red box. How many marbles are in the blue box?
  6. A red box has 10 shells. A blue box has 5 times as many shells as the red box. How many shells are in the blue box?
  7. A red box has 12 cards. A blue box has 5 times as many cards as the red box. How many cards are in the blue box?
  8. A red box has 10 marbles. A blue box has 4 more marbles than the red box. How many marbles are in the blue box?
  9. A red box has 11 cards. A blue box has 5 more cards than the red box. How many cards are in the blue box?
  10. A red box has 7 marbles. A blue box has 2 more marbles than the red box. How many marbles are in the blue box?
  11. A red box has 12 shells. A blue box has 5 more shells than the red box. How many shells are in the blue box?
  12. A red box has 4 stickers. A blue box has 5 more stickers than the red box. How many stickers are in the blue box?

Answer key

  1. 17
  2. 11
  3. 9
  4. 7
  5. 17
  6. 50
  7. 60
  8. 14
  9. 16
  10. 9
  11. 17
  12. 9

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