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4th grade · Math · Unit 15 of 15

Times as Many

Compare by multiplying

What your child practices

Multiplicative comparison: reading 35 = 5 × 7 as “35 is 5 times as many as 7”, and solving “times as many” problems, which are different from “more than” problems.

Alaska content standards learning standard: 4.OA.1; 4.OA.2 · interpreting multiplication as a comparison and solving times-as-many problems

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. “3 times as many” means multiply by 3.
  2. “3 more than” means add 3.
  3. If you know the bigger amount, divide to find the smaller one.

Example: Ana has 4 stickers. Jay has 3 times as many. How many does Jay have? 3 times as many as 4 is 3 × 4. Answer: 12

Times as Many in Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 15 of 15 in 4th grade Math, after Line Plots & Data.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Leo has 4 apples. Mia has 3 more than Leo. How many apples does Mia have?

    • 12
    • 7
    • 10
    • 13

  2. Question 2

    Noah has 10 marbles. A friend has 3 times as many. How many marbles does the friend have?

    • 31
    • 40
    • 27
    • 13
    • 30

  3. Question 3

    Which sentence matches 54 = 9 × 6?

    • 54 is 9 more than 6
    • 54 is 9 times as many as 6
    • 6 is 9 times as many as 54
    • 9 is 6 times as many as 54

  4. Question 4

    A dog weighs 66 pounds. It is 6 times as heavy as a puppy. How much does the puppy weigh?

    • 17 pounds
    • 8 pounds
    • 11 pounds
    • 60 pounds
    • 396 pounds

  5. Question 5

    Which sentence matches 24 = 6 × 4?

    • 24 is 6 more than 4
    • 6 is 4 times as many as 24
    • 4 is 6 times as many as 24
    • 24 is 6 times as many as 4

  6. Question 6

    Leo has 4 apples. Mia has 4 times as many as Leo. How many apples does Mia have?

    • 17
    • 16
    • 19
    • 8

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