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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.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 4.OA.A.1; 4.OA.A.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 Arizona

In the Arizona Academic 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: Arizona Department of Education

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

    Kenji has 6 shells. A friend has 7 times as many. How many shells does the friend have?

    • 48
    • 13
    • 43
    • 45
    • 42

  2. Question 2

    Which sentence matches 24 = 3 × 8?

    • 3 is 8 times as many as 24
    • 24 is 3 more than 8
    • 8 is 3 times as many as 24
    • 24 is 3 times as many as 8

  3. Question 3

    A tree is 80 feet tall. It is 8 times as tall as a bush. How tall is the bush?

    • 9 feet
    • 18 feet
    • 10 feet
    • 72 feet
    • 640 feet

  4. Question 4

    Leo has 5 apples. Mia has 6 more than Leo. How many apples does Mia have?

    • 30
    • 11
    • 31
    • 12

  5. Question 5

    A tree is 36 feet tall. It is 6 times as tall as a bush. How tall is the bush?

    • 30 feet
    • 12 feet
    • 6 feet
    • 216 feet
    • 4 feet

  6. Question 6

    Leo has 7 apples. Mia has 2 times as many as Leo. How many apples does Mia have?

    • 15
    • 14
    • 9
    • 13

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