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Grade 4 Math · Level 1, Numbers Through One Million

Multiplicative Comparison Meaning

How the lesson starts: Multiplicative Comparison Meaning

1. Snack time at the zoo

   Hello, zoo helper! Keeper Mia is handing out apples. Zed the zebra eats 3 apples. Ellie the elephant eats 4 times as many! How many is that? Let's find out.

2. 4 groups of 3

   Here are Zed's 3 apples. 4 times as many means 4 groups of Zed's amount. Ellie gets a group of 3, another 3, another 3, and one more 3. That's 4 × 3 = 12 apples!

3. Words to equation

   Fin the fox eats 7 fish. Leo the lion eats 6 times as many. Turn the words into math. 6 times as large as 7 means 6 × 7 = 42. Read it back: 42 is 6 times as many as 7.