Students learn to read a multiplication equation such as 35 = 5 × 7 and understand it as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7, or 7 times as many as 5. They connect the language of 'times as many' to the structure of multiplication equations.
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Interpret Multiplication as a Comparison
Grade 4 · Multiplicative Comparisons · question 1 of 3
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Times as many means multiply, not add.
The product is that many times the reference amount.
What is 5 times as many as 6? Draw 6 as one box, then 5 boxes of 6 in a row: 5 × 6 = 30.
Times as many compares by multiplying: every box is the same size as the smaller amount.
The equation says the same thing: 30 = 5 × 6 means 30 is 5 times as many as 6.
Knowing the larger amount and the boxes, divide: 30 ÷ 5 = 6.
k times as many as a number is k boxes of that number: multiply.
Adding: 5 times as many as 6 is not 6 + 5 = 11.
Times as many means 5 boxes of 6, not 5 more. 5 × 6 = 30.
63 is how many times as many as 9? — 7. 63 ÷ 9 = 7, so 63 = 7 × 9.
Anna has four marbles. Ben has three times as many marbles as Anna. How many marbles does Ben have?
Here are Anna's four marbles.
Ben has three times as many. That's one group of four...
...two groups of four...
...and three groups of four.
Three groups of four equals twelve. So Ben has twelve marbles.
We can write this as twelve equals three times four.
This equation tells us twelve is three times as many as four.
When we see times as many, we multiply. Ben has twelve marbles!
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