Multiplicative Comparison Matching

4th Grade MathMulti-Digit Operations4 pages

About this worksheet

Matching and sorting work on multiplicative comparison for 4th grade, covering Common Core 4.OA.1 and 4.OA.2. Students pair statements like "A jacket costs $72, which is 8 times as much as a hat that costs $9" with equations such as 8 × 9 = 72, read bar models built from repeated boxes of 5, 6 and 7, and split a table of claims into times-as-many versus more-than. Two word problems close it out, one dividing (the 18-foot giraffe) and one multiplying (the bran muffins). An answer key sits at the end.

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Curriculum objectives covered

4.OA.1

“Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison, e.g., interpret 35 = 5 x 7 as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7 and 7 times as many as 5. Represent verbal statements of multiplicative comparisons as multiplication equations.”

Parts 1 and 2: matching the five statements to their equations and writing equations from the three bar models.

4.OA.2

“Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison from additive comparison.”

Part 4's giraffe and muffin problems, plus the multiplicative-versus-additive sort in Part 3 that the standard names directly.

What's inside this worksheet

Part 1: Match Statements to Equations

Five statements match to equations lettered A to E. The jacket-and-hat item and Carlos's 24 rocks (3 times his sister's) both hide which factor is the smaller amount.

Part 2: Visual Bar Model Matching

Three bar models drawn as bracketed boxes: Ava holds four 5s against Sam's one, Ben three 6s against Mia's one, Zoe five 7s against Eli's one. Questions 6 to 8 turn each into an equation or comparison sentence.

Part 3: Multiplicative vs. Additive Comparison

Four claims go into a tick-box table. "Jason has 4 more pencils than Priya" sits alongside "He ran 3 times as far on Friday" so the wording has to do the work.

Part 4: Solve Comparison Word Problems

The giraffe problem gives the larger amount (18 feet is 3 times the baby's height), so the equation needs a missing factor. The muffin problem multiplies 8 blueberry by 6. Both require an equation with a letter before the answer.

How teachers use it

Before word problems

Teach Part 3 first as a class sort. Until students hear the difference between 4 more and 4 times, the word problems stay coin flips.

Pairs check

Have partners do Part 1 separately, then argue any mismatched letters. Items 3 and 5 produce the most disagreement because the larger number comes first.

Exit ticket alternative

Question 13 alone tells you who divides when the problem names the bigger amount. Collect just that answer if time is short.

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