Week 03 · Monday: Times as many (Number Trail Grade 4)

Monday: Times as many

Lucy the Ladybug waves from her big daisy on a dewy morning.

"I counted 7 dewdrops on my petals," she says, her seven spots shining.

Bennie the Bear looks at the clover patch beside her.

"I counted 35 dewdrops on the clover," he says.

Lucy's curly antennae wiggle. "That feels like so many more than mine."

"It is 5 times as many," says Bennie gently.

"Five groups of your 7 dewdrops would make 35."

Lucy smiles. "So multiplying can compare two amounts!"

Lucy has 7 dewdrops. The clover has 5 groups of 7.

5 × 7 = 35, so 35 is 5 times as many as 7.

$Five equal groups with seven dots in each group$

$A bar graph, dewdrops: Lucy 7, Clover 35$

The equation 35 = 5 × 7 tells us two things.

35 is 5 times as many as 7.

35 is also 7 times as many as 5.

HOW MANY IS THAT?

Lucy sees 6 bees. Bennie sees 3 times as many. How many bees does Bennie see?

Rosie hops 9 times. Freddy hops 4 times as many. How many hops for Freddy?

A daisy has 8 petals. A big flower has 6 times as many. How many petals?

Lucy has 7 spots. A spotted log has 7 times as many. How many spots?

WHAT DOES IT TELL US?

What does 35 = 5 × 7 tell us?

What does 24 = 3 × 8 tell us?

What does 36 = 9 × 4 tell us?

What does 60 = 6 × 10 tell us?

TIMES AS MANY AS 6

1same as 6

22 times as many

33 times as many

44 times as many

WHY THIS EXERCISE4 times as many as 8 is 32, not 24.

Try it

Put 4 spoons in a row.
Now make a row that has 3 times as many spoons.
Count both rows. How many spoons are in the long row?

Draw 7 dots for Lucy and 5 times as many dots for the clover.

Great comparing! Tomorrow we write comparisons as equations.