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Times as many
🔢copies✖️times➕more than🔍compare
Times as many.
The big ideaTimes as many means copies: multiply. More than means add on.

How it works

Times as many means copies: multiply. More than means add on.

Kim has 5 times as many stickers as Sam, who has 7: 5 × 7 = 35.

To find how many times as many, divide.

Times as many• multiply• 5 times as many as 7 is 35More than• add• 5 more than 7 is 12
Times as many, and more than.

Example 1: Multiply

  1. Kim has 5 times as many stickers as Sam. Sam has 7 stickers. How many stickers does Kim have?
  2. 5 times as many means 5 copies.
  3. 5 × 7 = 35.
  4. So the answer is 35.

Example 2: Choose the sentence

  1. Ana has 12 pencils. Ben has 6 pencils. Ana has how many times as many pencils as Ben? Which number sentence tells it?
  2. Ana has 12 and Ben has 6.
  3. How many times as many? 12 ÷ 6 = 2.
  4. So the answer is 12 ÷ 6 = ?.

Example 3: Say the comparison

  1. Zoe has 75 marbles. Max has 15 marbles. Which sentence tells how they compare?
  2. Zoe has 75 and Max has 15.
  3. 75 ÷ 15 = 5.
  4. So the answer is Zoe has 5 times as many as Max..

Words to know

times as many
That many copies of a number.
compare
To say how two amounts are related.

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Try it

  1. Ana has 2 times as many pencils as Ben. Ben has 3 pencils. How many pencils does Ana have?
  2. Ana has 10 pencils. Ben has 2 pencils. Ana has how many times as many pencils as Ben?
  3. Ana has 32 pencils. Ben has 4 pencils. Which sentence tells how they compare?
Answers: 1. 6 · 2. 5 · 3. Ana has 8 times as many as Ben.
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