Grade 4 · Operations and Algebraic Thinking

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.OA.A.1

Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison, e.g., interpret 35 = 5 × 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.

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Lessons that teach this standard

• Times as Many: Comparison and Multi-Step Word Problems

  How to read a times-as-many comparison, tell it apart from a more-than comparison, and work a multi-step word problem by writing an equation for each step.