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Features

Headlines to sort: times as many or more or fewer
Read 24 = 3 × 8 two ways, with a tape diagram for each
The Ken and Mark money problem step by step, with the total
Classroom news articles to log comparison phrases, plus a field assignment for phrases from real reading
Every page in color and in black and white
Answer keys included

Skills Covered

Read a multiplication equation as a comparison
Tell times as many from more than or fewer than

Solve a comparison problem with a tape diagram
Find comparison phrases in reading

How to Use This Pack

Seven pages for one lesson, sections of a class newspaper, The Comparison Times, built around the question: how does a model help you solve a comparison problem? Page 1 (Headline Hunt) has six news briefs: students underline the comparison, decide whether it is times as many or more or fewer, and write an equation. Pages 2 and 3 (The Equation Desk) read 24 = 3 × 8 as 24 is 3 times as many as 8 and as 24 is 8 times as many as 3, with a tape diagram for each, then caption news graphics and decide which sentence fits a story. Pages 4 and 5 (Money Matters) are the problem Ken has $5, Mark has 3 times as much: bills, a tape diagram, 3 × 5, the total of both boys and an explanation, then two problems to try. Pages 6 and 7 (Reporter’s Notebook) have two classroom articles with comparison phrases to log and solve, then a page for phrases from real books, magazines and news and a news brief of the student’s own. For one class period, print pages 1, 2, 4 and 6; the other pages continue those sections.

In the Classroom

Teach page 4 with real or play money: one $5 bill for Ken and three for Mark, then the same thing as a tape diagram on the board. Page 7’s phrase hunt can go home or to the library, with a short share-out the next day.

At Home

Look for comparisons in a newspaper, a magazine or a book: twice as many, 3 more than, 5 times as long. Ask what two things are being compared, and whether it is “more than” or “times as many.”

Tips for Success

Ask which amount is the one the other is compared to
Times as many: equal units the size of the smaller amount
More than: the smaller amount plus a piece
The operation depends on which number is missing, not on the key words

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

4.OA.A.1 Read a multiplication equation as a comparison (24 = 3 × 8: 24 is 3 times as many as 8) and write comparisons as equations.
4.OA.A.2 Multiply or divide to solve story problems that compare amounts (times as many), using drawings and equations, and tell them apart from comparing by adding.
4.OA.A.3 Solve multi-step story problems with whole numbers and all four operations, deciding what remainders mean, writing equations with a letter, and checking by estimating.

Times as Many or More Than? Comparison Mini Pack

4th Grade

A short newspaper-themed lesson on comparison problems: what 24 = 3 × 8 means and how times as many differs from more than. Students sort headlines, read an equation two ways, solve the Ken and Mark money problem with a tape diagram and find comparison phrases in articles.

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What’s Included

7 worksheets in color and in black and white, with answer keys
The full collection, The Comparison Times, has six more pages

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