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Comparison Word Problems

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    Additive and Multiplicative Comparison
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  • Darline has 6 candies. Sylvia has 5 more. How many candies does Sylvia have?
    Additive, +
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  • John has 15 books. Peter has 6 less. How many books does Peter have?
    Additive, subtract -
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  • Noemy has 3 times as many dolls as Tatiana. Tatiana has 2 dolls. How many dolls does Noemy have?
    Multiplicative, multiplication x
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  • Kirk has 3 times as many baseball cards as Nancy. Together, they have 21 baseball cards. How many cards does Kirk have?
    Multiplicative, division /, 
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  • The giraffe is 18 feet tall. She is 3 times as tall as the kangaroo. How tall is the kangaroo?
    Multiplicative, divide /, 6 feet tall
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  • The giraffe in the zoo is 3 times as tall as the kangaroo. The kangaroo is 6 feet tall. How tall is the giraffe?
    Multiplicative, multiply x, 18 feet tall
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  • Luis raised $45 dollars. This is three times what Anthony raised. How much money did Anthony raise? 
    Multiplicative, divide /, $15
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  • Denver, Colorado, averages 60 inches of snow a year. The U.S. average is 28 inches of snow a year. How much more snow does Denver get than the U.S. average?
    Additive, subtraction -, 32 inches more 
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  • Nancy is 24 years old. Her grandfather is 57 years older than she is. How old is Nancy's grandfather?
    Additive, addition +, 81 years old
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  • Becca's Bakery sold 232 cupcakes this month. They sold 58 fewer cupcakes last month than this month. How many cupcakes did they sell last month?
    Additive, subtraction -, 174 cupcakes sold last month
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