IXL | Multi-step word problems: multiplicative comparison

The Volleyball Warehouse sold 2,514 pairs of kneepads last month. Each pair of kneepads sold was either white or black. The store sold 5 times as many black pairs as white pairs.

How many pairs of white kneepads did the store sell last month?

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Parents at Greendale Elementary School can sign their children up for after-school activities. A total of 414 children attend the school. There are 5 times as many children who participate in after-school activities as those who do not.

How many children participate in after-school activities?

children

solution

You need to find how many children participate in after-school activities. Start with the information in the problem.

A total of 414 children attend the school.
5 times as many children participate in after-school activities as those who do not.

You can use a diagram to model the problem. There are 5 times as many children in after-school activities. So, draw 1 box to represent the number of children who do not participate in after-school activities and 5 boxes to represent the number of children who do.

do not participate

participate

There are 6 boxes in the diagram in all. A total of 414 children attend the school. So, each box represents

414

children. Divide.

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Each box represents 69 children. There are 5 boxes for children who participate in after-school activities. Multiply to find the number of children who participate.

A total of 345 children participate in after-school activities.

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