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A sea cucumber can regenerate 7 times as many body parts. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Answers |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.   |  |  |  |\n| 2) | The first Model T factory built 9 cars in one shift. The second shift built 4 more cars than the first. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.   |  |  |  |\n| 3) | The toy drive collected 5 board games. It collected 5 more puzzles than board games. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.   |  |  |  |\n| 4) | A robin built its nest using 1 pieces of straw. A blue jay used 5 more pieces of straw than the robin. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.   |  |  |  |\n| 5) | A gray squirrel can leap 5 feet between branches. A flying squirrel can glide 2 times that distance. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.  \u003Cbr>6.   |  |  |  |\n| 6) | A porcupine has 1 quills on its tail. It has 3 more quills on its back than on its tail. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.   |  |  |  |\n| 7) | A woodpecker pecked 1 holes in the old fence post. It pecked 7 more holes in the dead elm tree. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8.   |  |  |  |\n| 8) | The class terrarium has 6 snails. The school pond has 9 times as many snails. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9.   |  |  |  |\n| 9) | The oak tree in the front yard has 4 bird nests. The maple tree has 2 times as many nests. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10.   |  |  |  |\n| 10) | Lucas stacked 8 blocks into a tower. His neighbor Zoe stacked 5 times as many blocks. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11.  \u003Cbr>12.   |  |  |  |\n| 11) | Grace earned 5 ribbons at the county fair. Her brother Ethan earned 2 more ribbons than Grace. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13.   |  |  |  |\n| 12) | Carter solved 9 riddles in the puzzle book. His classmate Nora solved 7 more riddles than Carter. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14.   |  |  |  |\n| 13) | A pelican scooped up 2 fish in one dive. On its next dive, it scooped up 4 times as many fish. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15.  \u003Cbr>16. |  |  |  |\n| 14) | Marcus found 6 arrowheads at the dig site. His partner Jenna found 7 more arrowheads than Marcus. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 15) | During the spelling bee, Round 1 had 5 words. Round 2 had 6 more words than Round 1. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 16) | A candle produces 2 units of light. An early electric bulb produced 5 times as many units of light. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  | Math\u003Cbr>[www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com) | 5 | 1-10\u003Cbr>11-16 | 94 | 88 | 81 | 75 | 69 | 63 | 56 | 50 | 44 | 38 |\n|  |  |  |  | 31 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 |  |  |  |  |\n\nIdentify Additive or Multiplicative Comparison  \nName: Answer Key  \n\n| Determine if the word problem is using an additive (a) or multiplicative (m) comparison.\u003Cbr>1) A starfish can regrow 4 arm at a time. A sea cucumber can regenerate 7 times as many body parts. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Answers |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.  m  |  |  |  |\n| 2) | The first Model T factory built 9 cars in one shift. The second shift built 4 more cars than the first. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.  a  |  |  |  |\n| 3) | The toy drive collected 5 board games. 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