Times as many worksheets

35 = 5 × 7 says something in words: 35 is five times as many as 7. These free printable worksheets ask for the sentence rather than the product, which is the one multiplication question a page of sums never gets round to.

Times as many
Times as many worksheet — Products to 3,600, free printable with answer key

The answer key prints on a separate page.

What's on this sheet

The wrong answer these sheets are built around is “35 is 5 more than 7”. It is on every question, because it is what a child writes when “times as many” has not landed — the two phrasings are three words apart and a whole operation apart, and a page that never puts them side by side never finds out which one a child is hearing.

Why this sheet works

The other two options are the same sentence with its numbers swapped, which is the second thing that goes wrong. Nothing on the page can be crossed off without reading it: every option is a true-sounding sentence about the right three numbers.

How this one works

Times as many

8 groups of 4=32
32is8 timesas many as4
8 + 4=12
32is8 times as many as4
  1. 32 = 8 × 4 says there are 8 groups of 4, and having 8 groups of something is what "times as many" means.
  2. So 4 is the amount being compared to, and 8 is how many times bigger the other one is.
  3. It is not "8 more than 4" — that would be 8 + 4 = 12, and 12 is not 32.
  4. So 32 is 8 times as many as 4.