IXL | Multi-step word problems: multiplicative comparison

The Big Time Band put on a community concert. A total of 1,236 people attended the concert. There were twice as many adults as children who attended the concert.

How many adults attended the concert?

adults

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Bonfield Department Store placed an order for winter coats. The store ordered a total of 624 coats. The store ordered 5 times as many children's coats as adult coats.

How many adult coats did the store order?

adult coats

solution

You need to find how many adult coats the store ordered. Start with the information in the problem.

The store ordered 624 coats altogether.
The store ordered 5 times as many children's coats as adult coats.

You can use a diagram to model the problem. The store ordered 5 times as many children's coats as adult coats. So, draw 1 box to represent the number of adult coats the store ordered and 5 boxes to represent the number of children's coats.

adult

children's

There are 6 boxes in the diagram in all. The store ordered 624 coats altogether. So, each box represents

624

coats. Divide.

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Each box represents 104 coats. There is 1 box to represent the number of adult coats the store ordered.

So, the store ordered 104 adult coats.

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