Math.4.OA.1 4.OA.A.1 Math.4.OA.2 4.OA.A.2

Common Core Standards One-Step Problems
Grade:	4th Grade
Standard:	Math.4.OA.1 or 4.OA.A.1
Description:	Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison, e.g., interpret 35 = 5 × 7 as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7 and 7 times as many as 5. Represent verbal statements of multiplicative comparisons as multiplication equations.
Standard:	Math.4.OA.2 or 4.OA.A.2
Description:	Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison from additive comparison.

The equals sign can be translated as "is."
The multiplication sign can be translated as "times as many as."
The equation can be translated as:
6 is 2 times as many as 3, or 6 is 3 times as many as 2.

Note that, while equal to the same value, 4 times as many as 5 pages does not have the same meaning in the problem as 5 times as many as 4 pages.

Common Core Standards

One-Step Problems

Math.4.OA.1 or 4.OA.A.1

Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison, e.g., interpret 35 = 5 × 7 as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7 and 7 times as many as 5. Represent verbal statements of multiplicative comparisons as multiplication equations.

Math.4.OA.2 or 4.OA.A.2

Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison from additive comparison.