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Word Problems on Increasing and Decreasing by a Factor

Mathematics Grade 2 Difficulty 2/5

Beginning of the lesson

🌟 Times More & Times Fewer 🌟

Learning about Multiplication and Division Word Problems!

🎯 Section 1: "More By" vs "Times More" - They're DIFFERENT!

βž• "More By" = ADD

"5 more than 3"

3 + 5 = 8

βœ–οΈ "Times More" = MULTIPLY

"5 times as many as 3"

3 Γ— 5 = 15

πŸ”‘ KEY WORD: "TIMES" means MULTIPLY or DIVIDE!
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πŸš€ Section 2: What Does "Times As Many" Mean?

"4 times as many as 5"

This means: 5 Γ— 4 = 20

We have 5, and we want 4 groups of 5!

The number becomes BIGGER

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