Four Corners Posters
Juan has 5 dogs.
There are 4 paws on
each dog. How
many paws are
there all together?
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Marlee’s car travels
15 miles per gallon
of gas. How many
miles can she travel
with 3 gallons of
gas?
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Four Corners Posters
DVDs cost
14 dollars each.
How much do
3 DVDs cost?
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Four Corners Posters
The pencil is
6 times longer than
a paperclip. The
paperclip is 1 inch
long in length. How
long is the pencil?
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Four Corners Cards
Problem A
Problem B
Problem C
Tyson reads
45 minutes each day.
How many minutes
does Tyson read in
4 days?
Books cost 5 dollars
each. How much do
8 books cost?
Tyson has 6 model
cars. There are
4 wheels on each
model car. What is the
total number of wheels
on Tyson’s model cars?
Problem D
Problem E
Problem F
Delia runs 3 miles each
day. How many miles
does Delia run in
7 days?
Pizzas cost 7 dollars
each. How much do
6 pizzas cost?
Mrs. Jenkins’s pine tree
is 12 times as tall as
her azalea bush. The
azalea bus is 6 feet tall.
How tall is the pine
tree?
Problem G
Problem H
Problem J
Tyson is 2 times as tall
as Delia. Delia is
32 inches tall. How
many inches tall is
Tyson?
Delia drew 3 triangles.
There are 3 vertices on
each triangle. How
many vertices are there
all together?
Tyson weighs
4 times more than his
baby sister. His baby
sister weighs
24 pounds. How much
does Tyson weigh?
Problem K
Problem L
Problem M
Mrs. Jenkins walks
5 miles each day. How
many miles does Mrs.
Jenkins run in 12 days?
Model cars cost
12 dollars each. How
much do 5 model cars
cost?
Mrs. Jenkins has
5 pizzas. There are
8 slices of pizza on
each pizza. How many
slices of pizza does
Mrs. Jenkins have?
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Note: The students may label these groups with a different name. The goal is for these
problems to be placed in the same group as the Four Corners Answer Key.
Grouping
Rate
Price
Multiplicative
Comparison
Problem M
Problem C
Problem H
Mrs. Jenkins has
5 pizzas. There are
8 slices of pizza on
each pizza. How many
slices of pizza does
Mrs. Jenkins have?
Tyson has 6 model
cars. There are
4 wheels on each
model car. What is
the total number of
wheels on Tyson’s
model cars?
Delia drew
3 triangles. There are
3 vertices on each
triangle. How many
vertices are there all
together?
Problem A
Problem D
Problem K
Tyson reads
45 minutes each day.
How many minutes
does Tyson read in
4 days?
Delia runs 3 miles
each day. How many
miles does Delia run
in 7 days?
Mrs. Jenkins walks
5 miles each day.
How many miles
does Mrs. Jenkins
run in
12 days?
Problem L
Problem E
Problem B
Model cars cost
12 dollars each. How
much do 5 model cars
cost?
Pizzas cost 7 dollars
each. How much do
6 pizzas cost?
Books cost 5 dollars
each. How much do
8 books cost?
Problem G
Problem F
Problem J
Tyson is 2 times as tall
as Delia. Delia is 32
inches tall. How many
inches tall is Tyson?
Mrs. Jenkins’s pine
tree is 12 times as tall
as her azalea bush.
The azalea bus is
6 feet tall. How tall is
the pine tree?
Tyson weighs 4 times
more than his baby
sister. His baby sister
weighs 24 pounds.
How much does
Tyson weigh?
Adapted from: Carpenter, T. P., Fennema, E., Franke, M. L., Levi, L., & Empson, S. (1999). Children’s
mathematics: Cognitively guided instruction. Heinemann: Portsmouth, NH.
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