Multistep Comparison Story Problems: Difference-Unknown 4-22
Transition to solving problems where the scale factor is known, but the difference is unknown. If the smaller number is 8 and the scale factor is 6, what's the larger number and the difference? Since the larger number is 6x8 = 48, the difference is 48-8 = 40. 48 is 6 times as many as 8. 48 is also 40 more than 8.
