Unit 6 - Lesson 2 - Activity 3

Unit 6 - Lesson 2 - Activity 3

Here is a blank Tape Diagram

How do we create a Tape Diagram to represent a story?

• What information does the story tell us?

• What information does the story not tell us?

Multiple Choice

Noah and his sister are making gift bags for a birthday party. Noah puts 3 pencil erasers in each bag. His sister puts X stickers in each bag. After filling 4 bags, they have used a total of 44 items.

Multiple Select

How would you find out out the unknown amount in the story? *How will you find out the value of the variable?*

• Multiply all values

• Divide all values

• Subtract # of items put in bags from total # of items. Then divide the # of variables given by # of items left.

Poll

Noah’s family also wants to blow up a total of 60 balloons for the party. Yesterday they blew up 24 balloons. Today they want to split the remaining balloons equally between four family members. Which tape diagram matches the story?

Multiple Select

Noah’s family bought some fruit bars to put in the gift bags. They bought one box each of four flavors: apple, strawberry, blueberry, and peach. The boxes all had the same number of bars. Noah wanted to taste the flavors and ate one bar from each box. There were 28 bars left for the gift bags. Does this diagram represent the story? Yes or No?

• Yes

• No