6.2 - Tape Diagrams (Part 1)

Jane put 4 pieces of candy in a goody bag. Her brother put some more toys in the bag until there were 12 items.

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The teacher had 12 pencils and she gave all four of her students the same number of pencils to have for the month. Which tape diagram matches this story?

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Choose the correct tape diagram for this equation:

12÷ 4 = x

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Trent made 50 cookies for 5 friends at school. He gave 5 cookies to his first friend, 18 cookies to his second friend, and then divided the remaining cookies evenly among his other three friends. Which tape diagram shows this situation?

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There are 87 middle schoolers on a bus headed home. After 39 students are dropped off, the bus driver put the rest of the students into four groups on the bus to spread them out. Which tape diagram matches the situation?

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Sarah and Katie are arranging flowers in a vase. Sarah puts three sunflowers in each vase. Katie puts x other flowers in each vase. After filling the 4 vases, they have used a total of 44 flowers. Which tape diagram describes the situation?

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Andrew's family bought some girl scout cookies. They bought one box of four flavors to try: thin mint, samoas, lemon bars, and tagalongs. Andrew wanted to try one cookie of each flavor. There were 28 cookies left for the rest of the family to eat at another time.

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Don wanted to start a savings account for his three children. He added 18 to each of their accounts in January. He has given them a total of 114 dollars since starting their accounts last year. Which tape diagram shows this situation?

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A scuba diver descends slowly at a rate of -2 meters every 3 seconds. At this rate, how long will it take to descend to a depth of -300 meters from the surface?

• 3 minutes 20 seconds

• 10 minutes

• 15 minutes

• 7 minutes 30 seconds

During a car sale, cars are selling for $900 less than their original price. If x is the original price and a car sold for $22,700, which equation could be used to determine the original price of the car?

• x - 22,700 = 900

• x + 22,700 = 900

• x - 900 = 22,700

• x + 900 = 22,700