Bar Model — Part-Part-Whole (detailed) — free printable diagram

About this illustration

A detailed, labelled bar model reference chart showing four uses of the part-part-whole bar model structure: (1) Addition — whole bar of 15 split into parts 7 and 8, with equation 7+8=15; (2) Subtraction — whole bar of 20 with known part 12 and unknown part shown as '?', equation 20−12=8; (3) Comparison — two bars A (24) and B (15) side by side, difference of 9 shown with dashed section, equation 24−15=9; (4) Multiplication — four equal parts of 6 totalling 24, equation 4×6=24. A legend on the left identifies WHOLE (blue), PART known (green), PART unknown (yellow). Title reads BAR MODEL / PART-PART-WHOLE.

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