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Bar Model Addition

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Bar Model Addition

Bar Model Addition

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📊 Part 1: Reading Bar Models

1. Look at this bar model. Write the addition equation.

Bar Model: [____15____][____12____]

Addition equation: _____ + _____ = _____

2. Complete the bar model for 23 + 16.

Draw the numbers in the correct parts of the bar model:

[_________][_________] = _____

3. What is the total shown in this bar model?

Bar Model: [____18____][____25____]

🎯 Part 2: Creating Bar Models

4. Draw a bar model for 34 + 28. Then solve.

Answer: 34 + 28 = _____

5. Sarah has 27 stickers. Her friend gives her 19 more stickers. Draw a bar model to show this problem.

Total stickers: _____

6. Create a bar model for 45 + 37.

45 + 37 = _____

🧮 Part 3: Word Problems with Bar Models

7. At the school fair, Class A sold 38 pies and Class B sold 24 pies. How many pies did they sell altogether?

Step 1: Draw a bar model in the space below.

Step 2: Write the addition equation: _____ + _____ = _____

Step 3: Answer: They sold _____ pies altogether.

8. Tom collected 29 shells at the beach. His sister collected 33 shells. Use a bar model to find how many shells they collected in total.

Total shells: _____

🔍 Part 4: Multiple Choice

9. Which addition equation matches this bar model? [____26____][____35____]

26 + 35 = 61

35 + 26 = 59

26 + 35 = 51

25 + 36 = 61

10. In a bar model, what do the parts represent?

The numbers being added together

The answer only

The subtraction

The multiplication

🌟 Part 5: Challenge Problems

11. Complete this bar model. One part is 47 and the total is 83. What is the other part?

[____47____][_____?_____] = 83

The other part is: _____

12. Create your own word problem that uses the bar model [____32____][____28____]. Then solve it.

My word problem:

Answer: 32 + 28 = _____

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