Tape Diagram Practice

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📊 Part 1: Drawing Tape Diagrams

1. Maria has 24 stickers. She gives away 8 stickers. Draw a tape diagram to show this situation and find how many stickers she has left.

Answer: Maria has _______ stickers left.

2. A recipe calls for 3 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. Draw a tape diagram to compare the amounts. How many more cups of flour than sugar are needed?

Answer: _______ more cups of flour are needed.

3. Jake saved $45. This is 3 times as much as his sister Emma saved. Draw a tape diagram and find how much Emma saved.

Answer: Emma saved $______.

4. There are 56 students going on a field trip. If 7 students can fit in each van, draw a tape diagram to find how many vans are needed.

Answer: _______ vans are needed.

🔍 Part 2: Analyzing Tape Diagrams

5. Look at this tape diagram situation: "Sam has some marbles. His friend gives him 15 more marbles. Now Sam has 42 marbles total." Which equation matches this tape diagram?

42 - 15 = ?

? + 15 = 42

42 + 15 = ?

15 - ? = 42

6. A tape diagram shows that Tom's age is represented by 4 equal parts, and his dad's age is represented by 7 equal parts of the same size. If Tom is 12 years old, how old is his dad?

16 years old

21 years old

28 years old

35 years old

✏️ Part 3: Problem Solving

7. Create your own word problem that could be solved using a tape diagram. Then draw the tape diagram and solve it.

Your word problem:

Your tape diagram:

Solution: _________________

8. Explain in your own words when tape diagrams are most helpful for solving math problems.

Tape Diagram Practice - Answer Key

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📊 Part 1: Drawing Tape Diagrams - Answers

1. Maria has 24 stickers. She gives away 8 stickers.

Answer: Maria has 16 stickers left.

Tape diagram should show: Total of 24, with 8 separated/removed, leaving 16

2. A recipe calls for 3 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar.

Answer: 1 more cup of flour is needed.

Tape diagram should show: 3 units for flour, 2 units for sugar, with 1 unit difference highlighted

3. Jake saved $45. This is 3 times as much as his sister Emma saved.

Answer: Emma saved $15.

Tape diagram should show: Jake's $45 as 3 equal parts, each part = $15 (Emma's amount)

4. There are 56 students going on a field trip. If 7 students can fit in each van.

Answer: 8 vans are needed.

Tape diagram should show: 56 total divided into groups of 7, showing 8 equal groups

🔍 Part 2: Analyzing Tape Diagrams - Answers

5. Sam has some marbles. His friend gives him 15 more marbles. Now Sam has 42 marbles total.

Correct Answer: ? + 15 = 42

This represents: unknown original amount + 15 given = 42 total

6. Tom's age is 4 equal parts, dad's age is 7 equal parts. Tom is 12 years old.

Correct Answer: 21 years old

If 4 parts = 12, then 1 part = 3. Dad's age = 7 parts = 7 × 3 = 21

✏️ Part 3: Problem Solving - Sample Answers

7. Create your own word problem

Sample Answer: "Sarah has 20 pencils. This is 4 times as many as her brother has. How many pencils does her brother have?"

Tape diagram would show 20 divided into 4 equal parts, each part = 5 pencils

Solution: 5 pencils

8. Explain when tape diagrams are most helpful

Sample Answer: Tape diagrams are helpful when comparing quantities, showing parts of a whole, solving multiplication/division word problems, and visualizing relationships between numbers. They make abstract problems more concrete and easier to understand.