Texas Math Models

Try “number line” or “4.5D”

Equal parts

one multiplication, or one division

G3

3rd grade’s 248 cans came equally from its 4 classes. How many from each?248????4 classes, all the sameequal segments are what make it a multiplication4 × ? = 248or the same fact the other way around248 ÷ 4 = 6262 cans from each classa missing factor and a division are the same question asked twice

How this one works

How

split the bar into equal pieces, one for each group.

Best when

the groups are all the same size.

seen one of these on a test? See it on a real question: TEKS 4.5A, multi-step problems with a strip diagram.

The same problem, other ways