Texas Math Models

Try “number line” or “4.5D”

Times as many

one bar, copied

G4

4th grade brought 175 cans. 5th grade brought 3 times as many. How many?4th grade1755th grade, 3 times as many175175175none unit, drawn three timesGrade 4 names the unknown with a lettern = 3 × 175n = 5255th grade collected 525three times as many means three of the same bar, end to end

How this one works

How

draw the small bar once, then copy it as many times as it says.

Best when

the words say “times as many”, not “more than”.

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