Texas Math Models

Try “number line” or “4.5D”

Two steps

the number in the middle

G4

Of the 423 cans, 63 were pulled out. The rest split 4 ways. How many each?42363hpulled outnnnnthe rest, shared 4 waysfind h first, and n comes out of itstep 1 · the hidden number423 − 63 = hh = 360step 2 · share it out360 ÷ 4 = nn = 90the answer to step 1 is never the answer to the question

How this one works

How

find the middle number first, then use it to answer the real question.

Best when

the problem takes two steps to finish.

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