Tape Diagram (continued):
Grade 3 Example:
Sarah baked 256 cookies. She sold some of them. 187 were left. How many did she sell?
256 – 187 = _____
256 cookies
187 cookies sold
? cookies left
256 –187 = 69
Sarah sold 69 cookies.
Grade 5 Example:
Sam has 1,025 animal stickers. He has 3 times as many plant stickers as animal stickers. How
many plant stickers does Sam have? How many stickers does Sam have altogether?
Animal
1,025
4,100 stickers in all
Plant
1,025
1,025
1,025
3,075
1. He has 3,075 plant stickers.
2. He has 4,100 stickers altogether.