Strip Diagrams
Caylee has 5 boxes with 25 colored pencils in each box. How many colored pencils does Caylee have?
Draw and label a strip diagram to represent this problem. Then, solve.
TW check with anchor chart reference.
If the input is 6 and the rule is divide by 2, what is the output?
3
The high-school band marched around the school's rectangular practice field. The field measures 90 yards by 20 yards. How far did they march?
220 yards
What is the perimeter of a rectangle that has a length of 42 feet and the width of 26 feet?
Write the formula you will use to solve. Draw a picture and solve!
TW check pictures with labels.
136 feet
How can we write 5 tenths as a decimal?
0.5 or 0.50
Pierson has 50 stuffed animals. If Pierson wants to put the stuffed animals in 5 boxes, how many stuffed animals will be in each box?
Draw and label a strip diagram to represent this problem. Then, solve.
TW check with anchor chart reference.
If the input is 40 and the rule is divide by 5, what is the output?
8
Peyton would like to have new wall-to-wall carpeting in her bedroom. The room measures 8 ft by 8 ft. How much carpeting will she need?
64 square feet
What is the area, in square centimeters, of a square that measures 7 centimeters on each side?
Write the formula you will use to solve. Draw a picture with labels and solve!
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49 square centimeters
A truck delivers 27 gallons of milk to each store on its route. If there are 13 stores on the route, how many gallons of milk does the truck deliver in all?
351 gallons (Brooks hopes one of the stores is in his neighborhood!!!)
There were 250 students sitting at the tables in the cafeteria. There are 5 tables in total. How many students were at each table?
Draw and label a strip diagram to represent this problem. Then, solve.
TW check with strip diagram anchor chart for reference.
If the output is 12 and the rule is add 5, what is the input?
Think: inverse rule!
7
Ms. Howard’s sister bought a frame for a new piece of art. The perimeter of the frame is 30 feet. The length of the frame is 5ft. What is the width of the frame?
10 feet
Ms. Carr would like to replace the bulletin board border in her classroom. To order the correct amount of material, she has to measure the bulletin board. The dimensions are 8 feet by 6 feet. How much border does Ms. Carr need to purchase?
Write the formula you will use to solve. Draw a picture with labels and solve!
28 feet
During a reading competition, Ms. Nanez’s students finished reading about 12 books each day. The competition lasted 13 days. About how many total books did Ms. Nanez's students read during the competition?
100 books
Brooks had 25 guests at his birthday party. Each guest had 5 cookies (must have been delicious!). How many cookies did they have in all?
Draw and label a strip diagram to represent this problem. Then, solve.
TW check with strip diagram anchor chart reference.
If the output is 15 and the rule is divide by 3, what is the input?
Think: inverse rule!
45
A glass company is creating a piece of glass to cover a conference table in an office building. Each side of the table is 4 ft. What is the area of the glass?
16 square feet
Ms. Garza made a rectangular sign for the science lab. The sign had a perimeter of 48 inches.
Draw an example with labels of what Ms. Garza's sign could look like.
TW check drawings and labels.
Joey was given 25 baseball cards for his birthday. He gave 5 to his younger brother. He wants to distribute the remaining cards equally among himself and four friends. How many cards will he get to keep for his collection?
4 cards
Ms. Ellis was making a slideshow for her brother's wedding. She had 180 pictures of him and his fiance. If she had an equal number of pictures for each of them, how many pictures did she have of her brother?
Draw and label a strip diagram to represent this problem. Then, solve.
TW check with strip diagram anchor chart reference.
If the output is 7 and the rule is divide by 6, what is the input?
42
Ms. Patterson is adding a decorative border to the walls of Gemma's nursery. The border will go all around the room which measures 10 feet by 6 feet. How much border will she need to buy?
32 feet
Ms. Cassidy made a square sign for the science lab. The sign had a perimeter of 20 inches.
Draw an example with labels of what Ms. Cassidy's sign could look like.
TW check drawings with labels.
James was given 148 Pokemon cards for his birthday. He gave 4 to his younger brother. He wants to distribute the remaining cards equally among himself and three friends. How many cards will he get to keep for his collection?
36 cards