Question

There are 3 boxes for green chips and 5 boxes for red chips. each box has the same number of chips in it. if there are a total of 16 chips complete the tape diagram showing the number of chips in each box.

Answer 1

2 in each box of course

g= green chips r= red chips

3 boxes of green chips meaning for each box there are 2 chips so there are 6 green chips. 5 boxes of red chips meaning for each box there are two chips so there are 10 red chips and 6 g + 10r = 16 chips in total

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