IXL | Multi-step word problems with strip diagrams

Read the story.

Perry's new sandwich shop just got a great review in the newspaper. He's expecting a rush of customers, and he wants everything to be perfect for them. He carefully unwraps a package of 144 paper napkins and puts aside 34 wrinkled ones. He takes the rest of the napkins and splits them evenly among 10 tables.

Now, use the diagram to find

the number of napkins at each table.

144

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question

Read the story.

Shawna is decorating wreaths to sell at the Spruce Village Craft Fair. She opens a box of 50 small, glittery pine cones. She puts 5 pine cones on each of the 9 wreaths she is decorating.

Now, use the diagram to find

the number of pine cones left in the box.

solution

Look at the diagram that models the story.

total pine cones

pine cones used

pine cones left in box

You can use the diagram to find

the number of pine cones left in the box.

Step 1: Find the number of pine cones Shawna uses.

Shawna puts 5 pine cones on each of the 9 wreaths she is decorating. Multiply.

Shawna uses 45 pine cones.

Step 2: Find the number of pine cones left in the box.

Redraw the diagram using 45 for the number of pine cones used.

total pine cones

pine cones used

pine cones left in box

Now find

the number of pine cones left in the box. Write an equation and solve.

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There are 5 pine cones left in the box.

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