DRAW+A+PICTURE


 * Draw a Picture **

Question: Laura has 3 green chips, 4 blue chips and 1 red chip in her bag. What fractional part of the bag of chips is green?

Strategy:

1) UNDERSTAND:

What do you need to find?

What information are you given? You need to find how many chips are in all. Then you need to find how many of the chips are green.

2) PLAN:

How can you solve the problem?

You can draw a picture to show the information. Then you can use the picture to find the answer.

3) SOLVE:

Draw 8 chips.



3/8 of the chips are green.

LEARN ABOUT IT Draw a picture to help you solve some problems. Four pages were in line. Daniel was behind Timothy. James was between Daniel and Timothy. Daniel was in front of Colin. A mud puddle was near the page who was in the back of the line. Who was in the back of the line? First, I'll draw the line. Daniel is in back of Timothy. James is between Daniel and Timothy. Colin is behind Daniel. Colin is in the back of the line!