Question

darryl is giving away 68 baseball cards. he gave 20 baseball cards to his sister, and then divided the remaining cards equally among 6 friends so that each friend got c cards. label the tape diagram to represent this situation so that each friend gets c cards. tape diagram with a part labeled \sister\ and a blue square above the whole diagram and six squares in the diagram

Explanation:

Step1: Find remaining cards

$68 - 20 = 48$

Step2: Solve for c (per friend)

$c = \frac{48}{6} = 8$

Step3: Label the tape diagram

Top box: Total cards = 68
First bottom box (sister): 20
Remaining 6 bottom boxes (each friend): 8 (or c, since c=8)

Answer:

• Top box (total): $\boldsymbol{68}$
• First bottom box (sister): $\boldsymbol{20}$
• Each of the 6 remaining bottom boxes (friends): $\boldsymbol{8}$ (or $\boldsymbol{c}$, since $c=8$)