Question

Twelve students in mrs.taylors class want to start band. Seven students each made a drum.The rest of the students made 2 shakers each. How many shakers were made? Use the bar model. Need help have to show work on this whole page.

Answer 1

Solution

What do I need to find?

Number of shakers

what information do I need to use?

12 students

7 made a drum each

The remain students made 2 shakers each

how I will use the information?

We need to find the number of students who made shakers and then multiply by 2

Solve the problem

12-7 = 5 students

5* 2= 10 shakers

Then the final answer would be:

10 shakers in total