Question

There are 3 times as many students on the track team as on the soccer team. There are 8 students on the soccer team. Label the bar model and write an equation to represent the number of students on the track team. Beag a number into each box to complete the bar model and the equation. Write Soccer Team Track Team х

Answer 1

the first direct information we have is that the soccer team has 8 students, so we can put an 8 in the "Soccer Team" Box.

Soccer Team: 8

The Track Team has 3 times as many as the Soccer Team, so this is the same as having 3 of the same "box". That is, we have 3 boxes with 8 in each.

So, we can put 8 in each of the Track Team boxes:

Track Team: 8 8 8

Now, adding each of these, we get:

$8+8+8=24$

So, the in the box under it we have to put the total, 24:

Track Team: 8 8 8

24

Finally, this is the same as multiplying 3 by 8 and get 24, so the equation is:

$3\times8=24$

So, we will have:

Soccer Team: 8

Track Team: 8 8 8

24

3 x 8 = 24