Drawing bar models to represent word problems

Maths

Measures

Addy and Melvin collected wastewater, measuring them each month. In April they collected 1 litre and 500 ml and in May they collected another 7 litre and 500 ml. What was the weight of the cans they collected altogether?

Buttons and Addy compared how much water they drank in a day. Addy drank 7 litres and 500 ml. Buttons drank 1 litre and 500 ml less. How much water did Buttons drink?

Mr Slade treated his class to some juice for playing nicely in the hot weather. He used 1 litre and 500 ml of squash. With the right amount of water, it made 7 litres and 500 ml of juice. How much water was in the juice?

Can be a representation of a word problem that helps to identify the calculation needed to solve it.

Help show the relationship between the known and unknown values in a problem.

Help to identify if there is a comparison between two or more values or if there are part-whole relationships or scaling relationships between values.

Known values: 89g and 35g. Unknown: The known values added together. (89g + 35g)

Known values: 89kg and 35kg. Unknown: The difference between the known values. (89g - 35g)]

Match the word problem to the correct bar model.

Match the word problem to the correct bar model

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Drawing bar models to represent word problems

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.