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andre wants to save $40 to buy a gift for his dad. Andre neighbor will pay him weekly to mow the lawn, Andre calculates that it will take him 5 weeks to earn the money for his dad's gift. He draws a tape diagram to represent to situation. Explain how each part of the tape diagram represent the story problem.

andre wants to save $40 to buy a gift for his dad. Andre neighbor will pay him weekly-example-1
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We want to know how each part of the tape diagram represents the story problem.

As Andre wants to save the $40 to buy a gift, we see that each month he will save a determined amount of money, denoted by


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This is what it means each part of the tape diagram: the amount Andre will save each month to buy the gift. After 5 months, all the amounts will add $40.

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