Question

Casey and Jayden look for animal footprints in the woods.

Casey finds 18 footprints. Casey finds 2 times as many footprints
as Jayden. How many footprints does Jayden find?
Let f stand for the number of footprints Jayden finds.
Which bar model represents the problem?
Casey
Jayden
18
Jayden 18
Casey 18 18
Casey 18
Jayden 18 18
Jayden
Casey
f f
18

Answer 1

F or Jayne’s finds 36 Footprints

Answer 2

9

Explanation:

Casey = 18

Casey = 2 x James

Because both values for Casey are equal to Casey, they are also the same value

This can then be written as

18 = 2 x James

isolate James by himself by dividing both sides by 2 to get how many footprints James found

18 / 2 = 9

James = 9