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Which subject	Mathematics
What age group	Year or Grade 3
What topic	tape diagram
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Welcome to Math Magic: Exploring Tape Diagrams!

Introduction

Hello, young mathematicians! Today, we’re going to step into the world of tape diagrams—a fun and visual way to solve problems! But before we dive into our lesson, let’s kick things off with a little magic challenge!

Magic Challenge: The Mystery Box

Imagine you have a mystery box that holds some colorful candies. 🎉

The Setup

Here’s the magic part: I’ll tell you how many candies you have in total, but I’ll keep some candies hidden! Can you help me figure out how many candies are in the mystery box?

• Total candies: 24
• I’m hiding some candies from you, and I’ll give you a clue: I have hidden 8 candies!

Your Mission

Using your imagination, picture a tape that represents the total number of candies. Draw this on your paper:

1. Start by drawing a long rectangle to show all 24 candies.
2. Next, draw a shorter rectangle to show the hidden candies (the 8 I’m keeping!).
3. Finally, what’s left is the candies that are not hidden. Can you figure out how many that is?

Let’s Talk Tape Diagrams!

A tape diagram helps us visualize and solve our problem step-by-step. It looks like a bar that can be divided into parts.

• The long bar represents the whole (24 candies).
• The short bar represents what is hidden (8 candies).
• The remaining part shows what’s left to discover!

Transition to Learning

Now that we’ve played with a mystery and drawn our tape diagram, we’re ready to learn more about how to create and use tape diagrams to solve different math problems! Are you ready to become a tape diagram expert? Let’s go! ✨

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Feel free to ask questions or share your drawings with your classmates as we embark on this mathematical adventure together!