Multiples and Differences With Tape Diagram - Solve each problem using a tape diagram

Sep 30, 2026

Worksheet focused on solving five to adjustably formatted math word problems using tape diagrams. Tasks require modeling multiplicative relationships and differences across days, months, schools, employees, and business or practice scenarios. Students determine totals from given base amounts, such as Friday/Saturday/Sunday sales, elementary/middle/high earnings, January/February/March practice hours, and contest or fair earnings. An answer key accompanies the same set of problems for verification.

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Multiples and Differences With Tape Diagram

Problem Set 1

Answer Key

Multiples and Differences With Tape Diagram Name: | Solve each problem using a tape diagram.
1) On Friday a game store sold 13 copies of the new Mario game. On Saturday they sold 5 times as many as on Friday. And then on Sunday they sold 9 less than the amount on Friday. How many did they sell total?
Friday 13
Sunday 9
Saturday

| Answers
1.
2.
3. | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2) In a school district the elementary school earned $10 fundraising. The high school earned 5 times as much as the elementary school and the middle school earned $6 less than the elementary. How much did they earn total?
Elementary 10
Middle 6
High

| 4.
5. | | | | | | 3) A musician spent 25 hours practicing in January. In February he practiced for 10 hours longer than he did in January. Then in March he practiced for 5 times as long as January. How hours did he spend practicing?
Jan. 25
Feb. 10
Mar.

| | | | | | | 4) Carol's TV emporium was running a contest to see which employee could sell the most TVs. Frank sold 8 times as many TVs as Danny. Edward sold 5 fewer than Frank. And Danny sold 22 TVs. How many TVs did they sell total?
Danny 22
Frank
Edward
| | | | | | | 5) The school book fair sold 12 books on Wednesday. On Friday they sold 2 fewer than Thursday. On Thursday they sold 8 times as many as on Wednesday. How many books did they sell in those three days?
Wednesday 12
Thursday
Friday
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80 | | 60 | 40 | 20 | 0 | [www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com) Math Multiples and Differences With Tape Diagram Name: Answer Key | Solve each problem using a tape diagram.
1) On Friday a game store sold 13 copies of the new Mario game. On Saturday they sold 5 times as many as on Friday. And then on Sunday they sold 9 less than the amount on Friday. How many did they sell total?
Friday 13
Sunday 9
Saturday

| | Answers
1. 82 2. 64
3. 185 | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2) In a school district the elementary school earned $10 fundraising. The high school earned 5 times as much as the elementary school and the middle school earned $6 less than the elementary. How much did they earn total?
Elementary 10
Middle 6
High

| | 4.
5. | 369 | | | | | | | | | 202 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3) A musician spent 25 hours practicing in January. In February he practiced for 10 hours longer than he did in January. Then in March he practiced for 5 times as long as January. How hours did he spend practicing?
Jan. 25
Feb. 10
Mar.

| | | | | | | | | 4) Carol's TV emporium was running a contest to see which employee could sell the most TVs. Frank sold 8 times as many TVs as Danny. Edward sold 5 fewer than Frank. And Danny sold 22 TVs. How many TVs did they sell total?
Danny 22
Frank
Edward
| | | | | | | | | 5) The school book fair sold 12 books on Wednesday. On Friday they sold 2 fewer than Thursday. On Thursday they sold 8 times as many as on Wednesday. How many books did they sell in those three days?
Wednesday 12
Thursday
Friday
| | | | | | | | | 1 | 1-5 | | 80 | 60 | 40 | 20 | 0 | [www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com) Math Multiples and Differences With Tape Diagram Name: | Solve each problem using a tape diagram. | Answers | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | 1) On Friday a game store sold 13 copies of the new Mario game. On Saturday they sold 5 times as many as on Friday. And then on Sunday they sold 9 less than the amount on Friday. How many did they sell total?
Friday 13

Sunday 9
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2.
3. | | | | | Saturday | | | | | | 2) In a school district the elementary school earned $10 fundraising. The high schoo

FAQs

What is the main method used to solve the problems in this worksheet?

Each problem is solved using a tape diagram to represent given amounts and relationships between quantities.

How do the problems usually use multiplication and subtraction together?

They provide a starting value, then specify either a multiple (e.g., “5 times as many”) or a difference (e.g., “9 less than”), sometimes across multiple days or categories.

What should you do after setting up the tape diagram?

Use the diagram to compute the missing quantities and the final total requested in each problem.

Sep 30, 2026

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