Division and Tape Diagrams

We have been practicing creating tape diagrams to represent division problems.  Remember that you are dividing when you have been given the whole and are breaking it down into smaller parts (either the number of groups or the size of the groups, depending on what you already know).

If you have been given the number of groups, then you can start with the empty rectangular tape diagram and break it into the given number of parts (groups).

If you have been given the size of the groups, then you need to build your tape diagram one piece at a time, like building with LEGOS.

When you know the number of groups - Empty Tape Diagram

                                                                                                                          

When you know the size of the groups - LEGOS