Grade 5 Math Question - What's your answer?

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I hear the distance echos of homeschooling days using Singapore math and bar diagrams saying... (same answer as above with 48)

We are told that Wednesday = 1 out of 4 bars were finished. But another part of the problem talks about 8. So let's remember 1/4 is the same as 2/8. and draw it out

Monday and Tuesday together equals 6 of the 8 bars (of pages).

____ _____ ______ _____ _____ |____ | ____ ____ The last two horizontal bars are Wed. They are supposed to be equal sizes, but hard to show on this forum. The vertical is the sections of days.

Monday + 1 bar (aka 1/8 on tuesday) = 6 bars, which means Monday is 5 bars.

and we are told Monday is 30
30 is 5 equal bars
so each bar is 6 pages. and there are 8 bars. so 6x 8 = 48. It's not hard if using a program like Singapore math because the idea of logic with bar diagrams is taught all along. But it might be the problem on the challenge page.

feels like an old discussion from a message board far far away...... I'm going back into hiding now