Sean deposits 30% of every paycheck into a savings account. He receives a paycheck for $300.
Create a tape diagram where the shaded section represents the amount of the paycheck he will deposit into his savings account. Then, complete the sentence.
$30
$180
$90
$210
No idea what a tape diagram is, but
30% of $300 is $90
Here is a tape diagram representing the amount of the paycheck Sean will deposit into his savings account:
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|$30 _______|_______ $180 ________$90 ____________ $210|
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Completing the sentence: From his $300 paycheck, Sean will deposit $90 into his savings account.
To create a tape diagram representing Sean's paycheck, we divide the paycheck into 10 equal sections. Each section represents 10% of the paycheck.
Now, we shade in 3 out of the 10 sections, which represents the 30% that Sean deposits into his savings account.
The shaded section represents $90, which is the amount of the paycheck that Sean will deposit into his savings account.
So, the completed sentence is:
The shaded section represents $90, which is the amount of Sean's paycheck he will deposit into his savings account.
To create a tape diagram, we will represent the entire paycheck of $300 as a whole rectangle. Then, we will divide this rectangle into sections to represent the amount Sean will deposit into his savings account.
First, we need to find out what 30% of $300 is. To do this, we can multiply $300 by 30% or 0.30.
30% of $300 = $300 x 0.30 = $90
So, Sean will deposit $90 into his savings account.
To create the tape diagram, we divide the rectangle into the appropriate sections:
_______|________|_______|_______
$30 | $180 | $90 | $210
Now, completing the sentence:
The shaded section in the tape diagram represents the amount of the paycheck he will deposit into his savings account, which is $90.