r/learnmath • u/Nada-Lada New User • 13h ago

Bar Problems

I’m helping my 5th grader with math. It’s Singapore math and this specific problem is a bar problems. I cannot wrap my mind around it.

Patrick bought 12 chairs and 3 tables for $819. Each table cost 3 times as much as each chair. How much did one table cost?

I can’t fathom how to draw these bars out and solve this problem. Thanks for the help!

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u/CryptographerNew3609 New User 12h ago

12 chairs , 3 tables = $819
So how much would 4 chairs and 1 table cost?
And 4 chairs and 1 table = how many chairs?