Yara sells roses at her flower stand. She has 579 roses and ties them into bunches of 3 roses each. Yara uses 579 +3 to find how many bunches she can make.

Question

Which area model can Yara use to represent the problem?

3

579

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3

579

570

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Answer 1

579 + 3 = 582

So, Yara can make 582 bunches of 3 roses each.

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