Max bought 12 apples and ate 1/3 of them.
sam bought 12 apples and ate 1/4 of them.
how many apples did they each eat? draw
a model to explain your reasoning

12 divided by 3 is 4, times the numerator (1) is the number of apples Max ate out of the ones he bought (4 eaten out of 12 bought, or 4/12).
12 divided by 4 is 3, times the numerator (1) is the number of apples Sam ate out of the ones he bought (3 eaten out of 12 bought, or 3/12).
So, together they ate 7 apples, and separately Max ate 4 and Sam ate 3.

For the first one, your first point will be (0,5) from there you go down once and to the right once, repeat. Once you reach the end, go back to the point (0,5) and go up once and to the left once. This should give a line.

For the second one, your first point will be (0,-1) from there you go down 3 times and to the right once, repeat. Once you reach the end, go back to the point (0,&1) and go up 3 times and to the left once. This should give a line.

For the third one, your first point will be (0,2) from there you go up twice and to the right 5 times, repeat. Once you reach the end, go back to the point (0,2) and go down twice and to the left five times. This should give a line.