Curated OER
How Do You Find the Probability of a Complement and a Probability for Consecutive Years?
Probability, place, and time. There is a lot going on in this real-world word problem. I highly recommend watching this video to see how the instructor sorts out and sets up all the information to solve this problem. Take notes and pay...
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Area of a Rectangle Whose Sides are Binomials?
The teacher uses a diagram to set up her initial equation to reflect the changes being made to a garden plot. She has a good explanation of how she got her equation. Then she works through the steps to solve the equation.
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How Do You Solve a Word Problem Using a Two-Step Equation with Decimals?
A word problem with just one variable. Definitely doable! Identify all the components in this word problem then write an equation. Now solve it using the properties of equality.
Curated OER
How Do You Use an Equation with Consecutive Numbers to Solve a Word Problem?
Mrs. Jenkins has five children. How old is each one of them? A big word problem with lots of numbers to figure out. Show this video to your class! The more exposure your learners have to word problems, the more comfortable they will be...
Curated OER
How Do You Solve a Word Problem Using Unit Rates?
Here's a real-world word problem. It involves walking for a certain amount of time. There are some given values to use. So take the given values, set up the ratio and then convert that to a unit rate value. Now use this unit rate to get...
Curated OER
How Do You Use the Formula for Simple Interest?
I=prt is the formula for simple interest. What does each variable represent? I =interest, p =amount originally invested, r =rate of interest (usually in percent), t =time. Now all you have to do is plug in the numbers and do the...
Curated OER
How Do You Solve an Opposite-Direction Travel Problem?
The quintessential word problem that makes everyone scream and run away. But wait, come back! Time, distance, when will they get there? You are really only working with one formula: distance= rate times time. You can do this. View this...
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How Do You Solve a Word Problem with Exponential Growth?
Does this word problem describe exponential growth? Is something increasing? Is it increasing at a constant rate? How much is it increasing? Use the function formula for exponential growth to figure out this problem.
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How Do You Write an Equation From a Word Problem?
Word problems. Raise your hand if you love word problems! Don't see any hands raised? Watch this video as the teacher demonstrates how to identify the variables and match them up with given values in the word problem. Then she writes an...
Curated OER
How Do You Solve a Word Problem by Writing an Equation and Plugging in Values?
There are a lot of moving parts in this word problem. There are three variables, and then there's writing out an equation. Oh my! The best thing to do is watch this video and take some good notes as the teacher explains each and every...
Curated OER
How Do You Turn a More Complicated Expression into Words?
Given an algebraic expression, write a word problem. Usually it's the other way around where you have a word problem and need to write an algebraic expression. But, this is a good skill to have because it would mean that one has a good...
Curated OER
How Do You Solve a Word Problem That Compares Two Complex Fractions?
Fractions, money, and a word problem? Write out an equation that has a fraction as the numerator of a fraction. Huh? Confusing? Don't give up! Watch the video as the instructor illustrates and explains how to solve this seemingly...
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Rate of Change Between Two Points on a Graph?
The instructor uses a graph representing time and distance to illustrate how to solve this word problem. She explains each step: rate of change, distance, time, vertical change over horizontal change, change in distance, and change in...
Virtual Nerd
How Do You Solve a Word Problem with an Equation Using Addition?
Watch and learn how to set up a simple equation to this word problem. It's very straightforward. And you can solve it too.
Virtual Nerd
What is the Range of a Relation?
The teacher illustrates several ways to look at what the range is in a set of numbers. Input, output, stem and plot table, graphs, and diagrams are a few of the ways in which she illustrates the meaning of range.
Virtual Nerd
How Do You Solve a More Complicated Interest Problem?
This word problem on simple interest has a bit of a twist. When you read this word problem it boggles the mind. I know, it boggled mine. But never fear, the instructor takes you through this seemingly complicated interest problem...
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How Do You Solve a Word Problem by Multiplying Trinomials?
Use the distributive property to multiply these two trinomials. Then combine all the like terms and make sure to write them in descending order by degrees.
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Te Kete Ipurangi: Inquiry Learning From Knowledge to Understanding
How do you use inquiry learning to move from knowledge to understanding? Vic Hygate, from Windsor School in Christchurch, explains how she carefully focuses her planning, then uses events and provocative statements to make inquiry...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Get the Math: The Challenges the Setup
This brief video introduces the professionals who will pose real-world math challenges connected to their work and the students who will tackle the challenges. Real-world challenges are set up in the areas of music, fashion, video games,...