In this video, students learn how drawing pictures can help them solve tough word problems. The teacher demonstrates how to use pictures as representations of numbers and how to communicate mathematical ideas effectively.

Lucca and his four friends went to a fair. There, Lucca purchased a one fourth pound fudge. If he plans to split the fudge evenly between his 4 friends and himself, how much fudge will each person get?

John's family are buying a new house. The house has a kitchen with a rectangular floor. In the floor we can fit exactly 42 squares where each square has length of 1 ft. If we know that the work area length is 6 feet, what is the width of...

Jamal has a farm of a rectangular shape. Its length is 60 yards and its width is 40 yards. He wants to build a fence around the whole farm. He will use a robe that goes around the whole farm. How long should the robe be?

The Algebra Word Problem Tutor series teaches by examples how to set up algebra word problems and solve them. Number Problems teaches student’s how to solve word problems that involve number relations. Students are taught how to read...

Identify clue words in problems to determine the appropriate operation.

Kirsten’s pool has a deck surrounding it, She plans to go to the store to buy a stain for the deck but she wants to find out the area of this deck so that she can purchase the correct amount. How can Kirsten calculate the area of the...

Use a percent proportion to find the whole.

Find the area of a right triangle.

Dividing a unit fraction by a whole number using the number line.

In this video, learn how to check division answers involving whole numbers and fractions using the inverse relationship between multiplication and division. The teacher provides examples and demonstrates the process of using...

Use a percent proportion to find part of a whole.

Use a percent proportion to find the percent.

Represent real-world situations with expressions.

Represent real-world situations with expressions.

Find a percent of a whole in word problems.

Understand how to solve word problems involving adding fractions with the same denominator using visual models. The visual examples provided demonstrate how to correctly add fractions by understanding the concept of equally sized parts.

Represent real-world situations with inequalities.

Use a formula to find the perimeter of a rectangle.

Find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths.

In this video we will explore how to find the bearing of a ship to and from port based on a word problem using the law of cosines to find the missing angles.

Use the simple interest formula.

Find the area of a parallelogram.

Find the area of a triangle.