Instructional Video

Turning Word Problems Into Equations

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Time to test your scholars' listening skills! Demonstrate how to write equations from verbal sentences. After introducing key terms, the instructor completes two examples and then explains how to turn words into operations to write the equations. 

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Instructional Ideas
  • Have your pupils write down the key words and their appropriate operations
  • Supplement the video with examples incorporating subtraction and division
Classroom Considerations
  • Scholars should be familiar with solving equations
  • This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
  • Gives a list of key terms and their associated operations
Cons
  • Does not include an example of subtraction, which has special considerations