Virtual Nerd: How Do You Solve a Word Problem Using a Function?

Yes, it's a word problem but you have all the information you need to solve it. You have a formula, and they have given you a value to plug in. So get to it and write out the formula, plug in the value and solve this word problem.

Yes, it's a word problem but you have all the information you need to solve it. You have a formula, and they have given you a value to plug in. So get to it and write out the formula, plug in the value and solve this word problem.

Use word problems to teach systems of equations! The instructor in this video demonstrates how to solve a word problem using a system of equations and the elimination by subtraction method. She goes through each step, carefully...

This tutorial shows you how to use a word problem to create a table and identify a pattern. Watch how to create an exponential function from the data and solve the function to get your answer. [7:55]

Word problem showing how to use the formula for inverse variation to find the constant of inverse variation and then solve for the answer. [3:08]

Discover how to take a word problem, turn it into a percent proportion, then solve for the answer using the mean extremes property of proportions. [2:38]

This tutorial illustrates how to turn a word problem into a compound inequality and solve that compound inequality to get the answer. [6:14]

After reading this inequality word problem, young learners might just skip over it and not even make the attempt to solve it. It seems rather complicated. So watch this video as the teacher explains all that needs to be done to solve...

How tall is tall? Well, here's a word problem that when the solution is found will show how tall, tall is. Two years ago, Brad was five and a half feet tall, which was only 2/3 of how tall he is now. Oh my, he is going to be really tall....

Don't skip this word problem! Take one piece at a time in writing out this inequality. Once you have an expression that represents the words in this inequality, the rest will seem easy. So watch this video to get a better understanding...