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

Word problems are easy to solve if you watch the following tutorial. This video walks you through turning word problems into a mathematical equation using fractions.

Watch this tutorial to see how division is used to solve a word problem. [5:08]

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...

Use math to solve problems in the real world! This tutorial explains how to translate a word problem into an equation and solve using subtraction. [2:54]

This video describes how to translate a word problem into an equation and solve using addition to figure out a real-world math problem. [2:46]

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...

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.

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....

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.

The teacher demonstrates how to set up a word problem into a ratio of fractions. There are many ways to solve this equivalent ratios problem and the instructor chooses to find a multiplier to find the missing value.