Measurement and Unit Conversion: Unit Conversion Factors of Time: Hours, Minutes and Seconds
This clip presents unit conversion problems involving sleep that can be solved by utilizing unit equivalences for seconds to minutes and minutes to hours, and then either multiplying or dividing.
Measurement and Unit Conversion: Unit Conversion Factors of Time: Days and Hours
This clip introduces unit conversion factors of time involving days and hours. "It is not important to memorize these factors," the clip explains. "As long as you already know the equivalences, you can figure out the unit conversion factors." The cl...
Measurement and Unit Conversion: Unit Conversion and Cancellation
This clip takes the student through the process of solving problems involving unit equivalences for time. As part of this process, it introduces a number of important terms and concepts, including unit conversion and unit cancellation.
Measurement and Unit Conversion: Problems Involving Time and Machines
This clip presents a practical problem about machines and how long they can go between repairs. The solution involves equivalences for converting years to days and days to hours.
Shortcut for Simplifying Radicals Before and After Multiplying
To avoid having to find perfect square factors for a large number by multiplying two radicals, first look for a common factor in the radicands that can be factored, then multiply.
Dividing Whole Numbers, Part 1: Division's Relationship to Multiplication and Subtraction, Part Two
This clip continues the previous discussion about viewing division as a shortcut for repeated subtraction or as the opposite of multiplication.
Dividing Whole Numbers, Part 1: Division's Relationship to Multiplication and Subtraction, Part One
This clip explains that division is a shortcut for repeated subtraction, and is also the opposite of multiplication.
Dividing Signed Numbers: Summary: Dividing Signed Numbers
This clip summarizes the lesson on dividing signed numbers. The clip explains that the first step in dividing signed numbers is to divide their absolute values. "As for the sign of the answer," the clip continues, "
the rule we use in multiplying w...
Dividing Whole Numbers, Part 1: Division Facts
This clip explains that it's not necessary to write out all the division facts, because "
we can get them by working backward from the multiplication table."
Dividing Whole Numbers, Part 1: Few Division Problems, A
This clip offers two practical division problems which can be solved using techniques taught previously, including repeated subtraction and multiplication.