Tools for Solving Word Problems
To solve word problems, carefully consider the problem to establish what you are looking for and give it a label, identify the essential information, then build and solve an algebraic equation based on that information, and check your answer.
Guidelines for Solving Word Problems
Guidelines for solving a word problem include evaluating and labeling the information given using your experience and common sense, translating that information into an equation, and checking your solution against the equation and the original situa...
Rate, Time, and Distance Problem
To solve a distance problem, a diagram is drawn, an equation developed based on the essential information, the equation is solved, and the solution is checked.
Practical Problem: Find the Number of Pizzas and Subs
Practice evaluating a practical problem, developing an equation based on the essential information using a table to help, then solving the equation.
Practice Solving a Complicated Rate, Time, and Distance Problem
Practice developing an equation to solve a time and distance problem.
Practice Solving a Word Problem
Practice evaluating and solving a word problem.
Solving a Complicated Mixture Problem
A complicated word problem involving percentages is broken into simpler parts and a solution found.
Review of Solving Complicated Word Problems
Summary of how to solve a complicated word problem.
Review of Guidelines for Solving Problems
Review of guidelines for solving word problems.
Solving a Complicated Cash Register Problem
A store manager needs to calculate how many bills of each denomination she can get with $100 in order to begin the day with enough change in her cash register, knowing she needs only one $20 bill. The solution is presented step-by-step.