Category Archives: Word Problems

Sharing Using Ratios

Image Source: http://resources2.news.com.au The following example shows how we can use Ratios for sharing out amounts. Also shown is the standard approach and working out steps for doing these types of mathematics questions. Image Copyright 2012 by Passy’s World As … Continue reading

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Increasing and Decreasing Using Ratios

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Finding Ratio Amounts of Proportions

Ratios and Proportions are used for cooking as well as making drinks. A strawberry milkshake can be made by mixing together in a blender 2 parts strawberry ice cream to 7 parts of milk. This can be written in Ratio … Continue reading

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Algebra Expressions

Image Source: http://www.whatsonyourwall.com Word Problems in Mathematics books always have a problem about colored marbles. We have one for you a bit later in this lesson. Word Problems need to be turned into Algebra Expressions so that we can do … Continue reading

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Equations Word Problems

Image Source: http://content5.videojug.com Many word problems in Mathematics involve writing an equation and then solving it to obtain a number answer. First we need to know how to translate the words into Algebra. If you are not sure about how … Continue reading

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