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Unit 4: Verbal/Word Problems

Two trains travel at a rate twice the difference of their speeds 2 hours after leaving their respective stations which were 150 miles apart. :) media type="file" key="DRT bart problem.m4v" width="300" height="300" This is why it is important to have strategies for understanding, organizing and attacking complex word problems, such as:

media type="youtube" key="k-vTXwJObOI" height="344" width="425" This video might look weird, but it really helps with distance, rate and time problems. The guy teaching online doesn't draw a picture, but he explains the process well. Hope this helps!

This website can help you to understand coin word problems. [] It gives many examples of how to solve coin problems algebraically and shows you how to set up a chart. Towards the bottom of the page there is also a video if you need more help. To the side of the page there is a list of a lot of other math topics too. If you click on the one that says Word Problems you can view a list of pretty much every kind of word problem there is and how to solve them using algebra. Here's the short cut if you had no idea what I'm talking about. [] Have fun!

This video talked about solving age problems. It solved the equations using a chart, and other problems using let statements. I liked this video. []