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Word Problems. Magaly Aguilar Period 2 7-16-14. Word Problems. What’s a word problem?- A word problem is a problem that contains a mathematical puzzle. How does it work?-you have to translate the word information into mathematical terms to solve. Word Problem Video. Word Problem Examples.
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Word Problems Magaly Aguilar Period 2 7-16-14
WordProblems What’s a word problem?- A word problem is a problem that contains a mathematical puzzle. How does it work?-you have to translate the word information into mathematical terms to solve
Word Problem Examples Example 2 Suppose a certain item used to sell for seventy-five cents a pound, you see that it's been marked up to eighty-one cents a pound. What is the percent increase? Step 1:find the absolute increase 81 – 75 = 6 Step 2: The price has gone up 6 cents. Now find the percentage increase over the original price. = 0.08 Answer:8% A zoo has 15 emperor penguins, who make up 30% of the total number of penguins at the zoo. How many penguins live at the zoo? Step 1: x=number of penguins at the zoo Step 2: 30% of x=15 Step Example 1
Resources • http://www.wordreference.com/definicion/ • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwycEivqYYI • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKywkLHV6Ko • http://www.purplemath.com/modules/percntof.htm • https://www.google.com/search?q=word+problems&client=firefox-a&hs=jRz&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=fflb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ClzNU8fMKtL9oASnqYHoCg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=819#channel=fflb&q=+emporoerpenguins&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=5vYgxIJmJHZhIM%253A%3BUPy9_nqWGduPTM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fupload.wikimedia.org%252Fwikipedia%252Fcommons%252F0%252F07%252FEmperor_Penguin_Manchot_empereur.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fen.wikipedia.org%252Fwiki%252FEmperor_penguin%3B640%3B692 • https://www.google.com/search?q=word+problems&client=firefox-a&hs=jRz&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=fflb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ClzNU8fMKtL9oASnqYHoCg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=819#channel=fflb&q=+markects&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=8v2-4oRtPOj1mM%253A%3BvX_j2gonCyxerM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.travelandleisure.com%252Fimages%252Famexpub%252F0011%252F7126%252F201004-w-markets-deering.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.travelandleisure.com%252Farticles%252Famericas-best-farmers-markets%3B380%3B320