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4.3
Word Problems
Objectives:
- To define variables, then to write and solve word problems.
is, is as much as, is the same as, is identical to - ____________
times, twice, product, of - __________
more than, sum, increased - ____________
decreased, minus, less than, less - ___________
quotient, divided - ___________
Word Problem Steps
1. Define a ________________. Will usually be what you are
asked to find in the problem.
2. Write an equation using the information from the word problem.
3. Solve the equation.
4. Check your answer.
Translate each sentence into an equation. Then solve.
Eight more than a number is twelve.
Forty eight is the same as the product of 12 and a number.
Translate each sentence into an equation. Then solve.
Twice a number is 72.
A number less 14 equals twenty.
120 is the same as a number divided by 10.
Translate each sentence into an equation. Then solve.
Two plus the quotient of a number and 8 is the same as 16.
Three times a number plus five equals fourteen.
Translate each sentence into an equation. Then solve.
Twice a number decreased by eight equals seventy.
Fifteen is the same as a fourteen plus a number divided by 3.