Word ProblemsMagaly Aguilar

Period 27-16-14

Word Problems

Term/Word

Definition Example

Ratios Giving you the relationship of two quantities of two different objects

Apples to oranges

Fractions

A piece of a whole

Reducing fractions

Changing a fraction that’s equivalent but not the sam

Greatest common denominator

An amount divided by another that results with an equivalent amount

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 ExamplesExample 1 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 increase81 – 75 = 6Step 2: The price has gone up 6 cents. Now find the percentage increase over the original price. = 0.08Answer: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 zooStep 2: 30% of x=15Step

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