Sunday, February 10

help with math word problems

Introduction to help with math word problem:

Math word problem is a real life problem put in words which has to be converted into mathematical form to solve it. Math word problems has to be solved by logically translating the problem to mathematical form. It requires understanding the mathematical concepts and its applications. I like to share this math tutoring free online with you all through my article.

To help with math word problems - examples

Math word problems help - example 1:

Jack has 21 bananas and 18 grapes . How many pieces of fruits does he have?

Solution:

We know that the sum of 21 and 18 is equal to the total sum of fruit. The total amount of pieces of fruit is unknown, so we will represent that sum with x.

Let x = Total Amount of Fruit from word given

The sum of 21 bananas plus 18 grapes is equal to the total amount of fruit. This can be used to explain the problem into an equation,

21 + 18 = x

By solving the last step equation.

Let x = Total Pieces of Fruit

Initial Equation     21 + 18 = x

After combining like terms 39 = x

The problems answer is then rewritten as a sentence.

There are 39 Total Pieces of Fruit

Math word problems  help - example 2:

Mike is twice as good as workman as Jones and therefore he is able to finish a job in 40 days less than Jones. Working together, they can do it in:

Solution:-

Given Mike is twice as good as work man as Jones.

Therefore the ratio of work done Mike and Jones is 1: 2

If difference of time is 1 days, Jones takes 2 days.

If difference of time is 40 days, Jones takes (2/1 x 40) = 80 days.

So, Mike takes 40 days to do the work.

so mikes one day work =  1/40

Jones one day work =  1/80

Now (mikes + Jones) one day work = ( 1/40 + 1/80 )

The LCM of 40 and 80 is 80.

Now take LCM and add we get

= 2 / 80 + 1/ 80

= (3)/ 80

Work done in one day=3/80

No. of days required to cover 80 portions of work=80/3

Mike and Jones together can do the work in 80 / 3 = 16.66 days. Understanding The Multiplication Table is always challenging for me but thanks to all math help websites to help me out.


More help with math word problems - practices


1. Math word problem help - practice 1:

Peter has 12 shirts and 7 T-shirts. How many of shirts does he have?

Answer: 19 Total number of shirts.

2. Math word problem help - practice 2:

The sum of thrice a number plus 8 is 62. Find the number.

Answer: The number is 18.

2. Math word problem help - practice 3:

Walker is thrice as good as worker as Kim and therefore he is able to finish a job in 40 days less than Kim. When they working  together, how long they can do it in?

Answer: 15 days.

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