Another effective strategy for helping students improve their mathematics performance is related to solving word problems. More specifically, it involves teaching students how to identify word problem types based on a given problem’s underlying structure, or schema. Before learning about this strategy, however, it is helpful to understand why many students struggle with word problems in the first place.
Difficulty with Word Problems
Most students, especially those with mathematics difficulties and disabilities, have trouble solving word problems. This is in large part because word problems require students to:
Answer: The person next to you ate more popcorn.
Step-by-step explanation:
3 divided by 4 is 0.75, which is equivalent to 75%. 4 divided by 5 is 0.8, which is equivalent to 80%. Now that you've calculated the percentages of how much they ate, you can assume that 80 > 75 (80 is greater than 75).
Answer:
x = 17
Step-by-step explanation:
x + x + 8 = 42 because x = boys and x + 8 = girls
2x = 34 because 2x = 42 - 8
x = 17
i hope this helps! you don't need the 2x = 42 - 8 to be an equation ;)
Answer:
9/8 or 1 1/8
Step-by-step explanation:
9/4 - 9/8
Need a common denominator, multiply 9/4 x 2/2
18/8 - 9/8
Subtract the top numbers
18-9 = 9
The eight stays the same
9/8 or 1 1/8
