Real math help.
How Do You Use an Equation with Consecutive Numbers to Solve a Word Problem?
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Word problems are a great way to see math in the real world. In this tutorial, you'll see how to translate a word problem into a mathematical equation involving consecutive numbers. Then you'll see how to solve that equation and check your answer!
Background Tutorials
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Introduction to Algebraic Expressions
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How Do You Evaluate an Algebraic Expression?
Plugging variables into an expression is essential for solving many algebra problems. See how to plug in variable values by watching this tutorial.
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What is a Variable?
You can't do algebra without working with variables, but variables can be confusing. If you've ever wondered what variables are, then this tutorial is for you!
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Translating Between Words and Math
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How Do You Write an Equation from a Word Problem?
Having difficulty turning a word problem into an algebra equation? Then this tutorial is for you! With this tutorial, you'll learn how to break down word problems and translate them into mathematical equations.
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Types of Numbers
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What are Consecutive Numbers?
Consecutive numbers are numbers in counting order. They tend to come up in words problems. Take a look at this tutorial to learn all about consecutive numbers!
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Real Number Properties
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How Do You Use the Associative Property?
Learning the associative property of addition is one thing, but being able to use it can be a completely different challenge. In this tutorial, you'll see how to put this very useful property into action.
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Simplifying Expressions
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How Do You Simplify an Expression?
Simplifying an algebraic expression is a fundamental part of solving math problems. Get some practice putting an expression in simplest form by following along with this tutorial.
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What are Like Terms?
Combining like terms together is a key part of simplifying mathematical expressions, so check out this tutorial to see how you can easily pick out like terms from an expression
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Solving One-Step Equations
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How Do You Solve an Equation Using Division?
Solving an equation for a variable? Perform the order of operations in reverse! Check it out in this tutorial.
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Further Exploration
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Solving Systems Using Substitution
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How Do You Solve a Word Problem Using Two Equations?
Sometimes word problems describe a system of equations, two equations each with two unknowns. Solving word problems like this one aren't so bad if you know what to do. Check it out with this tutorial!
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