How Do You Solve a Word Problem with an Equation Using Division?

How Do You Solve a Word Problem with an Equation Using Division?

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Word problems are a great way to see math in action! See how to translate a word problem into an equation, solve to find the answer, and check your found answer all in this tutorial.

Keywords:

  • problem
  • word problem
  • word
  • translate words to algebra
  • equation
  • solve
  • solve by division
  • division property of equality
  • 1 step solution
  • variable on 1 side

Background Tutorials

  • Evaluate expressions at specific values of their variables. Include expressions that arise from formulas used in real-world problems. Perform arithmetic operations, including those involving whole-number exponents, in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations).

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  • Give examples of linear equations in one variable with one solution, infinitely many solutions, or no solutions. Show which of these possibilities is the case by successively transforming the given equation into simpler forms, until an equivalent equation of the form x = a, a = a, or a = b results (where a and b are different numbers).

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