Translating Word Problems into Equations

The lesson teaches how to translate word sentences into mathematical equations. It covers the use of variables to represent numbers and how to express word problems as algebraic expressions. Students will learn to solve simple equations and check their answers.

• 09:31 “And then she sold 45 cups of rice, 45 cups of rice. So 45 times two, 45 now would be 45 times four. Because a cup of rice is four Nera, so four multiplied by 45. So our income is two times 50 plus four times 45, which is...”
• 11:09 “So we say Q. And rice adds double the price of maize. That is two times Q. If she sold 50 cups of maize and 45 cups of rice, what was her income? So 50 cups of Q, that is 50 of Q, 50 Q plus-- this is 2Q plus 2Q times 45....”
• 08:41 “I would have written Y-Nera here. And then if she sells a cup of rice as double the price of maize, that would be two Y, which is the same thing as two times Y. So two times two. So she sells a cup of rice at four Nera....”