GED Math: Fraction Rap

Posted by Curtis Published in Fractions, GED Math

Saw this video today. This guy’s got it goin’ on.
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ebd7c1e1b7118af88edc&page=1&viewtype=&category=

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Jan

GED Math Word Problem Advice

Posted by Curtis Published in GED Math, GED Practice Question, Number Sense, Word Problems

Yo, guyz an’ gals. Connie wrote in askin’ for advice about word problems:
I’m not bad in math except when it comes to word problems any advice?
Hey, the GED’s real big on word problems, so you gotta get the hang of them. Why’d they gotta have word problems? Cuz they ain’t so much int’rested if you [...]

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Jan

GED Math Word Problems…

Posted by Curtis Published in GED Math, Number Sense, Word Problems

Hey, yo. Here’s a question by Tanya that Liz forwarded me from her blog:
Im about to take my math test,I am horrible in math.right now I am working on word probloms.How do I know if these word probloms are asking me to subtract,divide,multiply or add.please help.

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Jan

GED Math: Word Problem

Posted by Curtis Published in GED Math, GED Practice Question, Number Sense, Word Problems

Yo, all. Here’s another word problem from Zaher…
Satix is at a flea market. She wants to get the most knives at the lowest price. But she also wants to get at least one of each. The prices of the knives are: $ 4.30, $12.80, $11.50, $7.30, $ 7.50. If she has $50 to spend how [...]

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Jan

GED Math: Probability

Posted by Curtis Published in GED Math, GED Practice Question, Probability

Hey, yo, all, probability is the sweetest part of math. Tells you how likely something is to happen. And here’s a probability question from Zaher:
If Rob flips 3 coins what is the chance that they will come up all tails?
The correct answer was : 1/8 , but it doesnâ€™t make sense to me ! can [...]

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Jan

Some Advanced Algebra… But Not Too Hard!

Posted by Curtis Published in Algebra

Hey, all… Here’s a problem from Zaher that’s real good for thinkin’ skills:
If x= y-3 and y=z^2, what is x in terms of z?
That caret, that’s shorthand for “to the power of.” So I’m gonna state it:
x = y – 3
y=z2
What you want to get is x in terms of z. Well. This ain’t really [...]

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Jan

GED Math: Algebra

Posted by Curtis Published in Algebra, GED Practice Question

Here’s a problem that Lyndia sent in, since she was havin’ trouble with it:
3x = 7 – 4x
You wanna figure out what “x” is equal to The problem comes in when you have a number befo’ the x, and need to get all the “x”es on the same side. Think of it this way… you [...]

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Jan

GED Math: More Fractions… in Real Life Problems.

Posted by Curtis Published in Fractions, GED Math, GED Practice Question, Measurement, Word Problems

Hey, all. I know fractions is a big problem for the GED. Here’s another problem: word problems! The GED is full of ‘em. That’s cuz the GED wants to know if you can solve problems you might run across in life. I know word problems don’t always seem like real life, but they’re tryin’ to [...]

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