Trish Wrote:
I am really having a hard time understanding translating word expressions into equations, and wondering if you can help?
Example:
1. the sum of 16 times a number and the number less another number times 3
2. a number less the sum of another number and 13
Workin’ these problems is almost like translating another language. You gotta [...]

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What up everyone?
I been hearing about this thing lately called dyscalculia. I ain’t never heard of that before, but I have heard ’bout dyslexia. So, I figured the two were linked. I looked it up, and it turns out they are. Discalculia’s kinda like dyslexia with numbers. Only it’s more than that. It effects people’s [...]

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Thanksgiving’s comin’ up ’round the corner, so I figured I put up a little something about turkey and stuff. Check it out:
A 12lb turkey at the grocery store costs $13.50 and feeds 8 people. A pint of potato salad costs $3.50 per pint, and one pint can feeds about 3 people. A large can of [...]

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S’up y’all. Ready for some more GED Math? I been thinkin’ about how sometimes we think we know the answer without looking at the whole problem, you know? Check this out.
Super Subs Inc. is planning on hiring new employees for the summer. They want to make sure their new employees are available to work [...]

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Hey, yo, all. How’s the GED math goin’ on? Last time, I talked about problems with percent increase, and now let’s look at percent decrease. It be all about knowin’ what the question’s really askin’. Remember, I said, when it asks what’s the percent increase, what it means is:
What Percent OF the Original amount IS [...]

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Percents! Yo, I know most everyone out there hates percents. I got a kinda question lots of people say’s confusin’. That’s when it’s askin’ about percent increase. This one’s in lotsa word problems. An’ I know how you love word problems! How ’bout we try one out?
I got a new hard drive, to back up [...]

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Yo, one thing I know, math is part of life. Y’all pay yo’ bills every month, right? Gotta balance income and outgo? Math, right? Not jus’ that, but thinkin’ about what you wanna do after you get yo’ GED? Best payin’ jobs, all about math. Construction, design, computers, fightin’ fires, all of ‘em use math [...]

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Okay, still some confusion all over about algebra. It’s tough, cuz it’s what’s called abstract. Those x’s ain’t exactly somethin’ concrete. Here’s a run-down of some basic workin’ with x’s….
Algebra’s like a puzzle. Know those puzzles where you gotta move the pieces around to make a picture? It’s like that. To find what number “x” [...]

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Yo, all you GED-studiers. Workin’ hard? Hammond wrote in with a practice question… good one for thinkin’ through distance an’ speed problems. So, I thought I’d put it in a post, not jus’ comments…. Here goes:
Two cyclists start biking from a trail’s start 3 hours apart. The second cyclist travels at 10 miles per hur [...]

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Hey, all. Qweenbe wrote in askin’ about the calculator for the GED test… and I’d been meanin’ to do a post about it.
See, it’s a scientific calculator with all kindsa cool functions that you don’t need on the test. It’s important to know how to use it so you don’t hit the wrong order of [...]

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