Algebra Chapter 1 Section 4: Introduction to Problem Solving
Hello internet, and welcome to the Algebra Lecture Series from the Science of Life. This entry is an introduction to algebraic problem solving. In Algebra, there are five steps for problem solving, which I'll cover here. Familiarize yourself with the problem situation. This is basically a situation of knowing what the context of the problem is. Is the context taxes? Grocery shopping? Tipping? Scaling up or down the ingredients of a cake to get a different size cake than what the recipe says the size will be? Here are the sub-steps for this contexts step: Read the problem carefully. Read it aloud if need be to understand the problem. List the information and state the question being asked. Select variables to represent anything which is unknown and clearly state what the variables represent, and be descriptive about the statement. Obtain any relevant information and equations. If you're painting a room, find the ...