Mixture Problems – 1 Variable
February 11, 2011 at 9:55 pm 2 comments
I just uploaded a new video for solving mixture problems in 1 variable.
-George
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Pete Horne | February 18, 2011 at 7:06 pm
Nice video, George. One issue I used to have with my students was that they had trouble organizing the information given in mixture problems, particularly when being asked to find how much was added to form a given amount of a solution. I developed a tabular method for doing these types of problems which seemed to help most of my students. Naming it “Mixture Tic-Tac-Toe” also took away a bit of the fear factor often present when they face word problems.
Here is a link to the process:
http://screencast.com/t/kQBYf1K8J
And a link to an example:
http://screencast.com/t/kBcxeiEnv
Keep up the great work!