Math Problem Class 6th to 9th
1. Unitary Method / āĻāĻāĻ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ
Q / Question: A shop sells 6 notebooks for $18. How much will 9 notebooks cost ? (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻāύ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠6 āĻāύ āĻāĻžāϤāĻž $18-āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ 9 āĻāύ āĻāĻžāϤāĻžā§° āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻš'āĻŦ ?)
Soln / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:
6 notebooks = $18
1 notebook = $18 ÷ 6 = $3
9 notebooks = $3 × 9 = $27
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: $27
Trick: 1 item price = Total Price ÷ Number of Items
Required Price = 1 Item Price × Required Quantity
2. Fractions / āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļ
Q. A recipe needs 1½ cups of sugar. How much sugar is needed for 4 such recipes ? (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϤ 1½ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻā§āύāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāύ⧠4āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻā§āύāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ ?)
Soln / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:
1 1/2 = 3 / 2
Sugar for 4 recipes: 3/2 × 4 = 6
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: 6 cups
Trick: Convert mixed fraction into improper fraction first. (āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§° āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļāϞ⧠⧰ā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤)
3. Simple Equation / āϏ⧰āϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻā§°āĻŖ
Q. A number increased by 15 is 42. Find the number. (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ 15 āϝā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠42 āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤)
Soln / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:
Let the number be x.
x + 15 = 42
x = 42 − 15
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: 27
Trick: Shift the number to the other side with opposite sign. (āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻ āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻžā§°āϞ⧠āύāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
4. Percentage / āĻļāϤāĻā§°āĻž
Q. What is 35% of 240 ? (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: 240-ā§° 35% āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?)
Soln / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:
35% of 240
= 35/100 × 240
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: 84
5. Speed, Distance and Time / āĻŦā§āĻ, āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ
Q. A train travels 120 km in 2.5 hours. What is its speed in km/h ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻāύ ā§°ā§'āϞāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āϝāĻŧā§ 2.5 āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻžāϤ 120 āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āϤāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
Soln / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:
Speed = Distance / Time = 120 / 2.5 =
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: 48 km/h