Math Problem Class 6th to 9th


1. Unitary Method / āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ


Q / Question: A shop sells 6 notebooks for $18. How much will 9 notebooks cost ? (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ 6 āĻ–āύ āĻ–āĻžāϤāĻž $18-āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ 9 āĻ–āύ āĻ–āĻžāϤāĻžā§° āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻš'āĻŦ ?)


Soln / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


6 notebooks = $18


1 notebook = $18 ÷ 6 = $3


9 notebooks = $3 × 9 = $27


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: $27


Trick: 1 item price = Total Price ÷ Number of Items
Required Price = 1 Item Price × Required Quantity


2. Fractions / āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ


Q. A recipe needs 1½ cups of sugar. How much sugar is needed for 4 such recipes ? (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāϟāĻž ⧰⧇āϚāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϤ 1½ āĻ•āĻžāĻĒ āĻšā§‡āύāĻŋ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāύ⧇ 4āϟāĻž ⧰⧇āϚāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšā§‡āύāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāĻŦ ?)


Soln / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


1 1/2 = 3 / 2


Sugar for 4 recipes: 3/2 × 4 = 6


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: 6 cups


Trick: Convert mixed fraction into improper fraction first. (āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§ā§° āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļāĻ• āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻ…āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļāϞ⧈ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤)


3. Simple Equation / āϏ⧰āϞ āϏāĻŽā§€āϕ⧰āĻŖ


Q. A number increased by 15 is 42. Find the number. (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤ 15 āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ 42 āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‹ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤)


Soln / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


Let the number be x.


x + 15 = 42


x = 42 − 15



Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: 27


Trick: Shift the number to the other side with opposite sign. (āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‹āĻ• āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻžā§°āϞ⧈ āύāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


4. Percentage / āĻļāϤāϕ⧰āĻž


Q. What is 35% of 240 ? (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: 240-ā§° 35% āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?)


Soln / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


35% of  240


= 35/100 × 240 


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: 84


5. Speed, Distance and Time / āĻŦ⧇āĻ—, āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ


Q.  A train travels 120 km in 2.5 hours. What is its speed in km/h ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻ–āύ ⧰⧇'āϞāĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§€āϝāĻŧ⧇ 2.5 āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϤ 120 āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?


Soln / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


Speed = Distance / Time = 120 / 2.5 =


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: 48 km/h