Name: Why you shouldnt guess at answers on word problems @minkusbc
Uploaded: 2006-08-20T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: Guess and check is a strategy that a lot of students try on word problems. It is the weakest of all strategies. This video shows why. This is the 9th out of 12 in the solving word problems series. The other three series are Solving Equations, Factoring and Graphing.

Uploaded August 2006 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

Solving a quadratic equation by using the factoring method. If factoring is a weakness for you, then watch the videos on factoring that will appear in the later series. This is video 35 of 51 in the solving equation series. The next three series are "Word Problems", "Factoring" and "Graphing".

Graphing 7 curves using the over/up-down table, Pt.3

Factoring when something appears more than once.

Quadratic Equations, Solving by Completing the square

Why you shouldnt guess at answers on word problems