Brian explains about variables and uses cookies and friends to set up an example. He poses a word problem and then goes through the process to solve for the variable.

Identifying the theme of a piece is crucial to understanding. Using the play Romeo and Juliet as an example, the concept of theme is explored in a video of a classroom lecture.

Find the height of a trapezoid given the values of the two bases and the area. First write out the formula for the area of a trapezoid. Then identify all the variables and match up the given values. Now plug the values into the formula....

Learn how to use the formula for area to solve a problem about a rectangle. The demonstrator shows how to plug in the known values of a rectangle, and then how to use the formula for area to solve for the variable in question.

There are three variables in the formula for a parallelogram. Two of the values are given in this problem. Find the third value. Identify what each of the variables means. Match up the given values to the variables. Then solve for the...

So you are trying to tell me that a parallelogram is a rectangle in disguise? Wow! And I can use a similar formula of the area of a rectangle to find the area of a parallelogram? Wow! Ok, show me how! A=bh. So simple really.

Trying to find the area of a rectangle, a triangle, a circle, or a parallelogram? There are specific formulas to use to calculate the area of these shapes. But the given shape is not any of these. It's a composite shape, which means it...

Slice a large piece of pie or slice a small piece of pie? Whichever way you slice it, this piece of pie would be a fraction of the whole pie. This analogy corresponds with the sector of a circle being a piece of the pie. The size of the...

There are actually two formulas to find the circumference of a circle. One formula is based on knowing the diameter of the circle, and the other is based on knowing the radius of the circle. The instructor illustrates both formulas. She...

There are two formulas that can be used to find the circumference of a circle. Choose the appropriate formula depending on the given value in the problem. After selecting the correct formula, solve the problem using 3.14 as an estimation...

Are you looking for the formula for the area of a sector of a circle? But what's a sector? A sector is just a fraction of the area of a circle. Follow the instructor as she illustrates and labels the different parts of a circle. She also...

There are basically two things you need to know to find the area of a circle. First, you need to use the correct formula. Second, you have to know the value of the radius. If you know these two things then all you have to do is plug the...

Do you know the formula to find the area of a circle? Do you know the value of pi? Do you know what the relationship is between diameter and radius? Yes? Then you can solve this problem. If your scholars don't know this formula then this...

Cut up a circle and make a parallelogram! What? No way! Yes way! Watch the instructor illustrate just how to cut up the circle and get that parallelogram to then get the formula for the area of a circle. It really works! Base,...

Here's a quick look at percentages as proportions. Percentages really are looking at numbers as a part of a whole, so it makes sense to look at it as a proportion. And how do you write proportion? You write proportions like a fraction,...

What number is 40% of 30? Learn the formula and be able to figure out all of the percent problems. The instructor demonstrates the basic formula. Then she shows how and where to plug in the numbers according to what the problem is asking...