hello can someone help me with this word problem.?

Question

how can you tell which operation to perform, like do you add subtract multiply or divide to get an answer.the teacher told my daugther to get help in reading the problem and look for certain word clues may help her answer word problems, but she has no luck. can you help with this problem; there are 18 people at the beach on a cold windy day 6 people are flying box kites 4 people are flying diamond kites how many people are not flying kites.please explain what operation to do and how you got your answer. thanl you.

Answer 1

The first thing to do is to get it clear in your mind what is the question you want to answer. Here, it is very obvious, but that is not always the case, and it always pays to pause, and to make sure that you are considering the right question.



So, here the question is, "How many people are not flying kites ?"



The trick often is to think in terms of the opposite; for example, in order to answer this question, you first have to know how many people ARE flying kites.



Six people are flying box kites, and 4 people are flying diamond kites, so the number of people flying kites is (6 + 4) = 10 people.



There are 18 people on the beach, and 10 of them are flying kites. So the number who are not flying kites is (18 - 10) = 8.



The type of operation you do, and the order in which you do them, depends upon how the problem is put, and what information you are given.



Usually, some re-organisation of the information given is required, and, as I said above, it is usually necessary to think 'from the opposite direction', sort of.



You can only think carefully, put down clearly what you do know, and try to see the overall picture. It gets easier with practise !

Answer 2

For this problem, the operation to use first is ADDITION, and then SUBTRACTION.



There are a total of 18 people in the beach.



Of the 18 people, 6 were flying (box) kites AND 4 were flying (diamond) kites; in all, 6 + 4 = 10 people were flying kites. The word AND implies addition.



You are asked to find the number of people NOT flying kites.



Since 10 out of the 18 people were flying kites, then 18 - 10 = 8 people were NOT flying kites. Here, you do subtraction.

Answer 3

Ok. So you have 18 people at the beach.



6 flying box kites AND 4 flying diamond kites



So in total 6 + 4 = 10 people are flying kites



How many ARE NOT flying kites?



We have 18 people, 10 of which are flying kites

So 18 - 10 = 8 people not flying kites.



Hope that helps :)

Answer 4

Ok add all of the people flying kites, 6 + 4 = 10 Then subtract that number from all of the people on the beach to get the number of people that are NOT flying kites, 18 - 10 = 8. There are 8 people that are not flying kites at the beach.

Answer 5

6 box kites + 4 diamond kites = 10 people flying kites



18 people total - 10 flying kites = 8 not flying kites



OR, if she is using equations:

Let n = number not flying a kite

then n + 6 + 4 = 18

n + 10 = 18

n+10 - 10 = 18 - 10

n = 8

Answer 6

basically, you add the number of people flying kites(regardless of the the shapes of the kites).



then subtract the answer from the total number of people(18)



so 6(box kites) + 4(diamond kites) = 10

18 - 10 = 8



that's it

Answer 7

First it is best to highlight or underline the numbers because this is the main focus of the question. 6+4 is 10, therefore 10 people are flying kites. you then do 18-10=8. That is the maximum amount of people minus the amount of people flying kites.



Hope this helped

Answer 8

Well this is simple that it appears as a difficult situation.

Look at the question HOW MANY ARE NOT flyibg kites?



So the persons NOT FLYING WOULD be given by first adding up the ones flying: 4 + 6 = 10



Then you substract the total 18 - 10 = 8 people.



So what we use is adition and substraction only



ANSWER

Answer 9

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Answer 10

okay there are 18 people on the beach right?



and out of EIGHTEEN there are SIX people (box kites) and FOUR people (diamond kites) so 6 plus 4=10 (count first the people with kites by addition)



and since there are EIGHTEEN people in the beach, just subtract the number of people with kites, which are how many? TEN.



so 18-10= eight people who aren't flying any kites.



I hoped I help! you just need to picture the scene out in your head.

Answer 11

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