Webinars SET B - Grade 7-8 - Sunday@3:15-4:15pm EST-Recording Webinar 5

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Video Summary

This MedCon group webinar focused on solving ratio and rate problems through interactive questions and explanations. The session began with a warm-up problem about salt concentration ratios in seawater, highlighting the importance of converting part-to-part ratios into part-to-whole ratios for accurate calculations. Participants actively engaged by submitting answers, with the correct solution being 35 kilograms of salt in 1000 kilograms of seawater.<br /><br />The instructor reviewed key concepts such as the difference between ratio (comparing quantities with the same unit) and rate (comparing quantities with different units), using relatable examples like class gender ratios and speed/distance problems. Special attention was given to distance-rate-time relationships, relative speeds in various scenarios (same/opposite direction runners, upstream/downstream motion), and work-rate problems including combined work from multiple workers.<br /><br />Several practice problems were posed and solved collaboratively: currency conversions involving pennies, ducats, and taylors; a dance event involving fractions of men and women dancing; token distribution changes in a game to determine winners and losers; travel time calculations combining walking and bus rides; and a cooperative work problem where a trainer and his son washed elephants together. The session also included a problem about a round trip done partly by bike and partly walking, solved using fraction-weighted times, and a race around a pool involving rates of running and swimming to determine the pool’s width.<br /><br />Throughout, participants submitted answers via chat, earning points for correct responses. The facilitator emphasized careful reading of questions, drawing diagrams for clarity, simplifying ratios, and verifying that answers make sense. By session’s end, friendly competition was encouraged with a points tally among participants. The webinar concluded with a positive note encouraging further practice on rates and ratios in upcoming sessions.

Keywords

ratio problems

rate problems

salt concentration

distance-rate-time

relative speed

work-rate problems

currency conversion

fraction problems

interactive webinar

problem solving