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DEMYSTIFYING WORD PROBLEMS

DEMYSTIFYING WORD PROBLEMS. LOCATING KEY WORDS IN MATH PROBLEMS. ADDING. MULTIPLYING. SUBTRACTING. DIVIDING. EXAMPLE OF AN ADDITION PROBLEM. DAVID RODE HIS BICYCLE FOR 17 MILES ON SATURDAY. ON SUNDAY, HE RODE HIS BICYCLE FOR 25 MILES. HOW MANY MILES DID HE RIDE ALTOGETHER ??? .

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DEMYSTIFYING WORD PROBLEMS

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  1. DEMYSTIFYING WORD PROBLEMS

  2. LOCATING KEY WORDSIN MATH PROBLEMS ADDING MULTIPLYING SUBTRACTING DIVIDING

  3. EXAMPLE OF AN ADDITION PROBLEM • DAVID RODE HIS BICYCLE FOR 17 MILES ON SATURDAY. • ON SUNDAY, HE RODE HIS BICYCLE FOR 25 MILES. • HOW MANY MILES DID HE RIDE ALTOGETHER ???

  4. THIS ONE IS EASY YOU KNOW THE KEY WORD IS: ALTOGETHER

  5. Take the frustration out of word problems by following these steps: Underlinenumbers and key words in the problem Scan the problem refer to your word chart

  6. Don’t forget !!!!!!

  7. break - up the math problem into individual sentences

  8. Word clues for addition Altogether Increased by sum total +

  9. Clues for subtraction Difference More….than Less than Decreased by farther than -

  10. Clues for multiplication Product Times Twice ( x 2) When finding several of a given amount When comparing one amount to another x

  11. Clues for division Quotient Split Divided by Given an amount of many and finding one When sharing, cutting, splitting

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