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Demystifying Word Problems: Locating Key Words in Math Problems

Take the frustration out of word problems by following these steps: underline numbers and key words, refer to your word chart, break up the problem into individual sentences, and use word clues for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

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Demystifying Word Problems: Locating Key Words in Math 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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