A guide to solving math word problems on standardized tests that includes proven strategies, practice questions, and examples of completely worked solutions.

Getting a top score on the quantitative section of the SAT, GRE, and GMAT requires far more than plugging numbers into formulas. Students must apply their mathematical skills to convoluted word problems that test their ability to read clearly, interpret quickly, and determine the optimal plan of attack. Most importantly, they must be ready for the typical tricks and traps that the test writers use over and over again to snag unsuspecting students. This publication presents the hardest, trickiest, most convoluted word problems you are likely to see on the SAT, GRE, and GMAT - and shows you how to tackle each one quickly and confidently. We will test your knowledge (and speed) for every topic from addition to probability, including all of those annoying word problems involving mixtures, age, rates, and geometry. Use this book to fill in the gaps- and to find creative ways to solve "killer" problems without breaking a sweat. To ace a standardized test, you will need to conquer math word problems. If you want a top score, this book can help.

Word Problems. Does even thinking about solving word problems in math make you feel tense, anxious, confused, or frustrated? You're not alone. Most high school students - even ones who excel in their math classes - find word problems on the PSAT/NMSQT, SAT, and ACT tough to solve consistently and efficiently. Adult students preparing for the GMAT or GRE find word problems just as daunting as these were in high school. Most major publishers only briefly explain word problems and demonstrate simple examples in their study guides, but challenge students with very difficult practice problems. Even students in their test prep courses remain confused and lacking in confidence about how to approach word problems. All Your Word Problems Solved serves as an invaluable supplement to whichever test-specific study guide you prefer. This book will help you learn to systematically decode math word problems, set up the correct equations, organize your scratch work to "error-proof" yourself, and efficiently arrive at the right answer, every time. The strategies, approaches, techniques, and tips found in this book have been created and tested with students aged 15 to 40+ preparing for the most common standardized college and graduate admissions tests, including the GMAT, GRE, SAT, PSAT/NMSQT and ACT. In this book, you will learn a set of structured-but-flexible approaches which can be combined in different ways to solve even the hardest questions on your standardized tests. What makes this book so valuable? In the words of a GMAT student: "Clear explanation of how to organize your work and make sense of what you are actually solving for." Presentation of information is designed to accelerate your learning and improve your retention of facts, relationships, and formulas. Sample problems which demonstrate key methods progress in difficulty, so there is no huge jump between the examples and problems in the Official Guide. Refresher content and variety of examples for word problems related to concepts in Algebra 1, Algebra 2 and Geometry. You'll find out how to recognize, approach, and solve word problems of many types: linear equations, exponential growth, ratios, proportions, age problems, work-rate, distance-rate, systems of equations, mixtures, dilutions, interest, profit, percent change, complex geometric figures, probability, permutations & combinations, weighted averages, sequences, patterns, functions and symbol problems.

This volume provides a study guide for learning how to solve mathematical word problems.

Are you having trouble in finding Tier II intervention materials for elementary students who are struggling in math? Are you hungry for effective instructional strategies that will address students’ conceptual gap in additive and multiplicative math problem solving? Are you searching for a powerful and generalizable problem solving approach that will help those who are left behind in meeting the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM)? If so, this book is the answer for you. • The conceptual model-based problem solving (COMPS) program emphasizes mathematical modeling and algebraic representation of mathematical relations in equations, which are in line with the new Common Core. • “Through building most fundamental concepts pertinent to additive and multiplicative reasoning and making the connection between concrete and abstract modeling, students were prepared to go above and beyond concrete level of operation and be able to use mathematical models to solve more complex real-world problems. As the connection is made between the concrete model (or students’ existing knowledge scheme) and the symbolic mathematical algorithm, the abstract mathematical models are no longer “alien” to the students.” As Ms. Karen Combs, Director of Elementary Education of Lafayette School Corporation in Indiana, testified: “It really worked with our kids!” • “One hallmark of mathematical understanding is the ability to justify,... why a particular mathematical statement is true or where a mathematical rule comes from” (http://illustrativemathematics.org/standards). Through making connections between mathematical ideas, the COMPS program makes explicit the reasoning behind math, which has the potential to promote a powerful transfer of knowledge by applying the learned conception to solve other problems in new contexts. • Dr. Yan Ping Xin’s book contains essential tools for teachers to help students with learning disabilities or difficulties close the gap in mathematics word problem solving. I have witnessed many struggling students use these strategies to solve word problems and gain confidence as learners of mathematics. This book is a valuable resource for general and special education teachers of mathematics. - Casey Hord, PhD, University of Cincinnati

Considered to be the hardest mathematical problems to solve, word problems continue to terrify students across all math disciplines. This new title in the World Problems series demystifies these difficult problems once and for all by showing even the most math-phobic readers simple, step-by-step tips and techniques. How to Solve World Problems in Calculus reviews important concepts in calculus and provides solved problems and step-by-step solutions. Once students have mastered the basic approaches to solving calculus word problems, they will confidently apply these new mathematical principles to even the most challenging advanced problems.Each chapter features an introduction to a problem type, definitions, related theorems, and formulas.Topics range from vital pre-calculus review to traditional calculus first-course content.Sample problems with solutions and a 50-problem chapter are ideal for self-testing.Fully explained examples with step-by-step solutions.

Open-ended questions, coined ï¿1⁄2good questionsï¿1⁄2 by the authors, can prompt children to think creatively and critically. This useful book helps teachers define ï¿1⁄2good questions,ï¿1⁄2 offers teachers tips on how to create their own good questions, and presents a wide variety of sample questions that span 16 mathematical topics, including number, measurement, geometry, probability, and data.