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Steps to Solve Word Problems - What is the Process?
Tips for Understanding & Solving Word Problems
Word Problem Example
Communicating Your Answer
- Restate the Question
- Communicating the Process, Your Reasoning & the Answer
Problem-Solving Strategies
- Make Tables, Charts, or Graphs
- Work Backward
- Solve with a Ratio
- Solve a Simpler Problem
- Solve Using Similar Figures
- Make a Drawing
- Find a Pattern
- Use Logical Reasoning
- Solve with an Equation
- Guess & Check
- Solve with a Proportion
- Act it Out
- Make an Organized List
- Eliminate Possibilities
Avoiding Common Errors
- Estimate or Actual Answer?
- Check for Reasonable Answers
- Know Your Formulas-or Where to Find Them!
- Are There Multiple Answers?
- Translating Word Problems
Types of Word Problems
- Percent
- Probability
- Venn Diagrams
- Average
- Work Rate
- Two-Variable Equations
- Inequality
- Three-Variable Equations
- Mixture
Geometry
Truth Tables
- Biconditional & Conditional Statement
- Conjunction & Disjunction
- Hypothesis & Conclusion
- Converse & Inverse
- Contrapositive

Steps to Solve Word Problems - What is the Process?
Tips for Understanding & Solving Word Problems
Word Problem Example
Communicating Your Answer
- Restate the Question
- Communicating the Process, Your Reasoning & the Answer
Problem-Solving Strategies
- Make Tables, Charts, or Graphs
- Work Backward
- Solve with a Ratio
- Solve a Simpler Problem
- Solve Using Similar Figures
- Make a Drawing
- Find a Pattern
- Use Logical Reasoning
- Solve with an Equation
- Guess & Check
- Solve with a Proportion
- Act it Out
- Make an Organized List
- Eliminate Possibilities
Avoiding Common Errors
- Estimate or Actual Answer?
- Check for Reasonable Answers
- Know Your Formulas-or Where to Find Them!
- Are There Multiple Answers?
- Translating Word Problems
Types of Word Problems
- Percent
- Probability
- Venn Diagrams
- Average
- Work Rate
- Two-Variable Equations
- Inequality
- Three-Variable Equations
- Mixture
Geometry
Truth Tables
- Biconditional & Conditional Statement
- Conjunction & Disjunction
- Hypothesis & Conclusion
- Converse & Inverse
- Contrapositive

Math Fundamentals 5 - Word Problem Solving: A Quickstudy Laminated Reference Guide