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Help: How to understand and solve word problems? [#permalink] New post   05 May 2014, 08:33
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Hi Bunnel and all,

Are there any methods to understand and solve word problems effectively? I am having a tough time with rates and fraction related word problems and I do not seem to be able to solve any 600-700 level questions despite doing many questions.

Please advise.

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Re: Help: How to understand and solve word problems? [#permalink] New post   06 May 2014, 03:39
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pretzel wrote:
Hi Bunnel and all,

Are there any methods to understand and solve word problems effectively? I am having a tough time with rates and fraction related word problems and I do not seem to be able to solve any 600-700 level questions despite doing many questions.

Please advise.

Thanks
pretzel


Theory on word problems: word-problems-made-easy-87346.html

All DS word problems to practice: search.php?search_id=tag&tag_id=183
All PS word problems to practice: search.php?search_id=tag&tag_id=56

Theory on work/rate problems: work-word-problems-made-easy-87357.html

All DS work/rate problems to practice: search.php?search_id=tag&tag_id=46
All PS work/rate problems to practice: search.php?search_id=tag&tag_id=66

Theory on Distance/Rate Problems: distance-speed-time-word-problems-made-easy-87481.html

All DS Distance/Rate Problems to practice: search.php?search_id=tag&tag_id=44
All PS Distance/Rate Problems to practice: search.php?search_id=tag&tag_id=64


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Re: Help: How to understand and solve word problems? [#permalink] New post   05 May 2014, 09:24
pretzel wrote:
Hi Bunnel and all,

Are there any methods to understand and solve word problems effectively? I am having a tough time with rates and fraction related word problems and I do not seem to be able to solve any 600-700 level questions despite doing many questions.

Please advise.

Thanks
pretzel



Hi,

If you could maybe post 1-2 questions that you struggled with here, i can try and help you out with them.
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Help: How to understand and solve word problems? [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 17 Oct 2022, 00:42
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pretzel wrote:
Hi Bunnel and all,

Are there any methods to understand and solve word problems effectively? I am having a tough time with rates and fraction related word problems and I do not seem to be able to solve any 600-700 level questions despite doing many questions.

Please advise.

Thanks
pretzel


Check out the blog posts on the link given in my signature below.

Originally posted by KarishmaB on 08 May 2014, 22:38.
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