Students throughout the world fear and dread solving word problems. As students' reading skills have declined, so have their abilities to solve word problems. This book offers solutions to the most standard and non-standard word problems available. It follows the suggestions of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and incorporates the types of problems usually found on standardized math tests (PSAT, SAT, and others).
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Brita Immergut is the author of How to Help Your Child Excel in Math (Career Press) and co-author of two textbooks for adults: Arithmetic and Algebra...Again and An Introduction to Algebra. She has taught mathematics for more than 30 years in middle schools, high schools, and at LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York. Professor Immergut received an Ed.D. degree in mathematics education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Highly recommended for either general or school libraries,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Master Math: Solving Word Problems (Paperback)
Master Math: Solving Word Problems provides a comprehensive reference guide that explains word problems and offers alternatives for understanding them. From the most common types of word problems to more advanced issues, Master Math: Solving Word Problems shows how to focus on the words in a problem, breaking them down into smaller segments and choosing the right math tools to solve them. Highly recommended for either general or school libraries.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Good book from a great series,
This review is from: Master Math: Solving Word Problems, 2nd Edition (Master Math Series) (Kindle Edition)
First off, there's nothing impressive in here for anyone who has a modicum of reading comprehension. Interpreting word problems requires understanding the subject matter and what in the hell you're reading. For example, early in the book they cover phrases such as "At Least" and "At Most" with relation to inequalities. When someone says "More Than" you should immediately recognize this as "Greater than" or '>'; when someone says "At Least" you should understand English well enough to know that this does not mean it has to be bigger, and thus means "Greater Than or Equal To" or ">=" (or the single character sign).
Too bad most adults in the US have a 5th grade reading level. I would strongly recommend studying reading comprehension instead of buying this book; however, since you don't have that kind of time if you're looking at this book at all, that's not really an option. The material presented in this book covers specific reading comprehension problems with regard to math problems extremely well, however, and is the next best thing. In short, this book will improve your ability to deal with word problems, and hopefully your grasp on the English Language in general. Use it as a stop gap to get you through your math classes, and then go learn to understand whatever it is you're reading.
0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Very good book!,
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This review is from: Master Math: Solving Word Problems (Paperback)
I got this book on time and it is very good book for my kids to improve their math abilities.
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