A guide to developing skills in solving math word problems, including whole numbers, decimals, fractions, percentages, statistics and geometry.

Includes index.

Chapter 1Taking the Problem Out of Word Problems 1 -- Four Steps to Word Problem Success 3 -- Step 1 Understand the Problem 4 -- Step 2 Plan a Strategy by Choosing the Operation 7 -- Multi-Step Problems 13 -- Chapter 2 Happy Whole Numbers 23 -- Whole Number Operations 25 -- Word Problems: Find the Information 29 -- Word Problems: Strategies for Solutions 36 -- Chapter 3 Daffy Decimals and Fun Fractions 65 -- Decimal Operations 67 -- Using Facts in a Display 76 -- Fraction Operations 78 -- Chapter 4 Rewarding Ratios and Rates, and Prize-Winning Proportions 109 -- Word Problems with Ratios 111 -- Word Problems with Rates 116 -- Word Problems with Proportions 121 -- Chapter 5 Perky Percents 141 -- Word Problems with Percents 143 -- Percent Change: Increase or Decrease 146 -- Find the Whole or Part When the Percent Is Known 153 -- Percent, Fraction, and Decimal Equivalents 157 -- An Interest in Interest 163 -- Chapter 6 Stupendous Statistics and Prime Probability 179 -- Word Problems with Statistics 181 -- Three Fabulous Averages 186 -- Range: A Measure of the Spread of the Data 188 -- What Are the Chances? Probability at a Glance 192 -- Chapter 7 Jumping Geometry Jubilee 205 -- Jubilee of Geometry Vocabulary 207 -- Word Problems with Geometry 209 -- Word Problems with Measurements 217 -- Triangles and the Pythagorean Theorem 223 -- Chapter 8 Enriching Equations and a Bit of Algebra 237 -- Solving Word Problems by Writing and Solving Linear Equations 239 -- Balance Scale Model 242 -- Word Problems Solved by Solving Two Linear Equations 249 -- Chapter 9 A Potpourri of Practice Problems 267 -- Chapter 10 Interesting Internet Ideas 273.