09-08-2011, 05:58 PM
The most important thing to teach young people learning algebra: http://www.studygs.net/mathproblems.htm
Tranlating words to operations (any idiot can do the numbers, the real art to translation is knowing what operation they are asking you to perform). Main terms in italics.
:
Addition
increased by
more than
combined, together
total of
sum
added to
Subtraction
decreased by
minus, less
difference between/of
less than, fewer than
Multiplication
of
times, multiplied by
product of
increased/decreased by a
factor of (this type can
involve both addition or
subtraction and
multiplication!)
Division
per, a
out of
ratio of, quotient of
percent (divide by 100)
Equals is, are, was, were, will be
gives, yields
sold for
Tranlating words to operations (any idiot can do the numbers, the real art to translation is knowing what operation they are asking you to perform). Main terms in italics.
:Addition
increased by
more than
combined, together
total of
sum
added to
Subtraction
decreased by
minus, less
difference between/of
less than, fewer than
Multiplication
of
times, multiplied by
product of
increased/decreased by a
factor of (this type can
involve both addition or
subtraction and
multiplication!)
Division
per, a
out of
ratio of, quotient of
percent (divide by 100)
Equals is, are, was, were, will be
gives, yields
sold for