There are some key words you must be associated with when solving word problems in order to establish relationships between your known and unknown information. Here is a list I got off the internet with words and their meanings, but there are many others you can come accross by.
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
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Thank You Lina. This key words really help when converting a word problem into mathematical equations.
Thanks! Having these clues to do the hardest part of these kind of problems(going from words to numbers and variables) will make it much easier.
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