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link to ¿Sumar, restar, multiplicar y dividir en problemas verbales? Más allá de palabras claves

¿Sumar, restar, multiplicar y dividir en problemas verbales? Más allá de palabras claves

(Click here to read this post in English.) Los problemas de palabras son la pesadilla de la existencia de los estudiantes de matemáticas. A veces podríamos resolver fácilmente exactamente...

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10 Ways to Check For Reasonableness

The next-to-last step of any problem solving should be checking your answer for reasonableness. (The last step, of course, is stating the answer clearly and completely.) Often when we're working...

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Word Problems with Your Kids: No More Panic

This post was originally published on mathteacherbarbie.com. If you are reading this elsewhere, you are reading a stolen version. The problem with word problems Word problems in math class tend...

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link to Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide in Word Problems? Beyond Key Words

Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide in Word Problems? Beyond Key Words

(Click aqui para leer este articulo en español.) Word problems are the bane of math students' existence. Sometimes we could easily solve the exact same problem if it came up in real life but...

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