1. Word Problems Problem Solving Strategies –Understand –Plan –Carry Out –Check

2. Understand Read carefully Visualize the situation Draw a picture if applicable

3. Plan Inventory what is known –Pay attention to units Assign descriptive variables to unknowns Find the appropriate formulas

4. Carry Out Solve for the unknown symbolically Substitute in the given values with correct units Compute the answer

5. Check Is the answer reasonable? Does it come out in the correct units? Does it answer the question?

6. Words for Operations Keep in mind that English is ambiguous Pay attention to the context

7. Subtraction

8. Addition

9. Multiplication

10. Division

11. Equals is the same as gives will be was is equivalent to