Math Word Problems Demystified - A Self Teaching Guide

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  1. The length of Lake Ontario is 193 miles, the length of Lake Erie is
    241 miles, and the length of Lake Huron is 206 miles. How far does a
    person travel if he navigates all three lakes?

  2. If a person needs 2500 sheets of paper, how many 500-page reams
    does she have to buy?

  3. If you borrow $1248 from your brother and pay it back in 8 equal
    monthly payments, how much would you pay each month? (Your
    brother isn’t charging you interest.)

  4. If Keisha bought 9 picture frames at $19 each, find the total cost of
    the frames.


SOLUTIONS:

1. $121,200,000$103,500,000¼$17,700,000


  1. 129,791þ2,307,171þ166,213¼2,603,175 acres

  2. $645 5 ¼$129

  3. 15 50 ¼750 calories

  4. 3588 156 ¼23 miles per gallon

  5. 20,320 345 ¼19,975 feet

  6. 193þ 241 þ 206 ¼640 miles

  7. 2500 500 ¼5 reams

  8. $1248 8 ¼$156

  9. $19 9 ¼$171


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