Download or read book Word Problems with Answers written by Chris McMullen and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes 200 word problems with answers. Some tips and a few examples are provided in an Idea Center section at the back of the book. Several topics are included, such as: 11 age problems 15 rate problems 3 mixture problems that do not involve liquids (these more tangible mixtures involve rocks or balls, which allow students to develop an understanding of how the mixture concept works) 4 problems involving working together (or against) 4 problems that are similar to the classic handshaking problem several problems that involve ratios or proportions 7 problems that involve counting permutations or combinations 10 problems that involve calculating the likelihood of an event occurring several problems that feature geometric shapes 4 problems that require making predictions 3 problems that involve other number systems, like base 3 or 9 several counting problems 10 comparison problems 5 remainder problems several problems that involve money several problems that involve fractions, decimals, or percents and a variety of other word problems The author, Chris McMullen, Ph.D., has over twenty years of experience teaching math skills to physics students. He prepared this workbook of the Improve Your Math Fluency series to share his passion for word problems.