Outlines strategies and presents advice for how to solve arithmatic, algebraic, or geometric word problems, showing readers how to transform story questions into simpler problems using units, pictures or charts, and equations Are you mystified by math word problems? This easy-to-understand guide shows you how to conquer these tricky questions with a step-by-step plan for finding the right solution each and every time. It helps to discover how to: translate word problems into plain English; brush up on basic math skills; and, plug in the right operation or formula. Introduction. Part I: Lining Up the Basic Strategies. Chapter 1: Getting Comfortable with Math Speak. Chapter 2: Planning Your Attack on a Word Problem. Chapter 3: Coordinating the Units. Chapter 4: Stepping through the Problem. Part II: Taking Charge of the Math. Chapter 5: Deciding On the Operation. Chapter 6: Improving Your Percentages. Chapter 7: Making Things Proportional. Chapter 8: Figuring the Probability and Odds. Chapter 9: Counting Your Coins. Chapter 10: Formulating a Plan with Formulas. Part III: Tackling Word Problems from Algebra. Chapter 11: Solving Basic Number Problems. Chapter 12: Charting Consecutive Integers. Chapter 13: Writing Equations Using Algebraic Language. Chapter 14: Improving the Quality and Quantity of Mixture Problems. Chapter 15: Feeling Your Age with Age Problems. Chapter 16: Taking the Time to Work on Distance. Chapter 17: Being Systematic with Systems of Equations. Part IV: Taking the Shape of Geometric Word Problems. Chapter 18: Plying Pythagoras. Chapter 19: Going around in Circles with Perimeter and Area. Chapter 20: Volumizing and Improving Your Surface. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 21: Ten Classic Brainteasers. Chapter 22: Ten Unlikely Mathematicians. Index.