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Rerun: Word Problems

(originally posted December 22, 2005) It sure seems like a lot of folks absolutely hate ‘word problems‘ - you know, math problems that use words in addition to all of those pesky, confusing numbers. I dunno…word problems always seemed to be much easier for me than regular “numbers-only” math…having real-world examples to work with and provide imagery helped me quite a bit. And of course the bestest most classic word problems always seem to revolve the “…if a train leaves Los Angeles travelling at 75 miles per hour…” but there are always variations involving money and even ducks and Harry Potter (and yes, even bluefish, if you’re an 80s music fan). If you long for the days when solving problems like that was your biggest concern, you might appreciate this web-based version of word problems.