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Wingard-Nelson, Rebecca.
BIG TRUCK AND CAR WORD PROBLEMS : STARRING MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow, 2009
IL 3-6
ISBN 0766029182
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"A snow plow took 3 minutes to clear snow from a mile of road. At this rate, how long would it take to clear 5 miles?"  This is the type of word problem that you see when you are doing your math work.  Do you understand what is being asked?  Do you know where to even begin to answer this question?  Many students don't.  But maybe this book will help.  Give it a try.
SUBJECTS:      Word problems (Mathematics)
                        Problem solving.
                        Division
                        Multiplication.

 
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