PAINLESS Math Word Problems
Students discover interesting ways to see patterns in Math Word Problems, and then make the correct computations to find solutions.
Working with decimals and fractions, compare rates and work with portions and percents. Everyday real-world examples that are presented in easy to understand language and formats that help and guide students through problems in statistics, probability, and even the fundamentals of algebra. 
Titles in Barron's Painless Series are specially disigned to remove the painful aspects of classroom instruction and transform learning into fun.
A final, fascinating chapter helps students search for math word problems and activities available on the internet. 

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Taking the Problem Out of  Word Problems
- Four Steps to Word Problem Success
- Step 1: Uderstanding the Problem
- Step 2: Plan and Strategy by Choosing the Operation
- Multi-Step Problem

Chapter 2: Happy Whole Numbers
- Whole Number Operations
- Word Problems: Find the Information
- Word Problems: Strategies for Solutions

Chapter 3: Daffy Decimals and Fun Fractions
- Decimal Operations
- Using Facts in a Display
- Fraction Operation

Chapter 4: Rewarding Ratios and Rates, and Prize-Winning Proportions
- Word Problems with Ratios
- Word Problems with Rates
- Word Problems with Proportions

Chapter 5: Perky Percents
- Word Problems with Percents
- Percent Change: Increase or Decrease
- Find the Whole or Part When the Percent is Known
- Percent, Fraction, and Decimal Equivalents
- An Interest in Interest 

Chapter 6: Stupendous Statistics and Prime Probability
- Word Problems with Statistics
- The Three Fabulous Averages
- The Range: A Measure of the Spread of the Data
- What are the Chances? Probability at a Glance

Chapter 7: Jumping Geometry Jubilee
- Jubilee of Geometry Vocabulary
- Word Problems with Geometry
- Word Problems with Measurements
- Triangles and the Pythagorean Theorem

Chapter 8: Enriching Equations and a Bit of Algebra
- Solving Problems by Writing and Solving Linear Equations
- The Balance Scale Model
- Word Problems Solved by Solving  Two Linear Equations 

Chapter 9: A Potpourri of Practice Problems

Chapter 10: Interesting Internet Ideas 

Index

For Middle School and High School Students

280 pages

Printed in USA