Turning Word Problems into Mathematics
A paragraph about tickets can hide several different quantities and relationships. How can we uncover the mathematical structure hidden inside an ordinary written problem? The answer begins before calculation: information must be interpreted, relationships identified and mathematics selected. A result then needs reasoning and checking to show that it answers the question in context.
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