Algebra Word Problems Practice Workbook with Full Solutions

The author, Chris McMullen, Ph.D., has over twenty years of experience teaching word problems and math skills to physics students. He prepared this workbook (with full solutions to every problem) to share his strategies for solving algebra word problems.

• 30 fully-solved examples serve as a guide
• 70 practice exercises include full solutions
• a quick algebra refresher reviews essential skills
• a chapter on strategies and tips introduces the basic concepts

A variety of topics are covered, including:

• age problems
• problems with integers
• relating the digits of a number
• fractions, decimals, and percentages
• average values
• ratios and proportions
• problems with money
• simple interest problems
• rate problems
• two moving objects
• mixture problems
• people working together
• problems with levers
• perimeter and area