Math Word Problems Practice Books List by Ruth Paget
Students interested in careers in careers in engineering, accounting, finance, science, and management consulting might be interested in books that allow them to strengthen their skills in:
Analysis - determining what a problem asks you to find as an answer and in what units
Strategy Development – using the data in the problem to develop a plan to solve the problem
I used books like the following when I was in high school to prepare for college entrance exams:
-Math Problems Demystified by Allan G. Berman
-How to Solve Word Problems in Arithmetic by Phyllis Pullman
-How to Solve Word Problems in Mathematics by David Wayne
-How to Solve Word Problems in Algebra by Mildred Johnson and Tim Johnson
-How to Solve Math Word Problems on Standardized Tests by David S. Wayne
-How to Solve Word Problems in Calculus by Eugene Don and Benny Don
-400 Practice Algebra Word Problems (with Help and Solutions) by Douglas N. Shillady
I purchased these books for the Young Adult Nonfiction collection when I was the Youth Services Librarian for the Monterey County Free Libraries in California. This library system also has online homework help that you can access with your library card number from a library computer or a home computer for problems that stump you despite explanations in the books.
By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
