Just like you can translate a foreign language into one you know – like translating Spanish to English – it’s helpful in solving many word problems to translate English to “Math.”

Here is our English-to-Math dictionary:

Using Variables to Express Relationships

You can use variables to write equations that model the facts stated in a question, then solve the equations. A question may present a word problem and ask you to select the equation or set of equations that best models the situation.