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| definition: STORY PROBLEM A story problem, sometimes called a word problem, is a math computation exercise in a complicated disguise. Instead of presenting the problem in the language of mathematics, 6 + 4 = ____, a story problem states the problem in regular words. See the examples below: |
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| Mary and John went to the school store together. Mary spent 4 dollars buying school supplies and John spent 6 dollars. How much money did the two kids spend together? | ||||||||
| Lindsay has four Hershey's kisses. Her friend Frank asks if he can have one. Lindsay gives him one of her candies. How many Hershey's kisses does she have left? | ||||||||
| In order to solve a story problem, one must translate the linguistic sentence into a numerical one: Mary and John's story would look like this: 4 + 6 = 10 Frank and Lindsay's story would look like this: 4 - 1 = 3 |
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