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id: 6363d2019078df117ce4c3fe
title: "Word Problems"
challengeType: 15
videoId: 3ZM3XMn1QYo
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# --description--

This first video will look at key words that tell you what math operation to use. Then you will see how to apply some of your code to different problems.

**Here are links to the textbooks you will need to complete the assignments for this video:**

\- <a href="https://lyryx.com/subjects/business/business-mathematics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Business Math, a Step-by-Step Handbook (2021) by Jean-Paul Oliver</a>

\- <a href="https://openstax.org/details/books/algebra-and-trigonometry" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Algebra and Trigonometry by Jay Abramson</a>

# --question--

## --assignment--

Complete the problems on pages 63, 75, 85, and 118 from "Business Math, a Step-by-Step Handbook (2021)".

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Complete the problems on pages 304, 308, and 321 from "Algebra and Trigonometry".

## --text--

Which of the following key words indicate subtraction?

## --answers--

plus, more, increase, up

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difference, less, decrease, down

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of, by, factor, area, times

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out of, per, divided, quotient

## --video-solution--

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