Outline Mathematics Arithmetic Word Problems M. Jordan and K. Abdul-Jabbar Here's a problem to tackle:   How many points did basketball's all-time leading scorer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, score? Michael Jordan scored 26,710 points. Abdul-Jabbar scored 11,677 more points than Jordan did. What is Abdul-Jabbar's career score? Solution Copyright © 1996-2008 Alexander Bogomolny                             Solution   How many points did basketball's all-time leading scorer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, score? Michael Jordan scored 26,710 points. Abdul-Jabbar scored 11,677 more points than Jordan did. What is Abdul-Jabbar's career score? (In the text below, some words are omitted. These have been underlined. Click just above the line. See what happens.) This is an addition problem of course, the indication of which we gather from the presence of the word "more": there is one number, Jordan's score, and another quantity, Abdul-Jabbar's score, which is more by a given amount of . Thus we have to the extra points to the Jordan's . The result is points. . References E. Charlesworth, 225 Fantastic Facts Math Word Problems, Scholastic, 2001 Copyright © 1996-2008 Alexander Bogomolny

28699824

Search:

All Products Apparel Baby Beauty Books DVD Electronics Home & Garden Gourmet Food Personal Care Jewelry & Watches Housewares Magazines Musical Instruments Music Computers Camera & Photo Software Sports & Outdoors Tools & Hardware Toys & Games VHS Computer Games Cell Phones

Keywords:

Latest on CTK Exchange Math Posted by Laura 2 messages 06:56 AM, Apr-15-08 Divisibility rules - Jargon buste ... Posted by Carolyn 2 messages 08:35 AM, Apr-04-08 drawing puzzle Posted by martin gran 31 messages 06:53 PM, May-09-08 Distance to the horizon Posted by Monty 3 messages 04:38 PM, May-08-08 Mistake on the page (an aside, Be ... Posted by Max 4 messages 10:28 AM, Feb-28-08 Deriving functions based on diffe ... Posted by ke_45 1 messages 12:47 PM, May-10-08 A typo in Posted by alexwajn 1 messages 11:36 PM, Apr-19-08