I am terrible @ word problems, will this hinder me in the future? ( I want to study math @ a level and maybe @ uni)

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anonymous · Answer

year 10 uk

unklerhaukus · Answer

word problems are over complicated , learn to extract the information and and re-wright the problem

anonymous · Answer

I have just started studying for my GCSEs

anonymous · Answer

I kinda wanna ignore them to be honest, that I why I asked how important are they

trancenova · Answer

I'd say that they're pretty important, especially in applying maths. Just going to have to practice on them :) To make them easier I used to underline bits and try to separate out all of the parts of the question, write notes in an 'equation' format and turn the question into a 'normal' math question.