1.   And so we are left with the word problem.

2.   As the girls worked on word problems, those who found the solution first leaned over desks to help the ones still solving.

3.   Benny Carter actually liked math word problems.

4.   A student weak in math, for instance, can work on math basics, fractions, word problems, equations, geometry and quantitative comparisons.

5.   A tired child may be able to solve a simple math problem, but may struggle to master a word problem that requires several logical steps.

6.   But she does it nontraditionally, breaking her class into teams to solve word problems and explain the answers to each other.

7.   But those capricious word problems surely were invented to ensure that innocent children like myself were doomed to permanent residence in sixth grade.

8.   Calculators replace flash cards, word problems replace equations.

9.   Could word problems one day be as obsolete as the typists and typewriters we once made all those detailed calculations about?

10.   For reformers, there was a premium on students explaining how they arrived at their answers and dozens of word problems relating math to life outside the classroom.