This easy-to-understand guide shows you how to conquer these tricky questions with a step-by-step plan for finding the right solution each and every time, no matter the kind or level of problem.

From learning math lingo and performing operations to calculating formulas and writing equations, you'll get all the skills you need to succeed!

Are you mystified by math word problems?

Discover how to:
* Translate word problems into plain English
* Brush up on basic math skills
* Plug in the right operation or formula
* Tackle algebraic and geometric problems
* Check your answers to see if they work

This book explores how the voices of authors and other researchers are manifested in academic discourse, and how the author handles the polyphonic interaction between these various parties. It represents a unique study of academic discourse in that it takes a doubly contrastive approach, focusing on the two factors of discipline and language at the same time. It is based on a large electronic corpus of 450 research articles from three disciplines (economics, linguistics and medicine) in three languages (English, French and Norwegian).

In the August 2008 Issue:
• Running Out of Water: A six-point plan to avert a global crisis
• How the sun could damage power grids
• Self-cleaning windows steal nature's secrets
• Practical quantum computing with ions
• China's Smoky Air: The impact on children
• What causes migraines