An interesting thing I noticed while in elementary school and confirmed as an adult by asking various groups of students I was substitute teaching. A large majority of people, perhaps 90%, would prefer to do a page of 50 set calculations rather than 10 story problems. The set calculations could be addition, subtraction, multiplication or division with larger numbers than used in the story problems. Translating a verbal problem into numbers is exceedingly difficult for most people.
I am one of the 10% who prefer a few easy calculations because setting up the calculations from a written question is relatively easy for me. I expect that is true for you as well.
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I am one of the 10% who prefer a few easy calculations because setting up the calculations from a written question is relatively easy for me. I expect that is true for you as well.