Word+Problems

===Word problems can be confusing, but of course they are necessary to help you learn how to deal with real-life math when it comes up (and it WILL - trust me). For instance, at the end of this marking period, I need to figure out how many points you could have/should have earned, and figure out how many points to make Reading Counts worth so that it's 20%. That's a real math problem!===

Get it?
= Hence the picture for today (the writing prompt is below): =

How do you feel about math in general? Does it seem this confusing? How do you manage to make sense of it? Do you understand why it really will come in handy in your future?