Avoid the negativity of the word problem with the word situation.
As in: there is not a problem to be solved so much as there is a situation that needs to be dealt with.
The * is another way to write the times sign (x) for a multiplication problem.
another way to write 2542 is word form....
Another way to write 200 is two hundred.
another way to write 0.943 in decimal = 0.9430
Another way to write 104 is 1.04X10^2, which is scientific notation..
another way to write ms is Miss, Mrs ms use ms if you know there prefrence
participate
Another word is possibly
Another way to write one and one eighths is nine eighths.(9/8)
To write rapidly Jot
You can write 1106 in word form: one thousand one hundred six
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