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Math Test Taking Strategies

Math Test Taking Strategies. Lesson 1: POE Strategy (Process of Elimination). Eliminate obvious wrong answers (slash them) Put a question mark ( ? ) next to any answer that you are not sure about. Try to solve the problem to the best of your ability.

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Math Test Taking Strategies

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  1. Math Test Taking Strategies

  2. Lesson 1: POE Strategy (Process of Elimination) • Eliminate obvious wrong answers (slash them) • Put a question mark (?) next to any answer that you are not sure about. • Try to solve the problem to the best of your ability. • If you are still uncertain, put a check mark (✔) next to the one that makes the best sense to you. This will probably be the best choice for you to make if you had to guess.

  3. Example • Avery has 2.7 pounds of birdseed. He wants to divide the seed evenly among his 6 birdfeeders. How much should he put in each feeder? • 0.45 pounds C. 4.5 pounds • 1.22 pounds D. 8.7 pounds ? ✔ ?

  4. Lesson 2: Plug and Chug Strategy • Certain problems work well with the Plug and Chug Strategy. • When you are stuck with a question, plug (substitute) the answers into the problem and see if you end up with a true statement. • If the plugged-in answer works then this is probably the correct answer. • *Use Plug and Chug as a way to double check answers.

  5. Example Not a plug And chug problem. • Is this problem a plug and chug problem? What is the coefficient of x in the following equation? 2x – 3y = 12 • Example (variable type problems) What value of n makes the following equation true? n – 53 = 75 • -22 c. 22 • - 6 d. 128

  6. Example (continued) • Example (variable type problems) What value of n makes the following equation true? n – 53 = 75 • -22 c. 22 • - 6 d. 128 • a. -22 – 53 = - 75 • -6 – 53 = - 59 • 22 – 53 = 31 • 128 – 53 = 75 ✔

  7. Lesson 3: Easy Does It Strategy • Always do the problems that are the easiest for you. • If a problem is taking too long to solve, circle the number on the test booklet and skip to the next problem. • Typically, anything that takes you longer than 2 minutes is not an easy problem so you should skip it. • Do this until you are done with all the easy questions. • When you have answered all the easy questions, go back to the questions that you skipped and answer them ALL.

  8. Example After answering the easy questions, return to answer the questions you skipped. • Which list is ordered from least to greatest? • 0, 1/4, -1/3, 1/2, -2/3 • 1/4, -1/3, 1/2, -2/3, 0 • -1/3, -2/3, 0, 1/4, 1/2 • -2/3, -1/3, 0, 1/4, 1/2 2. 196 + 14 + 2,394 = • 2,408 • 2,590 • 2,604 • 2,824 ? ? ✔ 2,394 + 14 2,408 + 196 2, 604 Answer Q2 first because it’s easier than Q1.

  9. For Complicated Problems Use the Cook Book and Cooking Strategy • Cook Book Strategy (CUBS) • Cooking Strategy (Solve)

  10. Lesson 4a: Cook Book Strategy (CUBS) • Circle key information (numbers, formulas, names, vocabulary) that is given to you about the problem (recipe). • Underline the sentence or phrase that the problem is asking you to solve (what you are cooking). • Box clue words that tell you math operations or equations to use. • Solve (Cooking Time).

  11. Example Jessica can paint 96 doll faces in 12 hours. At this rate, how many doll faces can she expect to paint in 3 hours? • Less than 24 • Exactly 24 • Exactly 28 • More than 30 Box key words that give you math operations/equations to solve Circle key information Prepare to solve Underline the phrase/question you are asked to solve

  12. Lesson 4b: Cooking Strategy (Solve) 1. Write down all the given information together on your scratch paper. • Write the question below the given information. • Connect how the given information to the question you are solving. 4. Create a plan to solve the problem (do you need PEMDAS, Distributive Property, etc.?). 5. Set up the equation and get ready to cook. 6. Solve. 1. Put all the ingredients together. 2. How do the ingredients fit together? 3. Plan how to cook. 4. Cook.

  13. Cooking Time! Jessica can paint 96 doll faces in 12 hours. At this rate, how many doll faces can she expect to paint in 3 hours? 96 doll faces 12 hours 1. Put all the ingredients together (given and the question together) X doll faces 3 hours 2. How do ingredients fit together? Since the rate is the same, I can set the equations equal to each other and solve fore X. 3. Plan how you will cook = X doll faces 96 doll faces 12 hours 4. Cook (solve) 3 hours

  14. Cooking Time! Jessica can paint 96 doll faces in 12 hours. At this rate, how many doll faces can she expect to paint in 3 hours? • Less than 24 • Exactly 24 • Exactly 28 • More than 30 4. Cook (solve) 96 doll faces = X doll faces 12 hours 3 hours (12) X = (96) 3 (12) X = 288 (12) (12) X = 24

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