Think Along Plan
Bogus Answer
Key Words
Multiple Choice
100
How would you start to answer this question? 
Acceptable answers:
Understand-Analyze the question
Write down key words
Write down the question
Write down key details
100
Which answer choice is completely bogus?
Acceptable answers: J, H, G
100
What key words are in this problem?
Acceptable Answers:
twice as many as-
strip diagram
total
100
Solve:
F
200
How could you check your answer to this question?
Acceptable answers:
Check my model
Check my notes
Check if I answered the correct question
Check if my answer is reasonable
200
Elminate a bogus answer
Acceptable answers:
F
G
H
200
Identify key words in this problem:
Acceptable answers:
returned
times as many
equations
total number
two days
200
Solve:
J
300
What do you see? What do you know?
Acceptable Answers:
50 books were returned
4 times as many
asking about equations
gives a variable or unknown
asks about total
300
Eliminate a bogus answer choice
Acceptable answers:
A
B
D
300
Identify the key words in the problem
Acceptable answers:
Total
half of
same number each day
strip daigram
each
300
Solve
c
400
How would you start?
Acceptable answers
Understand-analyze question
Write down what I see
Draw a model or diagram
400
Eliminate an answer choice
Acceptable answers:
F
G
H
400
Solve
j