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Mathematical Thinking

Guess and Check

Guess and check (also called trial and improvement) means making a sensible guess, checking it against the problem's conditions, and adjusting until it fits. It's especially useful for problems involving two unknown numbers connected by their sum, difference, or product.

Practice: Guess and Check

Use guess and check to find two numbers from their sum/difference or product/sum.