Predict:

I predict that this problem is going to use the strategy guess, check and improve.

READ:

Carl looked at the page numbers on the open book in front of him. The left and right page numbers added to 333. What were the page numbers.

clarify:

There were no words that i didn’t understand.

big question:

What were the page numbers?

mathematical toolbox:

Guess, check and improve

solve:

333 was the page number so i subtracted and added 1 on each side to get 332 and 334 as the answers.

summary:

I got my prediction correct because i picked Guess, check and improve.