Scan for answers
You will find the answers to the questions we asked before by very quickly scanning the information below. Don’t worry about reading all of it carefully. Scanning means to read something very quickly to find the answer to a specific question.
For example, the first question was “About how many hospitals are there in the US?”
The keys words here are how many hospitals, so you will probably want to scan for numbers and hospitals in the US. Remember, don't read the whole text. You should read the information below very quickly looking for just the answer to that question.
Use the information below to answer this question, How many hospitals are there in the US? Can you find the answer quickly by scanning?
Statista Source; Source excel medical; source debt.org
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About how many hospitals are there in the US?
Listen the audio giving advice about the best way to scan.??
Scanning tips
When you are scanning, you should:
- read all the questions first (so you know what you’re looking for);
- find the key words in the questions and think about what you need to know (for example, in the question What percentage of all bankruptcies are related to medical expenses? the key words are: percentage and bankruptcies);
- read the title and headings very quickly (so you can find which section the answers are in);
- let your eyes float down the page looking only for the key words (and don’t worry about words you don’t understand);
- when you find the key words read the information around it carefully then choose the best answer to the question;
- if you can’t find the answer quickly, skip to the next question (and go back later when you finish the other questions).
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