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10-09-2008, 07:43 PM
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#16 | | Senior Member
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Well, that's my way.
its no by means the "correct way"
I'm a left-brained person, which means math comes to me naturally.
I usually take 10 minutes to finish a section, which leaves me plenty of time to check, recheck, and triple check my answers.
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10-09-2008, 07:47 PM
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#17 | | Senior Member
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^ best tip for math. The questions are purposely worded to be confusing, which produces silly errors. Checking your answers is the only way to catch these errors.
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10-09-2008, 08:54 PM
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#18 | | Junior Member
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"That's why you should find a review book that covers all the math that you will possibly need to know. Get off CC and start studying."
..And the question that I've continuously been posing is which book.
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10-09-2008, 08:57 PM
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#19 | | Senior Member
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I used Barrons 2400.
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10-09-2008, 09:12 PM
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10-09-2008, 10:35 PM
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#21 | | Senior Member
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| And the question that I've continuously been posing is which book.
And you got answers in post 3 and 4.......................
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10-09-2008, 10:47 PM
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#22 | | Senior Member
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^*cough* forgive him. He did say math was his best subject, not critical reading ;P.
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10-10-2008, 01:27 AM
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#23 | | Junior Member
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Thanks guys, I'll probably pick up all of them
and I did say further down that I didn't like PR all that much... so excuse me for that post at least  | |
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10-10-2008, 03:15 AM
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#24 | | Junior Member
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ok if u think u can do it (meaning u already know how to do all the problems on a given test), just focus ur attention on working carefully but at the same time pacing yourself. Thats about it. Math isn't that hard so you can do it.
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10-10-2008, 03:33 AM
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#25 | | Senior Member
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You shouldn't buy all of them. Any one of them will give them the basic math review you need. After you get the basics then you just need to start taking practice tests.
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10-10-2008, 01:11 PM
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#26 | | Junior Member
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Math material is usually very easy, so what makes the difference is being extremely attentive. My advice - always double check!
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10-10-2008, 04:42 PM
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#27 | | Member
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again, stay calm during the test.
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10-12-2008, 02:29 PM
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i lol'd at that one too...
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10-12-2008, 03:02 PM
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#29 | | Member
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I don't know if this helps... but if you sit down with the blue book and take the math sections untimed, it really shows where you mess up-- it can be a huge confidence booster.
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10-12-2008, 03:33 PM
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#30 | | Senior Member
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Here''s a variation of the "working backwards" strategy: Start from the middle, work to the end, then start from the beginning until you reach the middle where you started.
In a section with grid-ins, start with the first grid-in, finish the grid-ins, and then go to the beginning.
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