4 days till exam, need QR help! :(

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Taking the DAT on Saturday, and like many left QR till the end. What is the most high yield thing I can do right now to prepare to do decent on this section? Do we have to memorize the conversion factors (1ft = 12 in) or are they given? I'm in the processes of doing my final review of sciences and PAT and will throw QR in there as well. ~3 hours a day of prep I can dedicate to it. What do you guys/gals think?

 

[FuzzyChicken]

Do several Crack DAT MATH tests and practice on timing, skip all word problems and try to get all non-word problems correct. Look at the solutions and figure out the concepts. Note that Crack DAT Math has about ~3 errors per test.

Next take Top Score / Achiever / Kaplan practice tests and look at the solutions and figure out the concepts. Learn from every problem especially the non-word problems. However, don't totally ignore the word problems either.

Memorize these basic conversions, anything more complicated will be give on the test I presume.

16 ounces = 1 pound
2000 pounds = 1 ton
1 kg = 2.2 pounds

1 cup = 8 ounces
16 ounces = 1 pint
2 pints = 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon
1 liter = 0.26 gallon (might not need to know)

12 inches = 1 foot
3 feet = 1 yard
3.3 feet = 1 meter
5280 feet = 1 mile
1 km = .62 mile (might not need to know)
1609.3 meters = 1 mile (might not need to know)

You could also look at my posts in this thread for some brief trig notes:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=7099862

If Im feeling nice I might post the rest of my math notes.

 

[ucla2134]

Do several Crack DAT MATH tests and practice on timing, skip all word problems and try to get all non-word problems correct. Look at the solutions and figure out the concepts. Note that Crack DAT Math has about ~3 errors per test.

Next take Top Score / Achiever / Kaplan practice tests and look at the solutions and figure out the concepts. Learn from every problem especially the non-word problems. However, don't totally ignore the word problems either.

Memorize these basic conversions, anything more complicated will be give on the test I presume.

16 ounces = 1 pound
2000 pounds = 1 ton
1 kg = 2.2 pounds

1 cup = 8 ounces
16 ounces = 1 pint
2 pints = 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon
1 liter = 0.26 gallon (might not need to know)

12 inches = 1 foot
3 feet = 1 yard
3.3 feet = 1 meter
5280 feet = 1 mile
1 km = .62 mile (might not need to know)
1609.3 meters = 1 mile (might not need to know)

You could also look at my posts in this thread for some brief trig notes:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=7099862

If Im feeling nice I might post the rest of my math notes.

Wow fuzzy chicken! you are awesome!!!!!!

 

[dentistry123]

Taking the DAT on Saturday, and like many left QR till the end. What is the most high yield thing I can do right now to prepare to do decent on this section? Do we have to memorize the conversion factors (1ft = 12 in) or are they given? I'm in the processes of doing my final review of sciences and PAT and will throw QR in there as well. ~3 hours a day of prep I can dedicate to it. What do you guys/gals think?

do all the kaplan course QR subject tests and you'll be set.

 

[klutzy1987]

do all the kaplan course QR subject tests and you'll be set.

Who are you kidding. Just doing Kaplan is never enough. Kaplan is like reading a Dr. Suess book, its way to easy and not DAT level. Especially for math, you want to do as many problems from as many different sources as possible.

 

[Tina324]

well it all depends on ur math background and how fast you work. I really think u'll be fine though, especially with 3 hrs per day...that's all i really did and got a 17...which isn't fabulous but for QR the fact that I didn't do much with it until the end, it's good enough for me. Let me also mention that I haven't taken any math in college.

Here's what I did:
When I started studying for the exam i did all of the kaplan practice exams and went over the math q's i got wrong brieftly. I don't remember my scores, but I thikn it was between 16-20 each test. Then I left math alone for a month and a half. a few days before the exam i pulled out the kaplan subject tests and times myself and then went over the answers, obviously learning the concepts. (i think i didn't do 2 of the tests)

I think the KEY with QR really is knowing when to skip and then coming back to those problems. Practice that over the next few days. Again, I didn't have any conversions, but I hear other ppl do =/

You'll be fine. Just practice and don't get nervous!

Good Luck!

 

[TeamGuo]

just pick c's.

 

[Versati1ity]

just pick c's.

 

[heatwheat]

Who are you kidding. Just doing Kaplan is never enough. Kaplan is like reading a Dr. Suess book, its way to easy and not DAT level. Especially for math, you want to do as many problems from as many different sources as possible.

Hahaha.

 

[klpennin]

Sorry I cannot help. I sucked it up. But, it has nothing to do with how smart you are or your math background. Its just how fast you work and apparently I work slow.

 

[Versati1ity]

Sorry I cannot help. I sucked it up. But, it has nothing to do with how smart you are or your math background. Its just how fast you work and apparently I work slow.

Yeah I know, it sucks! Nice scores btw. 👍

 

[keliao]

PV=nRT the imp eqn in the world.!!

 

[Versati1ity]

PV=nRT the imp eqn in the world.!!

That's the one we use for area of a parallelogram right? 😀