Angle Ranking??

[frogger33]

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Does anyone have any tips on how to get the angle ranking portion of the PAT correct. I realize it is suppose to be the easiest part, but I keep getting so many wrong! ANy Helpful hints...PLEASE??

 

[hockeydentist]

Does anyone have any tips on how to get the angle ranking portion of the PAT correct. I realize it is suppose to be the easiest part, but I keep getting so many wrong! ANy Helpful hints...PLEASE??

Kaplan states a couple of hints, one in particular I liked was find the largest and the smallest first. Omit the answer choices that don't have the smallest and largest in the correct order. THis way you can eliminate the answer choices, thus increasing you're odds of getting the answer.

WARNING-ANGLE RANKING practice in Kaplan is pretty easy, and was not like anything on the actual DAT. DAT was harder in my opionion on that section.

from the experiences of others on this website, there is the pencil to the screen tip, not exactly sure how that works. I am sure if you do a search on this topic you will find many response and tips about the PAT section in general.

HD

 

[bouncy_ball]

Does anyone have any tips on how to get the angle ranking portion of the PAT correct. I realize it is suppose to be the easiest part, but I keep getting so many wrong! ANy Helpful hints...PLEASE??

Hockeydentist's suggestion is good. Identify largest and smallest. That's always the first step. After that I also use my fingers to cover any longer or odd lengthed 'arms' of the angle. It helps with the optical illusion that the extra long arm causes. (When you go in to the test you can touch the screens. Or at least I did!)

Ooh, another tip, for angles very close to 90 degrees, I determined smlr and lrgr by tearing the corner of my scratch paper (which is obviously 90 degrees) and using it to measure the angles. You can also use this method on those 'big mouth' angles that are way larger than 90.

Good luck frogger!

 

[Sweeti8286]

When you're doing angle ranking- do smallest to largest or largest to smallest....once you've identified the extremes, you can eliminate answers. One thing that helped me was doing it really quick and rank them--then look for the answer-for me, it's usually there. It's a first intuition thing- if you can't find your answer- then try again.

 

[frogger33]

Thanks for the help guys! I REALLY appreciate it!! I am going to go try some of those tricks on my next practice test... 🙂

 

[DMD_DREAMING]

When you're doing angle ranking- do smallest to largest or largest to smallest....once you've identified the extremes, you can eliminate answers. One thing that helped me was doing it really quick and rank them--then look for the answer-for me, it's usually there. It's a first intuition thing- if you can't find your answer- then try again.

Glad to see I am not the only one who tries the quick look approach. I usually get all of them right this way though and I also only focus on the angle itself and disregard its orientation and long/short arms. If it is a close one, I do small to big and quick look the two I am considering in the middle. All I know is I have found this method the best for me as well as being quick.

 

[jk5177]

I found the angle ranking to be the most difficult portion of all of the DAT. That's just me. Good luck to you.

 

[dexadental]

Angle ranking is a fun section and I'm doing pretty well in it on practice tests. If you can't find the answer by elimination, try closing one eye and covering the other choices up...stare a while...get a good picture in your head, and compare with the others....this usually works for me.

 

[Dentist 2 be]

are you allowed to put the scrap paper by the screen? or measure the angles with your pencil? because i thought you were not allowed to do stuff like that?

 

[jen1996]

All the given examples are great and should be used. Another thing that helps me is focusing in on the area where the two lines of the angle meet. This technigue helps a lot with angles that are a lot less than 90 degrees. I completely block the length of each leg of the angle out of my mind and never even look there. Immediately focus in on this area instead.

 

[bouncy_ball]

yeah, I remember looking at the pixelation to try and figure out the angle size. another thing i did was imagine stacking the angles in my mind like ice cream cones. If you work in a lab and can get your hands on a some pipet tips and look at them stacking, it helps with visualization.

When I took my DAT the first time, I worked in a lab. So for the angle part I would imagine pipet tips stacking. I actually did well in the angle part in the practice test. When I took my DAT the second time, it had been a long time since working in the lab. I did worse on the angle ranking portion in my practice tests. Practice really helps.