Angles are KILLIN ME!!! :(....any creative methods?

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So Ive been taking CDP and have been getting scores in the low 20's.... which is not bad, but the main reason so is because of angle ranking!...I get about half or less than half right!!! which is the main cause of a lower score....does anybody have any particular methods they use to do better on this section?....Ive already tried the looking at it "as a laptop"..and imagining myslef riding a bicycle down one slope, but It really hasnt helped .....any other suggestions perhaps?
thanks!

 

[Pass The Dental Boards]

What works best for me is to just sit back and scan to see which is smallest and which is biggest. i mark them and then look at the answer choices and start narrowing it down. I sometimes use my thumb to block out the angle down to the vertex. I will compare two angles this way and it usually works pretty well. I have to close one eye and focus on looking at my thumb blocking out most of the angle until i can just see a small portion of the vertex. If two angles are oriented in the same direction, it is really easy to use both of your thumbs, one for each of the neighboring angles. I get a few strange looks, but hey it works for me. I usually get around a 13 on angles in CDP.