does the timer count up or down?

[batista_123]

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hello,
the aamc 3, which is the only cbt that i took, starts at 75 minutes and counts down (or is it 70 minutes, i dont remember, doesnt matter).
The timer that i have been using to take my practice exams starts at 0 and counts up, so its easy to keep track of time, for example, if i just finished passage 2 and the timer says 14 minutes, then i spent 7 minutes per passage so i am fine. but if the timer say 25 minutes then i am running late.

on the timer that counts down instead of up, how do you keep track of time and make sure you are not running late? for example if you just finished passage 3 and the timer says 45 minutes, what do you do? you can sit there and calculate because that would waste a lot of time. how do you keep track of time?

 

[ratatat]

It counts down, as far as I remember. Anyway, I can do the math pretty quickly in my head, so I didn't find it problematic. I guess the best way to do it is to practice counting down using a different clock (not the on-screen one) that counts down, perhaps a certain stopwatch and doing the math.

 

[J ROD]

Counts down.