Help with Pattern Folding Questions from CDP (Pics)

[Muggs]

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I'm having some trouble with this pattern type in PF. Can anyone tell me the steps they would take to solving the problem?

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[NDPitch]

If something like this came up on my DAT, I'd for sure guess, mark, and move on. If I had time to come back to it, I think the only thing I'd be able to do is go straight to the answers and check backwards. In cubes, they can only show you three sides. So the question becomes, "can the three sides shown in this answer actually be arranged like this?". So, you go back to the unfolded picture, and look at the three sides they're showing you in the answer, and see if when those 3 sides come together if it works. The only problem here, is that there are multiple sides that are similar, so you have to check each answer through multiple orientations, which is annoying.

That's probably not the best method, but it would be mine right now. I'm curious to see what someone else would say here that killed the PAT section recently.

 

[tomhrxbfg]

This is my worst pattern lol I hate these cubes. I usually eliminate answer choices 1 by 1, first check whether the two sides connected are correct, then see if the 3rd one is correct. But best way is to skip it and come back later cause it's not worth the time to figure this out.

 

[Muggs]

If something like this came up on my DAT, I'd for sure guess, mark, and move on. If I had time to come back to it, I think the only thing I'd be able to do is go straight to the answers and check backwards. In cubes, they can only show you three sides. So the question becomes, "can the three sides shown in this answer actually be arranged like this?". So, you go back to the unfolded picture, and look at the three sides they're showing you in the answer, and see if when those 3 sides come together if it works. The only problem here, is that there are multiple sides that are similar, so you have to check each answer through multiple orientations, which is annoying.

That's probably not the best method, but it would be mine right now. I'm curious to see what someone else would say here that killed the PAT section recently.

Yeah I do the same method; in all honesty, it is probably the best in terms of maximizing points on other problems. Hopefully we don't see this cube pattern on the real thing. I'm still wondering if anyone has seen this pattern before though.