Hole Punching Question (PAT)

[hoylematt]

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Hey guys,

My biggest deal with the hole punching is Time. I can visualize the holes, but theres no way for me to do 15 problems in 5 minutes. Honestly i can see how angle ranking can be 5 minutes, but I seem to always run long on this section. How do you speed up the hole punching section?

 

[DQLEUCD]

Hey guys,

My biggest deal with the hole punching is Time. I can visualize the holes, but theres no way for me to do 15 problems in 5 minutes. Honestly i can see how angle ranking can be 5 minutes, but I seem to always run long on this section. How do you speed up the hole punching section?

Grid method and keep track of how it's being folded. Either it be folding horizontally, vertically diagonally, each hole punched will differ depending on the fold with it's mirror side. Also you can save time if you speed up on the other sections and practice practice practice.

 

[RSD2014]

Hey guys,

My biggest deal with the hole punching is Time. I can visualize the holes, but theres no way for me to do 15 problems in 5 minutes. Honestly i can see how angle ranking can be 5 minutes, but I seem to always run long on this section. How do you speed up the hole punching section?

Angle ranking maybe seem like it's the easiest section that can be sped through but you should be very careful...this is where a lot of careless mistakes are made. Hole punching isn't that difficult...you'll develop speed through practice. One technique that I used to help me visualize difficult folds is to literally print out 4 x 4 pattern and fold them as I punch them out with a hole puncher. Other people suggested drawing a 4x4 grid and marking in the holes as you mentally unfold the paper. It works for most people most of the time. You should also try that. I personally do the actual hole punching on paper for the ones I cannot mentally visualize how the paper is being folded and what overlapping occurred under that fold. The more our mind is exposed to things in different perspective the faster it is able to visualize them in the future.

 

[hoylematt]

Thanks for the help guys. Today i ran through previous CDP tests hole punching using the grid method. The most frustrating ones are diagonal folds overlapping where there is already a diagonal fold. It seems CDP is chok full of these type. The "columns over rows" type that end up with a square looking hole pattern seem to be the easiest for me to visualize.

I think I will take your advice and print out some 4x4 and try and visualize it.

 

[DQLEUCD]

Thanks for the help guys. Today i ran through previous CDP tests hole punching using the grid method. The most frustrating ones are diagonal folds overlapping where there is already a diagonal fold. It seems CDP is chok full of these type. The "columns over rows" type that end up with a square looking hole pattern seem to be the easiest for me to visualize.

I think I will take your advice and print out some 4x4 and try and visualize it.

For diagonal folds, just keep track where the holes are after you unfold it.

 

[ToothTickler]

For when you practice using grid method:
If it's hard to mentally visualize the diagonal folds, draw an actual line on your grid where the fold is. Then just draw in the "new" holes by mirroring everything across that fold. When you do this, make sure you end up erasing any previous holes you drew in where there is no longer paper (after unfolding the last fold). Don't know if I'm making much sense, but that's what helped when my brain refused to picture it.