How should I start to study for QR ?

[Chrono-strife]

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Hi guys,

I need to start studying for the QR section, but I am looking for suggestions on how to start. I have math destroyer, but the questions look pretty tough so I was hoping to find another way to start and learn how to solve the various types of problems.
Thanks for your help!

 

[O Gaúcho]

You could start with Chad's math videos and his quizzes

 

[gangazi]

what concepts are tough to you?

 

[Chrono-strife]

what concepts are tough to you?

Its been almost 3 years since I have taken a math course, so everything is a bitt rusty.

 

[Chrono-strife]

You could start with Chad's math videos and his quizzes

I'll take a look, thank you for the suggestion

 

[stoopidmonkeycatdog]

I'll take a look, thank you for the suggestion

I think that bootcamp and the destroyer gave me a look into all of the concepts that i could be asked about, that being said they're both relatively expensive.

The concepts that i saw over and over again and seemed to always show up where log problems, sin/cos/tan problems, and exponent problems, along with a ton of algebra. After taking the dat i was a little disappointed when i got a 21, not because it's a bad score at all, but i thought the questions were really easy and i may have gotten more correct. I think if you learned some basic algebra, log rules, and like investment problems and things like that you would be good.

If you do decide to pay for the materials you can't go wrong with the ones i listed.

 

[gangazi]

Its been almost 3 years since I have taken a math course, so everything is a bitt rusty.

hwaeeting!

 

[Chrono-strife]

I think that bootcamp and the destroyer gave me a look into all of the concepts that i could be asked about, that being said they're both relatively expensive.

The concepts that i saw over and over again and seemed to always show up where log problems, sin/cos/tan problems, and exponent problems, along with a ton of algebra. After taking the dat i was a little disappointed when i got a 21, not because it's a bad score at all, but i thought the questions were really easy and i may have gotten more correct. I think if you learned some basic algebra, log rules, and like investment problems and things like that you would be good.

If you do decide to pay for the materials you can't go wrong with the ones i listed.

Did you jump right into the exams on bootcamp, or did you start off by going through each of the topics?

 

[stoopidmonkeycatdog]

Did you jump right into the exams on bootcamp, or did you start off by going through each of the topics?

I did around 50 destroyer questions, then jumped into the exams, but I'm still in school, and even though I haven't math in a while, physics has a lot of trig and algebra involved so I wasn't really scared of those problems.

There's a page on bootcamp that gives like an introductory formula sheet, it was pretty useful. There are also like ten QR tests on bootcamp, so if you really want to get a good grasp you can do all the destroyer (way harder than the actual test) and then bootcamp tests 6-10, and then do the QR tests 1-5 as a part of the full length practice tests.

If you don't have destroyer then bootcamp 6-10 should be enough for you to study the potential questions, then get your knowledge with 1-5 in the full length tests.

 

[DAT Destroyer]

I did around 50 destroyer questions, then jumped into the exams, but I'm still in school, and even though I haven't math in a while, physics has a lot of trig and algebra involved so I wasn't really scared of those problems.

There's a page on bootcamp that gives like an introductory formula sheet, it was pretty useful. There are also like ten QR tests on bootcamp, so if you really want to get a good grasp you can do all the destroyer (way harder than the actual test) and then bootcamp tests 6-10, and then do the QR tests 1-5 as a part of the full length practice tests.

If you don't have destroyer then bootcamp 6-10 should be enough for you to study the potential questions, then get your knowledge with 1-5 in the full length tests.

I have to respectfully disagree with your response because of the fact there MANY different versions of the DAT and not all experiences are the same. Your DAT experience may not be the same for another student. It is VERY important you are prepared in all areas. For example Trig is on the DAT, but not on all versions. Do you take a chance and not know trig functions hoping you will get a version without them? Most students are weak in QR and find this section challenging for many reasons. If this section is taken too lightly disastrous results can occur. No one wants to take the DAT again just because of a low QR score and it does happen.

Just my 2 cents..Nancy

 

[Chrono-strife]

I did around 50 destroyer questions, then jumped into the exams, but I'm still in school, and even though I haven't math in a while, physics has a lot of trig and algebra involved so I wasn't really scared of those problems.

There's a page on bootcamp that gives like an introductory formula sheet, it was pretty useful. There are also like ten QR tests on bootcamp, so if you really want to get a good grasp you can do all the destroyer (way harder than the actual test) and then bootcamp tests 6-10, and then do the QR tests 1-5 as a part of the full length practice tests.

If you don't have destroyer then bootcamp 6-10 should be enough for you to study the potential questions, then get your knowledge with 1-5 in the full length tests.

I have to respectfully disagree with your response because of the fact there MANY different versions of the DAT and not all experiences are the same. Your DAT experience may not be the same for another student. It is VERY important you are prepared in all areas. For example Trig is on the DAT, but not on all versions. Do you take a chance and not know trig functions hoping you will get a version without them? Most students are weak in QR and find this section challenging for many reasons. If this section is taken too lightly disastrous results can occur. No one wants to take the DAT again just because of a low QR score and it does happen.

Just my 2 cents..Nancy

Thank you to both of you for your input. I'll be sure to fully utilize both destroyer and bootcamp, so I am ready for anything that could potentially show up on my exam.

 

[stoopidmonkeycatdog]

Thank you to both of you for your input. I'll be sure to fully utilize both destroyer and bootcamp, so I am ready for anything that could potentially show up on my exam.

Most definitely do both, I think my post came off as "just wing it" when that definitely is not the case. Destroyer is indeed very helpful while studying, and in an ideal situation I would recom for QR mend doing the destroyer, plus math destroyer and bootcamp, but I think the destroyer is much harder than bootcamp and the actual DAT.