Let's discuss the QR section.

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Obviously this section requires a lot of reasoning and computational skills. But for the QR, what do you believe needs to be memorized? The calculator doesn't do much so clearly we need to memorize more than we might otherwise have needed to for our math classes in school. Does anyone here have suggestions for major equations, formulas, identities or values that we just need to bite the bullet on and memorize. I say this as someone who struggled with math in the past, so I would like to be as prepared as possible.

 

[TrueMenace]

http://datbootcamp.com/classroom/quantitative-reasoning/qr-formulas-cheat-sheet/

That's a good cheat sheet I used. Also supplement it with Math Destroyer's formula sheet. Both are similar.

Calculator does help you. In the sense of confirming your calculations and other stuff.

 

[rak173]

Also supplement it with Math Destroyer's formula sheet

Is this formula sheet same as in DAT destroyer's QR section?

 

[LRJRDH2012]

Obviously this section requires a lot of reasoning and computational skills. But for the QR, what do you believe needs to be memorized? The calculator doesn't do much so clearly we need to memorize more than we might otherwise have needed to for our math classes in school. Does anyone here have suggestions for major equations, formulas, identities or values that we just need to bite the bullet on and memorize. I say this as someone who struggled with math in the past, so I would like to be as prepared as possible.

I struggled with math too. Made a 15, then a 16, and made an 18 on my 3rd attempt... For me, practicing questions was the best tool. Using formulas while studying, and using math destroyer as a learning tool. Lastly, practice timing with Bootcamp practice tests because that's your worst enemy. In all, the best way to do good is to practice practice practice, learn the formulas as you go. I haven't taken a math course in 6 years, so my 18 in QR was indeed a big achievement for me. also, the calculator can be your best friend especially when having to use the square root function. Don't go into it thinking that you shouldn't use it. I definitely believe it's useful.

 

[centron]

I honestly suck at QR and I have my DAT coming up end of May. I get hoe to do almost all problems, I'm just so slow. I've averaged ~18 on all the Bootcamp QR tests and that's going to kill my AA as I'm pretty strong in sciences and RC. So frustrating

 

[forrestlump]

I got a 30 in the QR section, this is my study advice.

Other than having taken math courses beyond what was required (up through the second year of calculus), I took 17 full practice tests and came up with a good strategy for it based on DAT bootcamp, crack the dat, and other practice tests. Take as many as you can after you've read a good book to prepare. The Kaplan book is really good for a lot of it. I would take a full four-section test in the morning, then review it including reworking all the missed problems in the evening, and repeat the next day. I set a goal to put in 250 hours of studying for the DAT before I took it and hit about 200 hours in reality.

I recommend simply looking at a problem and if you don't know what the steps are going to be to figure it out within like 10 seconds (not to have the answer within 10 seconds, just the plan of attack), mark any answer, skip it and come back to it later. If you do know how to do it, then go ahead and tackle the problem. You should only get like 45 seconds on average, per problem to finish within the time limit.

Make sure you know what kind of questions to expect, and know how to do them. For example, if you know you're no good at trig, learn the basics you're shaky on in trig so you can do better at trig in a practice test. Use practice test problems to learn from. I suspect that unfamiliar math ideas can overwhelm some people. I think I memorized less than ten math equations for the QR section. The key is full practice tests, preferably on a computer including all science, PAT, reading, and math, so you are used to having endurance and timing, and knowing how you handle the test.

After each practice test review all the missed problems for each section, including the QR section. When you review missed QR problems, make sure you can work them and get the right answer, even if it takes you ten minutes to figure out one problem. Sometimes it may just be a really hard math problem. If it takes longer than ten minutes to solve while reviewing it in practice, maybe skip it after a good faith effort and save your brain or try to come up with a smart way to guess.