New QR questions

[Ohsnap23]

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Is there anymore feedback on these new QR questions? Did they replace trigonometry/geometry with these questions for the most part or replace the more easier "gimme" questions? I seem to be doing well on the GRE examples, but are they set up the same way on the DAT? Kind of nerve wracking not being able to prepare much for this with my DAT coming up in less than a week...thanks!

PS** I know trig/geo are still potentially on there, but do these new questions now make the QR even harder? If that makes sense.

 

[Kingfish23]

Just took my DAT April 8th. The GRE style questions were Quantity A vs. Quantity B, and I had at least 5 of them. I had 1 trigonometry question about finding finding CSC from tangent, I believe. But that was it. Hope this helps

 

[Ohsnap23]

Just took my DAT April 8th. The GRE style questions were Quantity A vs. Quantity B, and I had at least 5 of them. I had 1 trigonometry question about finding finding CSC from tangent, I believe. But that was it. Hope this helps

Thanks, that helps a ton! However, was there any geometry? Also were the GRE style straight forward or multi step?

 

[Kingfish23]

Thanks, that helps a ton! However, was there any geometry? Also were the GRE style straight forward or multi step?

I had no geometry questions on my exam. A lot of algebra though, fortunately, even on the GRE style questions. I had several questions that were as follows:

Quantity A: some type of polynomial, such as x^2 + 3x +3 (just an example)
Quantity B: x=3

And then they asked which was true
A>B
B>A
A=B
No relationship can be determined from this data

So to answer your question, I would say yes they can be multi step in terms of algebra, but anything that was even a tad more complex I just marked and skipped.

 

[Ohsnap23]

I had no geometry questions on my exam. A lot of algebra though, fortunately, even on the GRE style questions. I had several questions that were as follows:

Quantity A: some type of polynomial, such as x^2 + 3x +3 (just an example)
Quantity B: x=3

And then they asked which was true
A>B
B>A
A=B
No relationship can be determined from this data

So to answer your question, I would say yes they can be multi step in terms of algebra, but anything that was even a tad more complex I just marked and skipped.

Perfect that makes me feel a lot better, rather than memorizing geometry/trigonometry and having less algebra. Thank you very much!

 

[Orka]

Just curious, where does it say in the ADA manual that these new type of questions were added?

 

[Kingfish23]

Just curious, where does it say in the ADA manual that these new type of questions were added?

To be honest I wasn't aware of the GRE-style questions until I was confronted with them on the exam

 

[Orka]

To be honest I wasn't aware of the GRE-style questions until I was confronted with them on the exam

Right but the issue is anyone can write something on SDN.
I read through the ADA manual real quickly and there was no announcement for any form of change in the QR section. So these questions are not "new", probably just rare and none of the resources have updated for them.

 

[malikhind]

Right but the issue is anyone can write something on SDN.
I read through the ADA manual real quickly and there was no announcement for any form of change in the QR section. So these questions are not "new", probably just rare and none of the resources have updated for them.

A lot of people recently have said that these questions are popping up though

 

[Faefly]

Right but the issue is anyone can write something on SDN.
I read through the ADA manual real quickly and there was no announcement for any form of change in the QR section. So these questions are not "new", probably just rare and none of the resources have updated for them.

if you follow this link : http://www.ada.org/~/media/ADA/Education and Careers/Files/dat_examinee_guide.ashx
Mathematical Problems Algebra (equations and expressions, inequalities, exponential notation, absolute value, ratios and proportions, and graphical analysis); Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Sufficiency; Quantitative Comparison; and 8 DAT Guide © 2017 American Dental Association All rights reserved. Probability and Statistics Applied Mathematics (Word) Problems A basic four-function calculator is available on the computer screen in the


I don't know if this was always in the list, but Quantitative Comparison is exactly what most of the Gre Questions are about
Quantity A versus Quantity B
it's pretty easy concept, to be honest, people should watch some videos and if they need they can look for free online questions or maybe even buy used gre math books.

 

[Bubba7]

I had zero trig questions, and one or two geometry questions. The handful of the comparison questions I did on bootcamp were hander than what I saw on the DAT. Honestly, just think of the questions like a less than/equal to/greater than sign comparing A and B quantity, it's nothing you've "never seen before." Just do some practice problems so you don't have to waste time reading the instructions about them