PAT angle problem

[Marmar tala]

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Hi PAT masters🙂,
I have a PAT question 🙂
how can I improve my angle section?
It's worrying me a lot, I usually score 21 on CDP, and almost every time half of the angle questions are wrong 🙁 , so I would assume by improving this part my score can jump up few points.
how does the real test angle part compare to CDP?

 

[Polarmolardmd]

there is not a really trick to this part rather than practicing and try to move ur eyes back and forth and see the slight difference.
as far as CDPgoes, they are extremly helpful. practice as much as u can.

 

[azar87]

Angles can be quite challenging there are two helpful techniques:
1) try seeing which angle can fit inside the other that can help sometimes
2)imagine riding a bike down the hill from the top of the angle and see which one is the steepest ....hope that helps

 

[SmilezZz]

You can also try extending the legs of the angels. This usually helps determine which is smaller or larger. Sometimes, I even take a peek at the answer choices to determine which angles I should really be trying to decipher between. For example, if you can't tell of 1 is smaller than 2, look at the answer choices. If they all begin with 2, then move on to find the next smallest angel. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.😳

 

[FutureDent020]

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.😳

All the tips people have provided are helpful, but what smilezzz has said is definitely true. Just don't spend too much time on the angles section. 6-7 minutes and you should move on. Getting slowed down by the angle section can hurt your overall PAT performance. It's more important to spend extra time on TFE and hole punching sections, where the extra time can lead to correct answers.

 

[lala05]

I know this is a pretty random method, but I've found that squinting my eyes really helps me with angle ranking - especially when the sides differ in length. Not sure why, but it works for me!

 

[prsndwg]

A friend of mine just took the DAT and got 24 on it. I asked her about the PAT and she said for the angles, if allowed touch the screen and cover all but tips of the angle and compare if acute. If obtuse, continue the straight line and compare the outside angles together. If in between, look for the 90 degrees and compare from there.

try it and let me know

 

[anschutz1913]

A friend of mine just took the DAT and got 24 on it. I asked her about the PAT and she said for the angles, if allowed touch the screen and cover all but tips of the angle and compare if acute. If obtuse, continue the straight line and compare the outside angles together. If in between, look for the 90 degrees and compare from there.

try it and let me know

i would read over the testing rules. When I took mine i thought it said you cannot touch the screen, or place a paper next to it, or a pen, etc. I would check so you dont get caught "cheating"

I just held my finger up (but not touching the screen) to create a right angle reference line (comparing 2 acute angles) or extend on the lines (to create a 180 deg. angle) to compare obtuse angles.

My first step was to guess the smallest or biggest angle. Then, go to those answer choices and compare the next 2 in question. Then u only have to compare 2 angles with my method, and u r done.

worked for me, i got a 24 (99.3). I also squinted a little.