Perceptual strategies?

[jlway777]

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I'm having a hard time finishing the Perceptual test on time? Can anyone give me some strategies to solving for some of the problems?
Thanks
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[jkh1886]

time each individual sections first. some'll take 10 minutes. others may take 5.

 

[KingChris]

I'm having a hard time finishing the Perceptual test on time? Can anyone give me some strategies to solving for some of the problems?
Thanks
😕

sure,

key-hole: look for little details such as curved or straight sides (most popular)

top-front-end: count the vertices and match: right side of top view with top of side view, bottum of top view with top of front view, and lastly, right side of front view with left side of side view.

angles: use the "7" method, this is where u picture the number 7 when you look at every angle and find which angles make the smallest number 7 and the largest, this works if you practice it.

hole punching: look for symmetry and just follow the holes while unfolding the paper in ur head

cube counting: dont forget the hidden cubes! have a strategie such as going by rows and from front to back, this section needs to be fast and perfected as it is an easy point section on pat!

paper folding: look for obscure designs or shapes and follow it as u fold the image in ur head and picure what would be adjacent to it, the process of elimination is the best method for this section

 

[tissy]

What's the fastest method for cube counting?

 

[KingChris]

What's the fastest method for cube counting?

i counted each row front-to-back for each question and finished cube counting in 5 min, after a while of practice its easy to quickly tell what cubes have how many sides exposed (especially 5 sided and 1 sided)

 

[Law0830]

Hey i see you guys are talking about perceptual. I just took the DAT and i cam eout stunend liek i wrote previously i averaged a 18-21 on each practice test and then when i saw a 15 i was shocked. I used every possible source for this section from kaplan to topscore to barrons and none of these texts helped me at all. The pAT on the test was ridiculous even cube counting was hard it was liek 3-D i was freaking out. As for the angles everyoen said it was impossible i thought the angles were very fair it was about the same and looked the same on paper so just a heads up. If you have any questiosn feel free to IM me at Law0830!