QR Advice

[bipster10]

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So guys I am retaking my test sometime in the end of August. I really want to improve my QR score I just need some advice on how some of you have studied this section. I am gonna use the math section of Destroyer along with Math Destroyer. Do you guys think I should mostly work on timing or learning the material or a little bit of both. ( When I took the test before I ran out of time on this section ). Any advice would be appreciated 😀

 

[mprs]

If you do math destroyer, there won't be a question on the DAT that you will not have encountered. Probably.

Having said that, I'd work on time, learning how to do the questions can come after you write a test and evaluate what you did wrong and what you need to fix.

Time Time Time!

 

[slm266]

If the money isn't too much of a burden, Id probably get CDM also. I only had the 10 test version. I did the first 3 untimed, and used the timer for the rest. I think the simulation of CDM will help you with timing, and destroyer will help you with diversity of problems.

It couldn't hurt to have a college algebra textbook as well. I found that I was wanting help setting up complex probability problems, so that's where the textbook with tons of practice problems/solutions came in.

If you are just starting and feel like you have to choose between speed/accuracy just don't get frustrated with yourself. I'd say the most important thing is that you train yourself to know where to spend your time, so working on timing should not be put off until the end.

In your first 5 tests, you may run into problem after problem that boggs you down for 2-3 min. If you find that you get flustered when this happens, try to stay positive. At least now you will know how to set up 1 more type of problem, and it will be easy on the actual dat.

 

[alanan84]

Here's the way I attacked the QR. It got me an 18 which doesn't sound great but keep in mind a couple of things:

1. I'm bad at math. Especially mental math. I got a 13 the first time I took it.
2. This was pre-calculator. So I could have made (probably made) a few calculation errors.

With that said I figured there are 40 questions and you have 45 minutes. So you really want to answer each question in 1 minute or under. So I would read the problem and immediately decide if I knew how to attack it. If not, I would guess, mark, and move on. If I did know how to do it, I would start to solve. I kept my eye on the clock and after a minute of working on the problem, if I wasn't just about done, I would guess, mark, and move on.

The idea is to be able to get through all 40 questions. Too many people get hung up on one or two problems and then end up having to guess on the last 5 or whatever. Bad idea because the last few questions on my test were very doable.