OG diagnostics

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OG diagnostics

by jpm33 » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:14 pm
Is it just me or was the quant section of the diagnositics test in the OG 11th edition a little on the BRUTAL side. The questions in the diagnostics seemed harder than even the last 100 questions of the word problem section. Any thoughts from anyone?

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yep

by jsackmann » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:05 am
Yeah, it's definitely brutal. There are a handful of questions in the diag, especially on PS, that are:

a) tougher than almost any other question in the book, and
b) not at all representative of common question types.

I tell my students not to bother with the diag at all until after they have done everything else in the book. Not a high priority. I think it's in there to scare you into buying the book if you're browsing in a store. (And I'll bet it works!)

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by wongee » Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:07 pm
agree 100%. My math is pretty decent and this shocked the hell out of me. Glad to hear as I thought it was probably me losing my touch.