Progress on Zetamac

[nsguy1350]

How is everyone doing? I hit my all-time high of 105 today. I can get 90+ pretty consistently, although I still get 80s sometimes.

[PokémonMaster]

My highest so far is an 87. I am hitting 80 consistently now! :)

[nsguy1350]

Great! We can reach what the other people could do before! After some practice, of course.
Want to stick to this thread? It has a different name from the original, so it should be more easily distinguished.

[PokémonMaster]

Yeah... the other one is ridden with a (very unfunny) joke that has gone on for way too long. This one is clean and on-topic.

[sxk1693]

My highest is a 47. I get around 40 consistently. I can't type 100 numbers in two minutes:(.

[murali0298]

[PokémonMaster]

We decided that the last one was too... off topic. So Wesley made a new one.

PS. 89! :)

Edit: Oh! That's what murali meant.

[nsguy1350]

[murali0298]

How does PokemonMaster know my name?????
Do I know you pokemonmaster?

[PokémonMaster]

I know that your name is Murali Subramanian and you attend the same school as Wesley "nsguy1350" Runnels. You got a 185 at District. I just checked your results.Either way, that's what nsguy1350 calls you, and he knows you, therefore, I could logically assume that your name is Murali. You're off-topic by the way.To not be off topic was the point of this thread. Ex. I am now consistently breaking 0. My scores from today so far are as follows: 64, 71, 79, 83, 85, 89, 84, 85, 78, 81, 80, 83, 85, 80.

P.S. hold alt and press 0-2-3-3.

[robertkoepl]

do yall have number pads?

[PokémonMaster]

Number Pads?

84. Trying to stay on topic. :P

[robertkoepl]

im not being off topic... number pads
789
456
123
0

like that... cuz i dont and i feel like thats why my scores arent that great

[PokémonMaster]

Oh! Yep. I have a number pad. How is it without one? I would think it would be more difficult because you have to move your fingers further. What kind of scores do you get?

EDIT:Tried it. Dropped from an 84 to a 51. Definitely harder.

[robertkoepl]

im around that. constant 48-51s with my high being 55. its hard having to constantly look at the keys

[murali0298]

I have been trying and only hitting around 40 in zetamac. How do you guys get 87s or 105???
I try to type fast, do the arithmetic fast but it is still not paying off!
Is there any faster way to do those subtraction and division problems b/c those take me a long time...

[PokémonMaster]

Don't worry! You'll get quicker as you practice more. :)

For division, I would take the two (or sometimes 3) numbers at the front, take the remainder in front of the other digits, and repeat.

Example.
For [unparseable or potentially dangerous latex formula]
[unparseable or potentially dangerous latex formula], so type out the 6. Then take the remainder in front of the remaining digits,so [unparseable or potentially dangerous latex formula], type out the 3, and that's your answer
[unparseable or potentially dangerous latex formula]

As for subtraction, I would just subtract units to units, tens to tens, etc. regrouping when necessary.

Are these just problems with speed,are you having problems finding the right answers?

[nsguy1350]

[nsguy1350]

Just hit a high of 108!
And I tried without the numpad, using the num-row, and I dropped to a 74. numpad helps greatly.

[robertkoepl]

well that definitely makes me feel better about my mid 50's

[PokémonMaster]

Also, I might add,some solutions can be done quite quickly with proper technique.

For division by 9, first subtract the units digit from 10, and type it.Make sure to move the little writey thingy (I don't know what it's called, but context clues should help) left after this step. Then, add the tens digit to the hundreds digit. If it is above 8, add one to the hundreds digit and type. If not, just type the hundreds digit.

Ex.1:For [unparseable or potentially dangerous latex formula], first take [unparseable or potentially dangerous latex formula], which is equal to 3.Type it and move the... thingy left. Then, add 8+3. Because 8+3>9, add one to the hundreds digit (8),and type it out.[unparseable or potentially dangerous latex formula]

For 11's, if the outside digits add to the inside digit, the hundreds digit becomes the 10, and the units digit becomes the... units digit. If the outsides equal 11 more than the inside, subtract 1 from the hundreds place, and type it as the tens place, and keep the units place.

Note: treat 10 as one number when you have numbers greater than 1000
Ex.2: 264/11 :[unparseable or potentially dangerous latex formula]

Ex.3: 1056/11 :[unparseable or potentially dangerous latex formula]

In addition multiplication by 5,10,11 are all basic number sense tricks, so that must help alot.

[sxk1693]

I need to get used to the numpad then. I like that trick for subtraction. I'll use it.

[PokémonMaster]

My first 90!!! :'D

[robertkoepl]

A 56 finally at 2:34 this morning

[smeag]

wow, I am starting to do zetamac consistently in the 65 - 70's and am seeing a big improvement in my NS. Now all I need is to get the fourth column... Thanks to whoever mentioned zetamac, I would've never found it!

p.s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BrkmIqUXck