Need Advice

[uglydawg360]

I have been getting around 210-220 range but thats not good enough there is a kid in my district who scores 240-250 and he went to state last year


I need advice on beating him
ANy advice would be appreciated

[88bobcat]

[stupidityismygam]

save pages 3 and 4 of the word problems until last, they are the hardest

If you work at it you should be able to master pages 1,2,5,6,7 easily.

1,2 are simplistic equation building

5 is linear regression, solver

6 is integration/differentiation, related rates, matrix

7 is the study list

So, if you practice enough that gives you 25 of the word/geometry questions on every test.

[sinkokuyou]

actually, I have a totally different opionion, well, you can take it in a practise to see if it's the right way for u...
way to start the test:
for me, I'll use the TI-84 for all problems since there's not much difference, and I always finish the number crunches in 8mins. But I think that, if you score 210-220, you should finish the entire 1-3 pages first, and then go on to the fourth page, skip one or two problems if you need to, now, if you are good, you can finish the first 4 pages completely in 10mins, that means you have ~20mins to finish the other 3 pages, then you might want to finish the number crunches... the reason for this is to relax your hand so that you won't make errors because ur hand is tired...
way to finish the test:
look at the timer to see if u have time to do the last page, if u don't have time, don't even look at the last page problems because they might confuse u...
and in this way, ur range would be 240-310...(unless you are always making ALOT of silly mistakes like me or the test is toooo difficult)

Edited on 3/17/10

[stupidityismygam]

The third and fourth pages word problems are the most time-consuming and the least predictable. I raised my score from ~220 to ~300 by simply doing those last and actually solving the study list problems. I crunch ~10 minutes and generally I am able to finish the tests,, but if you time is greater than that you should probably practice that too.

[uglydawg360]

thank you guys for all the advice



And anyone have any general idea how to do the scaling problems it appears to be always number 46

[austorior]

i recommend you to read the UIL calculator applications contest manual if you can ever get ur hands on that book. I got it from my coach and it helped me a lot. it basically covered all the predictable problems that ever occured on the tests.

Now to the scalings. All i do is remember to make all units equal in dimensions (not sure how to word it properly). For example, if it is talking about a tree/pole and its shadow, than the units in the problem should be all linear, meaning you do not have any squared or cubed units. You use basic proportions to solve those.

If it is talking about for example the area of a figure related to its length/width, you should square the length unit in your proportions.

If it is talkinga bout a volume related to a length, you should cube the length in your proportion.

Basically keep your units' power the same.