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One week to go: UMAT questions, advice and discussion
Quantum44:
--- Quote from: pikachu975 on July 19, 2017, 06:05:54 pm ---In the 80s is above 70 percentile. I did exam 1 medentry and got 82/134 and it turned into 79 percentile.
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Well it depends. I got 82 for exam 2 medentry and it was 66th percentile.
atar.notes.user:
hey guys, what i'm currently struggling with is the pick the middle questions? I watched a lot of vids and understood the methdod and all, but almost no one explained on how to choose where u begin? Like which letter/shape/corner do i start my pattern from?
Calebark:
--- Quote from: atar.notes.user on July 19, 2017, 10:44:21 pm ---hey guys, what i'm currently struggling with is the pick the middle questions? I watched a lot of vids and understood the methdod and all, but almost no one explained on how to choose where u begin? Like which letter/shape/corner do i start my pattern from?
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Hey!
It's a bit easier to explain with examples. However, since I can't share copyright materials, I've made my own UMAT-style question to help explain it. I'll be posting it all in a spoiler to avoid clogging the thread with images.
SpoilerHere is the question:
Okay, looks a bit scary. Let's break it down:
>Decagon
>Moving circle
>Circle shifts from white to grey
Fantastic. Because the circle is shifting colours, we can see there is a 3-2 pattern. This means that one of the 3 will have to be in the middle. Visual representation shown.
This puts us in a good position. Now, let's find the pattern of the moving circle. To do this, draw a rough image of the decagon, and track where the circles are.
Now, THIS is your starting point. Try to find a pattern going from red to blue to red to blue to red. I hope that makes sense, haha. This is the best 'starting point' you'll get. Just pick any red one.
You said you've got the method down after this, so I'll leave it to you to give it a go :) If you don't wish to try (I mean, I'm no expert haha) or once you have an answer, I'll post the answer + solution. Good luck!
atar.notes.user:
--- Quote from: Calebark on July 20, 2017, 05:29:32 pm ---Hey!
It's a bit easier to explain with examples. However, since I can't share copyright materials, I've made my own UMAT-style question to help explain it. I'll be posting it all in a spoiler to avoid clogging the thread with images.
SpoilerHere is the question:
Okay, looks a bit scary. Let's break it down:
>Decagon
>Moving circle
>Circle shifts from white to grey
Fantastic. Because the circle is shifting colours, we can see there is a 3-2 pattern. This means that one of the 3 will have to be in the middle. Visual representation shown.
This puts us in a good position. Now, let's find the pattern of the moving circle. To do this, draw a rough image of the decagon, and track where the circles are.
Now, THIS is your starting point. Try to find a pattern going from red to blue to red to blue to red. I hope that makes sense, haha. This is the best 'starting point' you'll get. Just pick any red one.
You said you've got the method down after this, so I'll leave it to you to give it a go :) If you don't wish to try (I mean, I'm no expert haha) or once you have an answer, I'll post the answer + solution. Good luck!
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Alright, thanks heaps!
My solution:
SpoilerSo, the only pattern I found so far is 4 steps (sides) forward, 2 forward, 4 backward and then 2 backward. So when I start from C, my pattern is CBADE, thus A is in the middle.
To confirm this, I started from another red letter following the pattern I found and got EBADE.
A is in the middle again
So, im guessing A is the answer?
Calebark:
--- Quote from: atar.notes.user on July 20, 2017, 06:33:37 pm ---Alright, thanks heaps!
My solution:
SpoilerSo, the only pattern I found so far is 4 steps (sides) forward, 2 forward, 4 backward and then 2 backward. So when I start from C, my pattern is CBADE, thus A is in the middle.
To confirm this, I started from another red letter following the pattern I found and got EBADE.
A is in the middle again
So, im guessing A is the answer?
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Happy to help!
SpoilerThe answer is indeed A! However, I'm clearly not cut out to be a professional UMAT question maker, haha, as that was not the solution I intended -- perhaps I tried too hard to make it tricky.
The intended order was C-(2 steps)B-(4 steps)-A-(8 steps)-D-(16 steps)E.
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