Quant
13 articles about Quant.
Probability and Counting: WRITE It Out
Half remembered counting formulas quietly wreck EA Quant scores. Here is why writing out a few cases on paper finds the pattern and catches the trap.
Average Is NOT the Whole Story
You can calculate an average in your sleep. So why do Executive Assessment stats questions still trip you up? Mean, median and range, explained.
Exponents and Roots: Break It Down to PRIMES
Ugly Executive Assessment exponent and root questions fall apart once you break every number into primes. Two worked examples, the traps, and a drill.
Inequalities and Absolute Values: Test the EDGES
One friendly number will lie to you on inequality and absolute value questions. Learn the edge numbers that expose the trap, with two worked EA examples.
Geometry: DRAW It. Every Time.
Geometry that feels impossible in your head often turns obvious on paper. Here is why drawing every shape, every time, is the FASTER way on the EA.
Rates and Work: Make a TABLE
Rate and work questions on the Executive Assessment sink people who juggle numbers in their heads. One small three-column table makes them routine.
Number Properties: The Rules You FORGOT You Knew
Those 'hard' EA Quant questions often rest on odd, even, prime and divisibility rules you learned at eleven. Relearn a dozen and watch them get quick.
Word Problems: TRANSLATE First, Solve Second
Wordy EA Quant questions aren't hard math, they're messy English. Translate each sentence into short notes first and watch the problem shrink.
ESTIMATE. The Test WANTS You To.
Wide-apart answer choices are a hint to stop doing exact math. Learn how to round your way to the right Executive Assessment Quant answer in seconds.
Pick Numbers. Stop SUFFERING.
Variables in every answer choice? Swap in small, friendly numbers and Executive Assessment algebra turns into arithmetic you can check and trust.
Rusty at Math? GOOD. Now You Know What to Train
Haven't done math since college? Good. EA Quant tests a small, predictable set of ideas, and your rust shows you exactly which ones to rebuild first.
TEST THE ANSWERS Before You Touch the Algebra
The right answer is already on your EA Quant screen. Learn when to plug in the choices instead of grinding algebra, and how to do it without slipping.
Stop SOLVING Data Sufficiency Questions
Data Sufficiency never grades your final number, so stop computing it. Learn when to stop, save minutes, and dodge the traps on the Executive Assessment.