Math!?

[jbuck387]

I am taking the ASTB for my STA-21 application on the 4th of March. I am not worried about any section except the math. I scored very high on the SAT math section, but SAT you can use a calc. Can anyone give me some info on how indepth the math questions are and any good way to study and practice the math section especially when it comes to my speed? Thanks for your help.
AE3 (AW/SW) Buck

 

[Dingobat]

jubuck387,
They have ARCO Military Flight Aptitude study books on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/102-0671657-5625760?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ARCO+ASTB+&x=0&y=0
Also timing yourself while practicing helps.
Also a common strategy I have heard is answering all the easy problems you can quickly do.. then the ones you have a good guess on, then the ones that might take a few minutes to work through.
Good luck!


P.S. If you use the search function "ASTB Math Study Questions" or some such combo you will find a sample test floating around. I know on one of the official Navy websites they have sample quesitons under the ASTB section. Its not too hard of stuff, very similiar to the SAT Math level imho.

 

[el douge]

Study adding, subtracting, multiplyping, and dividing fractions and decimals. Practice story problems, distance problems, and some geometry. It will help you a lot to know your basic perimeter, area and volume equations. know the difference between complimentary and supplimentary angles. A lot of the stuff is relatively basic, but you must be quick and accurate with an answer. Practice timing yourself. Do a search and you can find various practice tests.

Best of luck!

Cheers.

 

[ea6bflyr]

or go HERE for all the ASTB gouge and a free download of the ARCO book.

-ea6bflyr

 

[jbuck387]

awesome thanks for the info guys, this site has been so helpful in the STA-21 process thanks so much

 

[CaptainRon]

http://www.amazon.com/ARCO-GMAT-Math-Review-Gmat/dp/0768918316

I used this book for the math section. It covered literally every type of problem on the ASTB. It's great because it the GRE and GMAT also do not allow calculators, so the book focuses on that.

I spent about two hardcore weeks going through the book, which sucked, but it was worth it to get a good grade on the ASTB.

 

[Spekkio]

Aside from practice, what you can do is look for arithmetic "short cuts." This requires you to think flexibly about numbers.

For an easy example, let's say you have 21/7. Well, 21 can be broken down into 7*3. Now you have (7*3)/7, and the 7's just cross out to equal 1. While you wouldn't necessarily need to do that for such a simple problem, when the numbers get more complex it helps a ton.

Another thing is look at the different ways you can do order of operations. If you're given a word problem that tells you to multiply 9 with 4 and then divide by 12, write it out. You now have 9*4/12. Well, 4/12= 1/3, so it's really just 9*1/3 = 3.

That should help you out with the calculator part at least.

 

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(me= fails a math class every now and then)