Cross off choices that cannot be right before you do the algebra. Sign, size, and units often kill two letters in seconds. There are only four letters now, in four answer choices.
Look before you multiply
A length cannot be negative. A probability cannot be 1.4. An area cannot be smaller than a side that already exceeds the choice. Then compute only what is left, in plugging in answers.
On the digital test the same habit is a tool, in the answer eliminator. If nothing falls quickly, skip and return, in the two-pass method.
The bottom line
Kill the impossible. Compute among the rest.
Start practicing
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