Integrated Reasoning

Question 1

What should you do before you start any real work on a Table problem?

Answer 1

SEE (Sort, Eyeball, Estimate)

Question 2

How should you approach Integrated Reasoning questions:

Answer 2

UPS: Understand, Plan, Solve

Question 3

How should you approach the Understanding stage of a Multi-Source Reasoning Problem?

Answer 3

Follow the UPS process. But also leverage the below strategy:

Understand:

1. Glance at table Headers and Columns in first source
2. Briefly glance at next tabs to see if they also have graphs?
3. Go back to first tab start reading
4. Create a tab map:
   
   1. Main point/ subject
5. How do the tabs connect
6. Scan through the 3 statements that accompany the question

Question 4

How should you approach the Plan stage of a Multi-Source Reasoning Problem?

Answer 4

Follow the UPS process. But also leverage the below strategy:

Plan:

1. Identify which prompts will be needed to answer the question
2. Record the relevant text
3. On math quesions you may be able to work backwards, use Smart Numbers, or test cases

Question 5

How should you approach the Solve stage of a Multi-Source Reasoning Problem?

Answer 5

Follow the UPS process. But also leverage the below strategy:

Solve:

1. Be careful for what the question is asking for

Question 6

How should you approach the Understanding stage of a Table Analysis Problem?

Answer 6

Follow the UPS process. But also leverage the below strategy:

Understand:

1. Glance at Table headers / rows
2. Read the blurb
3. What’s being shown? So what?
4. What types of info / What connections?
5. Glance at statements before reading question
6. Read question / Jot down what will keep you focused

Question 7

How should you approach the Plan stage of a Table Analysis Problem?

Answer 7

Follow the UPS process. But also leverage the below strategy:

Plan:

1. Can I solve simultaneously?
2. Which one seems easiest to address?
3. Can I eyeball without calculating?

Question 8

How should you approach the Solve stage of a Table Analysis Problem?

Answer 8

Follow the UPS process. But also leverage the below strategy:

Solve:

1. SEE: Sort, Eyeball, Estimate
2. If I do have to calculate, do it on paper not in my head
3. Write down calc before plugging into calc

Question 9

1. What is the main feature of a Table Analysis Problem?
2. What type of problem?
3. Key Strategy?

Answer 9

1. Table
2. One Either-Or question
3. SEE: Sort, Eyeball, Estimate

Question 10

What are the below key details of a Graphics Interpretation Problem?

1. What is the main feature?
2. Content?
3. Type of Problem?
4. Key Strategy?

Answer 10

1. Graph, diagram, or visual of some sort
2. Can be standard math or analytical
3. One Fill-in-the-Blank question
4. SEE (Select, Eyeball, Estimate)

Question 11

How should you approach the Understanding stage of a Graphics Interpretation Problem?

Answer 11

Follow the UPS process. But also leverage the below strategy:

Understand:

1. Glance at Visual, am I familiar? Review drop down choices
2. Read Title andb blurb. The what? So What? Types of Info?
3. Jot down what makes you remember big picture. If you don’t understand guess and move on
4. Glance at graph. Notice anything surprising?
5. Read question stem. Jot down anything useful
6. Do not read statements without lookinng at answer choices. Know the relationship between blanks

Question 12

How should you approach the Plan stage of a Graphics Interpretation Problem?

Answer 12

Follow the UPS process. But also leverage the below strategy:

Plan:

1. Which blank is easier? Can I solve simultaneously?
2. What part of graph do I need?
3. Am I finding and identifying, or calculating?

Question 13

How should you approach the Solve stage of a Graphics Interpretation Problem?

Answer 13

Follow the UPS process. But also leverage the below strategy:

Solve:

1. Solve in a form that matches drop down options
2. If I do have to calculate, do it on paper not in my head
3. Eyeball and estimate where youcan

Question 14

What are the below key details of a MSR Problem?

1. What is the main feature?
2. Type of Problems?

Answer 14

1. Two or Three Tabs
2. Types of Problems: Typically three problems (though can be two or four)
   
   • 1 standard multiple choice
   • 2 either-or problems

Question 15

1. What is the Main Feature?
2. Content?
3. Type of Problem?
4. Key Strategies?

Answer 15

1. 5 or 6 answer choices dipslayed in a table at the bottom
2. Can be quant, verbal, or logic-based
3. Two-Part multiple choice
4. Same as for Quant and Verbal sections of exam

Question 16

How should you approach the Understanding stage of a Two-Part Analysis Problem?

Answer 16

Follow the UPS process. But also leverage the below strategy:

Understand:

1. Glance at answer choices to see if #’s or Words or Sentences
2. Glance at question stem
3. Read through prompt and reread question stem, jot down notes

Question 17

How should you approach the Plan stage of a Two-Part Analysis Problem?

Answer 17

Follow the UPS process. But also leverage the below strategy:

Plan:

1. Simultaneous or Individual solving options?
2. Follow typical Quant or Verbal approaches for applicable problems
   
   • If logic based problem, eliminate answer choices by given constraints

Question 18

How should you approach the Solve stage of a Two-Part Analysis Problem?

Answer 18

Follow the UPS process. But also leverage the below strategy:

Solve:

1. Standard Quant / Verbal Approaches
2. Logic:
   
   • Narrow options, by given constraints
   • Work through remaining answers by testing each one

Question 19

What do I want to remember when I get a rates at work question like this?

Answer 19

Rates at work formula: Rate * Time = Work

• The rates of each person has been given
• You can convert this to time, however these will give you large fractions to work with
• Work with small fractions based on whats given
  
  • M takes 2 hours to paint 1 room
    
    • In terms of hours her rate is 1/2
  • L takes 2.5 hours to paint 1 room
    
    • In terms of hours her rate is 1/2.5 or 2/5
  • Add 1/2 + 2/5 = 9/10 now plug this into the formula
  • 9/10 * t = 1
    
    • t = 10/9
    • 10/9 * 60 = 200/3 = 66.67 / 60 = 1 hour and 7 minutes
• Do the same for the other resource

Question 20

What do I want to remember when I see a two part question like this?

Answer 20

1. It’s super important to write down the constraints on your paper
2. Once you have the contrainst identified it’s easy to fill in the blanks

Question 21

What do I want to remember when addressing a 2 part question like this?

Answer 21

1. Make sure your comparing the right metrics!
   
   • You can only compare revenue to revenue, or profits to profits

Question 22

What do I want to remember when addressing an IR problem like this?

Answer 22

Identify that this is a ration question. Build your ratio table, and test cases to see which solutions work

Question 23

What do I want to remember when addressing an IR question like this?

Answer 23

1. Keep in mind which years the questions are referring to

Question 24

What do I want to remember for IR problems like these?

Answer 24

Remember the constraints of the statement. The manager is only considering stone cutters that they sell

Question 25

What do I want to remember when I see a problem like this?

Answer 25

Algebraic translation can be much more complicated and time consuming. * This question is asking for an average speed of each train and we know that one train was 3 hours less than the other. * Work backwards in calculating the time for each train, from the answer provided *