I keep getting these wrong because I'm not reading the question under time pressure. Need to remember to slow down, even in problem sets!

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My recommendation would be to take a look at the types of questions that are your time sinks. Is it a particular genre of game? Is it a type of question that trips you up more often than others? Is it setting up the game itself? Is it consistently the 4's and 5's? I think that being more specific in diagnosing your speed bumps would be helpful.

For me personally, a lot of my time is sunk into Could Be True/Must Be False type questions. I usually don't make enough inferences in the initial game setup, so if I'm hit early in the problem set with one of those kinds of questions, I try to recognize it as a time sink ASAP and skip it. Then, when I come back after the end of the set I sometimes have more inferences built up from answering the other questions and can answer those questions quicker than I would have on the first go-round.

I'm not an expert, but hopefully that's of some help!

Most of my time is lost on the "Which one of the following could be an acceptable arrangement...", or "which one must be true/false" questions.

Nice, so we might be running into similar issues. Like I've said above, I've had success skipping those questions and coming back to them after answering all other questions. Questions like "If X is forced to be in position Y" or "If Y must be next to Z" are usually pretty good at teasing out inferences for the base game that can be helpful in clearing up MBT/MBF type questions. Good luck!

My recommendation would be to take a look at the types of questions that are your time sinks. Is it a particular genre of game? Is it a type of question that trips you up more often than others? Is it setting up the game itself? Is it consistently the 4's and 5's? I think that being more specific in diagnosing your speed bumps would be helpful.

For me personally, a lot of my time is sunk into Could Be True/Must Be False type questions. I usually don't make enough inferences in the initial game setup, so if I'm hit early in the problem set with one of those kinds of questions, I try to recognize it as a time sink ASAP and skip it. Then, when I come back after the end of the set I sometimes have more inferences built up from answering the other questions and can answer those questions quicker than I would have on the first go-round.

I'm not an expert, but hopefully that's of some help!