"Mathy" Questions drilling?

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• NotMyName Alum Member Sage ⭐

  July 2017 5320 karma

  oh nice! I might add PT01.S3.Q07 to this as well.

  I struggle with these two and will be drilling them soon. The book may be helpful, but I think the list of tricks the writers use with numbers/percentages is not so long. Maybe we can overcome them just by becoming for comfortable them. Like LG, if we see enough and establish the inferences then we're more hip to it in the future. Not sure though.
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  tanes256 Alum Member

  July 2017 2573 karma

  @karenkaren I have a whole list of them. They're all flaw questions though. I can't upload what I have right now but you can go to The LSAT Blog, click on free stuff and then LR. It's a spreadsheet that divides question types. If you scroll down to flaws you'll see the numbers questions. I'm not sure how the other question types are listed and I think if o my hoes up to PT 39??
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  Nikkkkkkk Live Member

  July 2017 250 karma

  I struggle with these questions too!

  @tanes256 Great suggestion. I went through the entire page (http://lsatblog.blogspot.ca/2009/06/lsat-logical-reasoning-spreadsheet.html) and came up with the following list. For some reason it doesn't include the questions mentioned already in this thread. He may have skipped the first few PTs? The numbers in brackets are the page numbers where you can find them in the official LSAC books. But I may just continually update this post with links to 7sage video explanations for each question:

  Flaw

  PT 12, S1, #14 (155)
  PT 13, S2, #24 (197)
  PT 14, S4, #18 (245) 
  PT 16, S3, #24 (307) 
  PT 19, S2, #7 (21)
  PT 21, S3, #19 (101)
  PT 22, S2, #25 (133)
  PT 23, S3, #16 (168)
  PT 26, S3, #5 (267)
  PT 26, S3, #19 (271) (numbers/percentages) 
  PT 27, S1, #2 (288) (numbers/percentages) 
  PT 27, S1, #23 (294) (numbers/percentages) 
  PT 30, S2, #13 (57)
  PT 30, S2, #17 (59)
  PT 33, S1, #12 (155)
  PT 36, S3, #21 (276) 
  PT 37, S4, #17 (312)
  PT 44, S2, #21 (24)
  PT 47, S3, #16 (29) 
  PT 50, S2, #3 (19) (overgeneralization)
  PT 50, S4, #22 (36)
  PT 51, S1, #4 (10)
  PT 51, S1, #18 (14) 
  PT 51, S3, #4 (25)
  PT 52, S3, #16 (26)
  PT 59, S2, #20 (10)

  MBT/MSS

  PT 12, S1, #8 (154) (MBT)
  PT 13, S2, #18 (195) (MSS)
  PT 14, S2, #16 (228)(MBT)
  PT 15, S2, #9 (264) (MSS)
  PT 16, S2, #9 (294) (MBT)
  PT 16, S2, #20 (298) (MBT)
  PT 18, S2, #20 (332) (MSS)
  PT 20, S1, #24 (57) (MBT)
  PT 22, S4, #12 (141) (MSS)
  PT 26, S3, #15 (270) (MSS)
  PT 27, S1, #9 (291) (MBT)
  PT 27, S4, #14 (312) (MBT) 
  PT 30, S4, #22 (76) (MSS)
  PT 32, S1, #18 (124) (MSS)
  PT 44, S4, #3 (31) (MSS) 
  PT 46, S3, #11 (28) (MBT)
  PT 55, S3, #12 (29) (MSS)

  NA
  PT 10, S4, #4 (104)
  PT 16, S2, #14 (296) 
  PT 19, S2, #13 (23) 
  PT 20, S1, #3 (50) 
  PT 20, S1, #11 (52)
  PT 54, S2, #9 (20)
  PT 54, S4, #24 (37)

  Weaken
  PT 16, S2, #16 (296) 
  PT 26, S3, #24 (273)
  PT 28, S3, #11 (336)
   PT 58, S1, #24 (16) 
  PT 59, S3, #13 (16) 

  SA
  PT 12, S1, #22 (158) 
  PT 14, S4, #7 (242)
  PT 19, S2, #18 (25)
  PT 19, S4, #11 (38)
  PT 29, S1, #20 (21) 

  Parallel Reasoning
  PT 14, S2, #25 (231) (flawed) 
  PT 49, S4, #24 (36) (flawed)

  Strengthen
  PT 7, S1, #23 (22)
  PT 12, S1, #19 (157)
  PT 30, S2, #4 (55)
  PT 34, S3, #21 (207) 
  PT 46, S3, #22 (32) 

  Resolve the Paradox/Explain the Phenomenon
  PT 16, S2, #1 (292)
  PT 18, S2, #11 (329)
   PT 22, S2, #21 (131) 
   PT 24, S2, #18 (199)
  PT 58, S1, #17 (14)

  Method of Reasoning
  JN 07, S2, #20 (12) 

  Principle
  PT 44, S2, #17 (23)

  EXCEPT
  PT 9, S2, #17 (62) (could be true) (numbers/percentages) 
  PT 43, S3, #15 (31) (resolve the paradox)

  Main Point
  PT 30, S2, #23 (60) (structured to lead to which conclusion?)

  Point at Issue
  PT 30, S2, #10 (56)
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  Sami Yearly + Live Member Sage ⭐ 7Sage Tutor

  July 2017 10806 karma

  Paging @BinghamtonDave. I think he has done some extensive work trying to figure these type of arguments out and would probably offer the best advice and information.
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  karenkaren Alum Member

  July 2017 116 karma

  Awesome!! Thanks for the suggestion @tanes256 and all your work finding and linking those @Csuposki!

  I agree @jkatz1488, hopefully through exposure we will see some concrete rules and inferences pushed out of these dreaded questions. Would be great to keep each other posted on any breakthroughs.
• Nikkkkkkk Live Member

  July 2017 250 karma

  Just wanted to bump this thread up. I've recently been going over the PowerScore LR Bible and it has a section on these questions appropriately enough titled "Numbers and Percentages." I haven't read the entire chapter yet, but so far it's been very helpful in getting a handle on what to look out for when faced with these kinds of questions.
• Alex Alum Member ⭐

  July 2017 23929 karma

  @Csuposki said:
  Just wanted to bump this thread up. I've recently been going over the PowerScore LR Bible and it has a section on these questions appropriately enough titled "Numbers and Percentages." I haven't read the entire chapter yet, but so far it's been very helpful in getting a handle on what to look out for when faced with these kinds of questions.

  Might have to revisit the ol' Bible in that case