Good ASVAB Math Problem, Algebra , Geometry, Word Problem

[@ericvargas6770]

Thank you for your Videos @Colfaxmath, was able to raise my AFQT score from a 31 to a 56 on my retest 👍.

[@ColfaxMath]

Fantastic, congratulations

[@roamingwaters8876]

I’ve been practicing by watching your clips and trying to do them in my head before you get to the answer. So far I’ve gotten all of them. Im trying to prepare for my verification test. I got a 74 on my PICAT so I want to make sure I don’t have to get rolled into taking the whole thing again.

[@ColfaxMath]

Keep studying, good luck

[@jasonmeade955]

Probably a gen X thing, but this was middle school math for us. And again the first few weeks of high school geometry (as review of what we should already know) as a sophomore. And we went to a rural backwater school, not one of the upper middle class suburban schools.

[@dubbzy92]

Milennials too. Pretty simple for 7th or 8th grade math

[@ColfaxMath]

Good, you're ready for the ASVAB

[@jasonmeade955]

@@ColfaxMath Was ready for it back in the 90s and aced it then (scored 99 overall). I have kept up with the slow decline in standards for the test and it does not inspire confidence, especially in the more technical related sections. It's not just the ASVAB, either. The nuclear program I went through was rigorous and intense and had ridiculously high standards - which it should, considering it was training 18-20 year olds to run nuclear reactors in positions that civilians need graduate degrees to start. Lowering the standards does not make a better or safer military (quite the opposite). But it sure does hurt a lot less feelings along the way, I suppose. And feelings are all that matters, or at least that is what I was told repeatedly by college students before throwing up my hands and giving up entirely on trying to teach the youth a d*mn thing about factual objective reality back in 2022. *edit to add: Sorry for the ramble. Not intending to take away from what you are doing. Trying to help people learn and do better is praiseworthy and none of my grumpy old man talk is actually directed at you.

[@ColfaxMath]

@@jasonmeade955 I understand

[@charlieghague]

It's not a Gen x thing, it's a military thing. Most go into the military for opportunity. Meaning they probably didn't do the best in school. It's also not a test of your overall intelligence. It's to find out which jobs you qualify for. Most jobs in the military only require basic math skills.

[@HoundDogMech]

Algebra Simple when done but I just can't see it. But I can do Gemotary & Trig Problems in my head. In Trig I just see the Relationships.

[@ColfaxMath]

Keep working at it and it will start to come, the more practice the more familiar

[@Violaman0910]

This seems like the problem you would have if you had an incompetent employee measuring for you. “Go get me the area of that garden in feet.” He comes back with the perimeter and can’t remember the other measurements but tells you it’s three times longer than it is wide.

[@ColfaxMath]

Ok

[@pilcrow182]

I don't know what an ASVAB is. But I just did that in my head and said "I'll bet you the answer is 108." I was a straight-A calculus student nearly 20 years ago and am now a computer programmer, so I suppose it comes with the territory.

[@ColfaxMath]

Good, ASVAB is the military placement exam

[@JuggernautJulius]

Wait so how did you get 6

[@jesslocke331]

48/8

[@vedere101]

That aint hard, that’s my brother!

[@ColfaxMath]

Good

[@acywei]

I refuse to believe America's finest would find this "hard".........

[@ColfaxMath]

True

[@jotheorange]

I absolutely hate the way you write the number 8. That is all.

[@ColfaxMath]

Ok

[@charlieghague]

I solved it through the guess and check method. Lol

[@ColfaxMath]

Good way to go

[@GenericInternetter]

i got 6x18 in like 10 seconds wtf, this isn't hard

[@ColfaxMath]

Ok

[@gaybear]

HARD???? I figured it out in less than a minute!

[@ColfaxMath]

Good