Quantitative Reasoning
Quantitative reasoning is the act of understanding mathematical facts together with concepts and apply them to real-world scenarios.
Quantitative Reasoning Strategies
Many standardized tests have a quantitative reasoning section. Tackling these types of problems can be done using a number of strategies. First and foremost, when dealing with any type of quantitative reasoning problem, it’s a good idea to have a plan.
Thankfully, there’s a nice four-step process that George Polya, a Hungarian mathematician, developed to solve problems in general, and it can often be used to organize your thoughts and develop a plan to solve a given problem.
Understand the problem: Reword it in your own words and read it as many times as necessary to understand it.
Devise a plan: Come up with a way to solve the problem based on the information given, such as drawing a picture or diagram, translating the problem into numerical expressions, or working backwards, to name a few.
Carry out the plan: Carry out the plan that you devised.
Look back: Check your answer with the original problem. Make sure that it makes sense with the problem and that you carried out your plan correctly. If it checks out, great! If not, start over.
This process can aid in quantitative reasoning since it gives a nice strategy on ways to think about the problem in an organized manner. Academic level Undergraduate. (yrs 1-2)
Type of paper Other
Discipline Mathematics
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