Everyone on here is trying to pass the exam, keep trying you won't know what you could've done without trying in life this is a major turning point in life and the world is here for us to succeed all we need to do is try. Keep your head up and never say never

Thank you so much! With the help of your video I got a 6 on the test, got a 90.5 on the interview and was officially accepted a couple weeks ago!

Only man who has ever successfully taught me the quadratic formula, is you good sir

I watched this once a day 5 days before my test and practiced them. I just passed my test yesterday and wanna thank you! I probably wouldn’t have passed cause I struggle with algebra 🎉

good luck to you ALL!! OWN IT!! BELIEVE IT!!!! YOU WILL PASS THIS TEST. READING AND MATH SECTIONS!! WRITE IT DOWN AND SPEAK IT INTO EXISTENCE!!!!

If you were genuinely good at math in school then this video was a great refresher and made the test easy af. I got a 8/9 and i only watched this video twice and did an hour worth of random practice problems online

back a month later to refresh and heres another comment to increase engagement on the video does a great job breaking down and explaining things in an understandable way

The best refresher course Ive found online, thanks for putting in the time and effort to help out others!

This has been super helpful. I was struggling with some of the math thanks to my past self shrugging off the math in middle school. You have been a huge help tyvm.

Man, this was such a throwback. My teacher never properly explained the FOIL method (didn’t even have an acronym to help), and another match teacher never properly helped me understand fraction, so I was always working with a deficit. This video, however, explains things really well and it feels like the missing puzzle pieces FINALLY clicked in after _years_

I just took this test last week and Aced it due to this video. Thanks for the great refresher.

Dude idk who you are but you literally saving my life right now thank you so much

Couldn't come at a better time, thank you so much

I look forward to watching more videos. Well done

just went to take my test and passed, this is my second attempt tho but i didn’t find this video till after i took it the first time. i went from absolutely minimal to no algebra 1 knowledge to somewhat knowledgeable on algebra and passed the test easy to be completely honest they use the same maybe 5-7 questions on one major part of algebra there is probably 3 things u have to learn down packed and the rest is fine i guessed on maybe 6 of my questions and did fine. good luck to whoever is taking the test remember its not impossible no matter how bad u are at math just do your best! ik i suck at explaining things through text so if any of u have a question please reply and i’ll respond as soon as i can id hate for others to struggle like i did.

Most of this is Algebra 2. This is a really good refresher for someone who hasn’t did this since senior year. I’m pretty good at algebra and I’m taking my IBEW Plumbing Apprenticeship test on 2/15/2023. I will be taking a sheet with me to the test going over all the formulas and example equations to help me ace it. Wish best of luck to everyone and I advise everyone to bring a piece of paper just like me.

Thank you so much! Everything that is covered in this video is on the test. (Except the compounding interest)It’s even in order. If you are taking the test, watch this video again and again until you can understand everything and do the problems quickly.

It's a very helpful video. I recommend it to anyone. Thank you.

I have my test for steam fitter apprentice next month. Found this video at the perfect time thank you 👍🏽

For me, percentage of a number at 6:22 was easier if I take the percentage and turn it into a decimal, 27%= .27. Then multiply 76*.27

Just here to share..... I watched this video and others multiple times and this morning I took my aptitude test for NEAT. Happy to report I passed 5/9. This was very helpful. STUDY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN EVERYONE. THE TEST IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE SIMPLE.

Fantastic breakdown. Played on 1.25x speed and refreshed everything I needed.

Thank you for the refresher.....

Thankyou so much helps a lot!

it works perfectly! Thanks buddy

That last one is definately a good refresher ❤🙏🏻

Starting up school in August, want to get my feet wet and do some research before hand and get some knowledge before I start. From what I see in the comments this is very useful

Thank you for this refresher Very helpful , it’s been a while

I'm in my senior year in Highschool. In all four years of Highschool maths I have never been educated as well as this. Thank you sir.

Just got a 7/9 on my test just wanted to say this was a huge help, also 12min prep has a free IBEW aptitude test prep that really helped me. If you’re seeing this and are gonna test be confident you got this !

My appreciation, good sir

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thanks you helped a lot

Thank you so much! This video helped me pass, for sure. The difference between differences was truly the key for the pattern finding, too. Thanks!

Love how he says everything is very very simple lol😂 if that was the case I wouldn’t be here watching this video

Love the video and the help you provided for us. Thank you. If it's not to much to ask, maybe in future videos can you please choose different colors that stand out more from the background. The quadratic formula part hurt my eyes trying to make out the different parts of the equation. Lol

There’s an easier way to find percentages you can turn the percent into a decimal and multiply by the other number. The compound interest trick is awesome though thanks for this video it’s very helpful.

PEMDAS is how I always learned it parentheses equals multiplication division addition subtraction.

my test at 11 tmr just watching this for a lil review i just graduated so most of this is still pretty easy hope i pass

Thank you.

613 local this was very helpful. Skills mostly needed are number patterns, plugin variables EX: x=6 so what is 2x+15=, finding unknown values with other related values, and reading a equation and choosing which graph represents the equation. I passed and already working not a week after I got my results.

I would like to present an alternative method for solving the percentage questions at 5:13. Do you know what this sign means? >>> % It literally means “of 100.” Or simply, 100. Knowing this we can find the answer in three simple steps. 1. 12/100

I love this video, but you gave the long way around of finding the percentage of a number. You can find the percentage way easier than that. i.e., 15% of 22 can easily be found by solving it as 22 × .15 The decimal takes 15 from being a whole number to a percentage of the number 1, so instead of adding up all those different percentages you can just do one multiplication problem and go on to the next question. I hope this makes sense to everyone out there reading this. I am no Math guru, but I do understand this area of it thoroughly.

Gonna watch this everyday. Before I apply. I’ve ALWAYS sucked at math. But I wanna further my future and put the work in. PRAY FOR ME

Thank you so much

@ 4:43 would it not be also acceptable to have the outcome be divide by 5 instead of multiply by .2?

Super helpful.

9:58 Order of operations is wrong. PEMDAS (BIDMAS) dictates that exponents come before multiplication. So the 1.02 would need to be squared first before multiplying by 100. For simplifying fractions, another method is to divide across top and bottom. So for the second multiplying question, you can divide the 3 and 6 by 3 to get 1 and 2. Then multiply across to get 1/16. Now for when explaining BIDMAS, it should be noted that D and M are what comes first, as is A and S. So in 5x6/2, you do 5x6 first even though D is listed first. Other than those little sticklers, thank you for making the video.

Great video

I’m 44 yo and have been doing Natural gas measurement for a very big gas provider. I’m so wanting to get away from gas and get into electric!!

This is very useful. Currently, im a journeyman drywall Finisher looking switch trades. I've always thought about joining IBEW, i think i want to fufill that dream now. My math skills beyond additions & subtraction is not very good. What advice could you give me on trying to join the electricians union? I'd appreciate any advice, thank you!

39:57 you should apply the negative (-) to the 4 in the quadratic formula. It' confuses the problem and adds an unnecessary step.

Thank you

Perfect time for this thank you

thought i should put this here but when you do bidmas or pemdas you need to remember that division and multiplication hold the same precedent. same goes for addition and subtraction. you have to solve your equation from left to right. so if you have 5x6 + 4/5 - 4 then you would multiply 5 and 6 then divide 4 by 5. then you would add the product and the quotient followed by the subtraction.

Explained everything better then electricprep

very nice video. Do you have any videos on how to decimals etc..?

Anywhere I can do practice problems like these? Without having to pay of course

For (BIDMAS) don't division and multiplication go from left to right and addition and subtraction as well

Alright quick question here; I’ve been looking for example tests and questions to prepare me ( more refresh any knowledge that may have been lost in my 5 years post bachelors) and I kept getting trig, circle dimensions, and weird percentage from this time to this time problems. Is all I really need algebra and reading comprehension? And if so, are the necessary formulas provided during the test?

Thanks for the help! For the common ratio pattern at 4:10, I divided all the numbers by 5 and got the same answer. For computing compound interest 9:42, 1.02 squared or 1.02 x 1.02 = 1.0404. If you multiply (100 x 1.0404) you get $104.04, not $102.

Cpl questions I didn’t get, plus I learned pemdas in school, that wrong then or does Bidmas only apply when doing fractions? I’m confused

Has anybody ever seen a compound interest question on the IBEW aptitude test? I've never seen it mentioned anywhere but here.

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Taking my test tomorrow hopefully I pass!

Why isn't pemdad applied during the compund interest trick. During the equation you do multiplication before factoring the exponet

Thanks!

Bidmas or pemdas explained that way makes a lot of people make mistakes, which is why there's all those 'solve this problem' stuff on facebook that people mess up. Each two letters are the same step. So it's more like (Pe)(Md)(as). Brackets and Indices are solved on the same step as are division and multiplication, then add and subtract. Within each step you go left to right. So if you see 3-4+5 you do the whole thing left to right, not addition before subtraction.

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Just passed my exam today. Next step interview!! Thank you so much

So the only have to find the first and second difference when a negative is involved? And you only have to find the first difference if there’s no negative?

The section about keeping track of the 1st and 2nd differences in number sequences was very useful for the test (I took it this past week). In the past for pattern questions like this I would just look at it and think about it and the pattern would not be that hard to find, but using the method described here made EVERY pattern recognition question on the test a near-brainless endeavor. From a real-world practical point of view I don't think the patterns that I saw in the test were necessarily realistic, so were not easy to identify intuitively. And I have a bit of a problem with the idea that like 15% of the entire math test score uses basically the same pattern type over and over, which highly favors anyone who happened to have been taught to look for that specific type of pattern. No exaggeration, all of the patterns were just analyzing the 2nd differences, none of them used multiplicative factors, prime numbers, squares, cubes, nothing. But, it is what it is, and thankfully I decided to watch this video even though I didn't feel I would have any problems on the test. I probably would've passed either way, but the method made it way easier.

Just took mine for local 613 I would say I only saw number patterns evaluating an equation and the foil method problems and which of these statements makes this problem true type questions besides that nothing really else it’s going to be a lot of repetitive same type questions very little time I think the reason I failed because I studied for the wrong things like percentages dividing and subtracting fractions quadratic formula and the time wasn’t enough for me o well cecw program it is and reading is easy good luck who ever has to take it .

Sequences / factoring polynomials / Pemdas equation (difficult ones) / linear/graphs . Study those topics

The course also requires an understanding and application of trigonometric functions,used to calculate capacitive values to compensate for inductive circuit losses.Power factor corrections.

The local I tested for didn't have any questions from chapters 2, 3 and 4. I got a lot of questions from chapters 1, 8, 9 (just a little more complicated) and 10. Some problems ended up with me solving fractions (adding and multiplying though) so brush up on that. I got several questions about analyzing functions and function information analysis as well. Calculators aren't allowed on the test and you'll be given paper and pencils. Just thought I drop this info so that others know what else to brush up on.

im gonna watch this video everyday until the test starts and hope i can just remember all the formulas and stuff because if i know the formula the math is easy i can convert numbers when i know where they are supposed to go will i be allowed to take a paper in with the quadratic formula writen on it because that would make this test 1000 times easier

I need help I paid for the i prep to study for my Ibew test coming up and it still is no help

What’s the starting wage for an electrical apprentice? I’m in Washington state Thanks in advance…

Got a bachelor's in business 4 years ago and gave up my corporate job to try and join the union here. My test is tomorrow watched this video a few times and im so glad. I completely forgot the quadric formula. Wish me luck and thank you for the fresher!

Number patterns is very important, so is solving linear equations. You will almost certainly have multiple questions of each of these on your test. As of today multiple of both of those were on the test.

Everything was good, except finding the percentage. You only have to move the decimal two times to the left in the rate and multiply it by the number and boom! That's the answer. For example on the first problem, 0.12 * 80 = 9.6.

so these are the only topics thats is going to be on the math portion ?

You do you have a channel for graphs? I know when I took the test, there was a lot of graphs on there. I was rushed, I had a fierce, had an injury a year prior, and I didn’t get the slip to get extra time so I was rushed and messed up. That’s on me nobody else’s fault. But I just noticed you didn’t have a lot of graphs.

Thank you so much for this. I haven't taken my test yet it's 2024 but hopefully this still applies

Anyone in MN taken this exam yet? I would like to know what questions are emphasized

Taking the test today bro appreciate you for making this

Thanks so much!!!!

When finding percentages of a whole number, if we divide by 10, then divide by 10 again you get the one percent value. Theoretically you can just multiply that value by whatever they’re asking for right? So 12% of 80 1%= .8 so .8 x 12 =9.6

What probelms are actually on the test? Does anyone know?

Is the PEMDAS (parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction) that I remember learning the same as your BIDMAS?

I have my test on Tuesday of next week I pray I pass

lol for the fractions i picked a random number and tried to convert 37% into a fraction and realized idk why devides into 37 5 seconds in and spent another 5 seconds figuring out nothing goes into 37 so the answer is 37 over 100

23:07 Interesting we do PEMDAS in the United States 🇺🇸 Parenthesis (forgot how to spell it 😂) Exponents Multiply Division Add Subtraction

crazy how I have multiple pre/algebra study books and none of them mention the FOIL method. good looking out

is bidmas the same as pemdas?

Anyone know if in the fractions they have decimal numbers? Asking for local 48 Portland Oregon. If you know let me know!

Is there a math and reading part ?

But why add one to the 2 percent interest?

@7:00. .... You could also realize that 25 percent is 1/4, and 1/4 of 76 is 19.... then add two 1 percents, 2 x 0.76 = 1.52... The answer is 19 + 1.52 = 20.52