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AFOQT Exam Prep 26, Math Knowledge — Order of Operations and Number Properties
Published 4 months, 2 weeks ago
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This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
In this episode you will learn:
- That multiplication/division and addition/subtraction have equal priority and must be solved left-to-right.
- How to use divisibility rules for 3 and 9 as a critical time-saving shortcut on the AFOQT.
- The strategic advantage of using prime factorization to simplify complex fractions quickly and accurately.
- To identify and avoid common traps involving negative integers within parentheses.
- Why mastering the order of operations is fundamental for success on the timed Math Knowledge subtest.
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