Episode Details

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: - To distinguish whether a question is asking for perimeter (boundary), area (surface coverage), or volume (contained capacity). - The importance of memorizing key formulas for prisms, cylinders, and spheres as they are not provided on the exam. - How to spot common exam traps, such as questions that modify standard shapes by excluding a surface like the top or bottom. - The strategy of deconstructing complex composite shapes into their basic, manageable geometric components. - A simple mnemonic, 'Area is for squares, volume is for cubes,' to ensure you're using the correct units in your answers. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep