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: - A five-step systematic process (V-T-E-S-C) for translating any word problem into a solvable equation. - How to identify keywords in a problem that directly translate to mathematical operations like addition, subtraction, and multiplication. - Common exam traps on the Navy OAR, including irrelevant information and questions designed to make you solve for the wrong quantity. - A concrete, exam-style example of a distance-rate-time problem broken down from start to finish. - A memorable mnemonic, 'Very Tough Exams Seem Conquerable', to help you retain the problem-solving framework. 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