Pre Apprentice Math Evaluation Exam Study Guide

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  • čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
  • Link to practice exam:
    www.kmltf.org/wp-content/uplo...
    This is me going through many of the math problems on the pre-apprenticeship math exam study guide. It is a great review of basic math skills for an apprenticeship program. Best way to prepare for a basic math exam for the trades. Print out the exam from the link above, do the problems, see the solutions.
    Good resources: www.amazon.com/shop/colfaxmath (paid link)

Komentáře • 122

  • @AshRektum
    @AshRektum Před měsícem +5

    this video no lie helped me pass my aptitude test with an 86%

  • @cavscout1456
    @cavscout1456 Před 3 lety +20

    I was in the Army for 23 years. I am tentatively planning on getting into the Iron Worker Industry. This helped me out a ton. By the way, i have not touched Basic Math in 30 plus years. God bless You and God Bless America!

  • @helenaschair
    @helenaschair Před 3 lety +4

    Love how you spent time doing this, thank you!

  • @Nick-qj4gy
    @Nick-qj4gy Před 2 lety +20

    Thank you Sir! I could never grasp basic maths in high school and struggled. I’m now re-learning at 30 and your videos are so helpful!

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you, great to hear

    • @jbanks1525
      @jbanks1525 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Same, math was so hard for me back then, still is a little bit now, but not nearly as much after I went to college

  • @kludgybrains3459
    @kludgybrains3459 Před rokem +3

    Passed my test the other day. So glad I re learned and dusted my brain off with these math problems

  • @briang.coxsr.6450
    @briang.coxsr.6450 Před rokem +2

    Awesome tutorial and test preparations for the Aptitude test. Much appreciated.

  • @lisandrosanchez123
    @lisandrosanchez123 Před 3 lety +3

    This gonna help me a lot. Much appreciated!

  • @ryanwood74
    @ryanwood74 Před 2 lety +4

    This was a ton of help! I wish I had teachers like you growing up. You seem like a very patient and kind man. I will let you know if I pass...lol

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you, I'm sure you will, good luck!

    • @ryanwood74
      @ryanwood74 Před 2 lety +6

      I got a 95% thanks for your help! I would have gotten higher, but I didn't finish the last five questions due to time restraints on the math portion....

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před 2 lety +1

      @@ryanwood74 great to hear

  • @IsaacH24K
    @IsaacH24K Před 2 měsíci +2

    Helped a lot. Thank you sir!

  • @ohthtsnkerhead_Karoline
    @ohthtsnkerhead_Karoline Před 2 lety +6

    I'm brushing up for the local 28 exam.and I'm so nervous thanks this helped alot

  • @littlesgems7091
    @littlesgems7091 Před 2 lety +2

    Awesome, gonna help a ton on my test

  • @alexdelgadillo1569
    @alexdelgadillo1569 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for this I’m taking my math test on November 6 for my local union

  • @paristobias8835
    @paristobias8835 Před 2 lety +6

    Thank you so much ! I take my test for Local 68 August 10th 🙌🏾

  • @BossWilliams
    @BossWilliams Před rokem +4

    Beautiful truly appreciate this! Gotta get that TIME Table

  • @benmanley8837
    @benmanley8837 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Thank you this helped refresh my brain for my apprenticeship for hvac! Test is tomorrow I'll edit and let everyone know how I did! 😀

  • @harpalsinghchouhan9596
    @harpalsinghchouhan9596 Před 2 lety +1

    Beautiful explanation mate🍻

  • @bethmilbrandt1859
    @bethmilbrandt1859 Před rokem +3

    I just finished taking the IBEW pre apprenticeship test in Minneapolis Minnesota. They switched to a new test which is the GAN Aptitude Test. There was a lot of fraction problems, mixed numbers, finding pattens in a series of numbers, and my least favorite a whole section on paper folding where holes end up after a piece of paper is folded and holes punched. Thanks for the review on fractions and math skills, the refresher helped a lot.

    • @bril6157
      @bril6157 Před rokem +1

      about how much algebra was on the test? taking the 110 test tomorrow.

    • @bethmilbrandt1859
      @bethmilbrandt1859 Před rokem

      @@bril6157 not as much as I thought. No factoring, no slope line intercept, mostly fractions.

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před rokem

      Good to hear, thank you for the update

  • @wellnessotr
    @wellnessotr Před rokem +1

    Holy mackerel! I have a lot to relearn. 😂Thanks for your channel!!

  • @jaymiemcgee6475
    @jaymiemcgee6475 Před 2 lety +3

    I'm needing to study because I'm going for IBEW local 22. Thank you for making this video

  • @90wilcox
    @90wilcox Před rokem +1

    Thank you ❤️

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před rokem

      Thank you for watching and commenting

  • @michaelhuebel9231
    @michaelhuebel9231 Před 2 lety +5

    Question on the plywood problem at approximately the 24:43 mark; are we to assume that only full sheets can be used, because if you can cover a 24’x32’ area with 24 sheets, you would be left with a 1’x32’ gap, which could be filled with a 25th sheet ripped down to 4x equal 1’x8’ pieces(if we ignore saw kerf) requiring only 25 sheets?

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před 2 lety +1

      A sheet is 4' x 8'. Both 24 and 32 are divisible by 4 and 8, so you can lay it out either way. Both ways end up with whole sheets.

    • @michaelhuebel9231
      @michaelhuebel9231 Před 2 lety +2

      @@ColfaxMath yes but the area the question ask you to cover is 25’x32’. So in the video, to cover that additional foot you added 4 more sheets and noted to discard the extra 3’x8’ as scrap. I am wondering, on an aptitude test such as this is that the correct way to interpret this problem or is it more correct to think of it in real word applications where I would only take one additional sheet (the 25th) and divide it up into fill the remaining area making the answer 25 not 28?

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před 2 lety

      @@michaelhuebel9231 sorry about that last response, I didn't remember it was 25'. Twenty five sheets makes sense, with three rips, not sure if you can add that sentence on the test.

    • @michaelhuebel9231
      @michaelhuebel9231 Před 2 lety +2

      @@ColfaxMath no worries, I recognize this video is 9 months old. I am studying for the IBEW aptitude test I am scheduled to take Nov 8th; I graduated high school in 2000 and had AP calculus that year so algebra was a while ago. I have found your videos helpful refreshers. I am just trying to figure out if a similar question to this showed up on the 8th how best to interpret the question and determine the solution for the best result on my test.

    • @lottoman562
      @lottoman562 Před 2 lety +6

      i got 25 also by getting the area of 25x32 = 800 then dividing the area of 8x4 = 32 ---> 800/32 = 25

  • @lindapeixinho4387
    @lindapeixinho4387 Před rokem +1

    Hi. Is this the one I would take before getting into the local 5 yr apprenticeship (IBEW RI)? My test is this Thursday 🎉

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před rokem

      You should check in with your local, they are there for you.

  • @LoonEamp
    @LoonEamp Před rokem +1

    thank you for this, where can i find the answers to the practice test so i can check my work?

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před rokem +1

      Thank you

    • @LoonEamp
      @LoonEamp Před rokem

      @@ColfaxMath can I find the answers to the practice test anywhere so I can check my work?

  • @azoozaliraqi_288
    @azoozaliraqi_288 Před 2 lety +1

    thank you very much ,will I take the test online? and can I use the calculator if I go to a place to get the test? thank you again

  • @rollint
    @rollint Před 2 lety +1

    Is there an updated link? Can’t access one in description.

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před 2 lety

      www.kmltf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pre_apprentice_math_study_guide_01.pdf

  • @ulisesdavidmoreno9058
    @ulisesdavidmoreno9058 Před rokem +4

    The exam is very similar to the actual entrance exam

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před rokem

      Good to know, thank you

    • @race1924
      @race1924 Před rokem

      Is there anything extra on the test??

  • @Kelaboo93
    @Kelaboo93 Před rokem +1

    I take my local 18 test next week and let me tell you.. you brought my marbles back to life 🤣

  • @PIuggo
    @PIuggo Před 2 lety +1

    Would you shade in 15 circles for 15/16 please I’m confused on that one someone please answer me I got a plumbers aptitude test soon please help

    • @PIuggo
      @PIuggo Před 2 lety +1

      Hope he sees this comment

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před 2 lety

      Yes I see this comment

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před 2 lety

      Yes, you would shade 15 of the slices. There are a total of 16 slices and you want 15 of the 16 slices, so you shade in 15 of them. Hope that helps

    • @PIuggo
      @PIuggo Před 2 lety +1

      @@ColfaxMath I’m now seeing this thanks a lot bro I ain’t do this typa math in a couple months lol

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před 2 lety

      @@PIuggo glad to hear it

  • @erwinsardentarodriguez3458

    I can’t get the link to work either, has anybody figured out a new link or how to get it to work? Thanks in advance

  • @jbanks1525
    @jbanks1525 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Does the test also vary by state/region, part of me feels like that no matter what, although I can be absolutely wrong lol

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před 6 měsíci

      Yes, plenty of variation between states and unions. Absolutely you should check in with whoever is giving the exam and what preparation materials they have.

    • @jbanks1525
      @jbanks1525 Před 6 měsíci

      @@ColfaxMath what do you mean? I know when I took it the first time, which I shouldn’t have done, because I just had a brain injury couple months prior . I thought I could do it in the time everyone else had, but I didn’t realize how bad it was, and how much more easily I get frustrated and confused. But I know that you can’t write on the test, you have a sheet of paper they give you to show your work, and no calculator did you mean that? Or like will they tell me what to study for, because right now I’m just doing a group of it all. And half of the stuff I study for last time wasn’t even on there, a lot of it was graphs, which I didn’t study too much and I think that’s where I got messed up.

  • @josebarrios2968
    @josebarrios2968 Před 2 lety +1

    Could this also apply to plumbing aptitude test ?

  • @anthonygg9412
    @anthonygg9412 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Taking plumbing test this Thursday

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před 3 měsíci

      Good luck

    • @sweetmaydaniels5331
      @sweetmaydaniels5331 Před měsícem

      How did it go? Just applied to the union today what was on ur test

    • @anthonygg9412
      @anthonygg9412 Před měsícem

      @@sweetmaydaniels5331 I passed. It was pretty easy. I even did the interview. Now I’m waiting what they say back

  • @user-zb9en4wf9y
    @user-zb9en4wf9y Před měsícem +1

    I don't get it. 32 * 25 is 800 square feet. A piece of plywood is 4 * 8 equals 32 sq ft.. that's 25 pieces of plywood.

  • @PIuggo
    @PIuggo Před 2 lety +1

    This is nice but I don’t like how you skipped some big problems for example the fiftheen sixteenth shade in, kinda remind me of teachers only doing little problems then giving you tougher ones ya know 🙁 nice review though 💯

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před 2 lety +1

      OK, I'll try and be more thorough in future videos

  • @kas7344
    @kas7344 Před 3 lety +1

    👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @yoeltesfai9436
    @yoeltesfai9436 Před 2 lety +1

    I'm takin a basic math test for local 104 vac next week would u say I would need to no more than the basic math?

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před 2 lety

      I'd check in with them and ask for a practice exam

    • @yoeltesfai9436
      @yoeltesfai9436 Před 2 lety

      @@ColfaxMath they stated basic 8th grade algebra

    • @yoeltesfai9436
      @yoeltesfai9436 Před 2 lety

      @@ColfaxMath I would assume that means the topics u covered as well as multiplying and diving decimals fractions?

    • @yoeltesfai9436
      @yoeltesfai9436 Před 2 lety

      it s a pre apprentice math test 45 minutes

  • @micahboy5994
    @micahboy5994 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Local 525 test tomorrow hope I pass

  • @henk668
    @henk668 Před měsícem

    Did anyone get 33.3333 sq ft for the glass question

  • @crockitty2069
    @crockitty2069 Před 9 měsíci +1

    where are answers so i can check my work? thanks

  • @bluredtwentyseven2065
    @bluredtwentyseven2065 Před 2 lety +1

    The link for the study guide isnt working for me

    • @ColfaxMath
      @ColfaxMath  Před 2 lety

      Sorry to hear that, I checked the link and I think you might have to have a Gmail account

    • @maryenations188
      @maryenations188 Před 2 lety

      @@ColfaxMath not working for me either

  • @yibarkgetchow597
    @yibarkgetchow597 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Yea this ain’t for me big bro

  • @jessauriemma5681
    @jessauriemma5681 Před rokem +1

    perfectly explained, I'm practicing for a aptitude test for local 103 ibew, do you have an email you can share with me? i would like to ask you a few more questions, thank you