Shopping cartRohan’s eyes went wide. “Sixty. 12+60=72. 12/72 = 0.166… Oh. Oh no. I did 12/72 wrong in my head. It’s one-sixth. 16.67%.” He looked at the options again. None said 16.67%.
“They’re all wrong,” he breathed.
She pointed at the screen. “Look at that question again. The ‘vaccinated flu’ problem. Your first instinct is to panic. Your second instinct is to pick 2%, because it’s the number right there. But that’s the trap. The UCAT example questions aren’t there to teach you math. They’re there to teach you distrust —a healthy, surgical distrust of your own gut.”
Rohan’s eyes went wide. “Sixty. 12+60=72. 12/72 = 0.166… Oh. Oh no. I did 12/72 wrong in my head. It’s one-sixth. 16.67%.” He looked at the options again. None said 16.67%.
“They’re all wrong,” he breathed.
She pointed at the screen. “Look at that question again. The ‘vaccinated flu’ problem. Your first instinct is to panic. Your second instinct is to pick 2%, because it’s the number right there. But that’s the trap. The UCAT example questions aren’t there to teach you math. They’re there to teach you distrust —a healthy, surgical distrust of your own gut.” ucat example questions
