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AMC8 Prepare Tips - 3

** Time Management **
To many students, finish 25 questions in 40 minutes is very tight. So spend your time wisely can be help to get a better score.

- Usually use 1 - 1.5 minutes for question #1 to #10.
- Use 1 - 2 minutes for question #11 to #20.
- Do NOT spend over 3 minutes on a single question unless you have to. You can guess an answer, and check it back later.
- If you know you can't finish all the questions, then just give up question #21 to #25, make a guess, and use all the time to the first 20 questions, and try you best to solve them right.

4 ways to Help Your Child Develop Critical Thinking Skills:

1. Don't just ask "what?" — ask "how?" and "why?"
2. Follow it up with "how do you know this?"
3. Prompt them to think about how their perspective may differ from other people's.
4. Finally, ask them how to solve the problem.