Number Properties Guide, Chapter 5, Scenarios

[Lamcc83]

The guide introduces the strategy of testing scenarios in Chapter 5--specifically on page 78 and 79 of the 5th Edition of the Number Properties Guide.

My question is how are we to use the scenarios to our advantage when we are limited to two minutes per question? The problem sets at the end of the chapter ended up taking far more than two minutes when employing the scenario strategy.

Any specific tips on how to accelerate working through positive/negative and odd/even data sufficiency questions?

[RonPurewal]

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[RonPurewal]

My question is how are we to use the scenarios to our advantage when we are limited to two minutes per question? The problem sets at the end of the chapter ended up taking far more than two minutes when employing the scenario strategy.

Well, you're NOT "limited to two minutes per question", so this is a non-issue.

"Two minutes per question" is an average. An average is not a limit.
If a problem has lots of words, and involves translation of those words into numbers"”in other words, if it plainly involves more steps than do most other problems"”then it would be foolish to "limit" yourself to two minutes.

These aspects of time management are basically common sense; if you don't understand them, just make real-world analogies.
E.g., let's say you work with a painting crew, and you can paint a house in an AVERAGE of 4 hours.
If you had to paint a huge mansion, would you expect to finish the job in 4 hours?
No. Of course you wouldn't.

Same here.