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Friday, June 5 — Day 16

Review week, final lap. Last day of the trial.

The deal today

  • 9:30 to 12:00 study, with two 20-minute breaks.
  • 22 questions — a full mixed pass. A and B share nothing; B is harder.
  • Phones off 9:30 to 1:00. The 12:00-1:00 hour is yours, no screen.

No more repeats of what you've nailed

You said you keep answering the same things over and over — the Big Bang/Earth/Cambrian "Gya" questions especially. Fair. You've gotten the whole evolution timeline right every time, so it's gone today. No evolution. Same for the war dates you've locked in. Today is only the stuff you still miss.

Focus today

Math — the breakdowns and the hard fractions

  • Five two-digit multiplications. Your method is right; the slip is the last addition. Slow down there.
  • All four fraction operations, with answers that don't come out clean (17/12, 13/24, 5/16, 7/6). Reduce at the end.

Science — atomic structure (expanded background today)

  • Valence (Na, Al, Cl) — read the group number.
  • Plus protons, neutrons, electrons. The background material now explains what each particle is, why atomic number = protons = the element's identity, and what an isotope is. Read it before you start.

Peace — the dates that still cost you

  • Westphalia, 1648 — not 1638. Get it today.
  • Versailles, 1919. Dayton, 1995. Treaty of Paris, 1783.

Today's exam (22 questions)

  • 11 math (5 two-digit multiplication, GCF, LCM, all four fraction ops)
  • 7 science (valence + protons/neutrons/electrons)
  • 4 history (the four peace dates above)
  • No evolution — you've mastered it.

Warm-up

  • Read the atomic-structure background (protons / neutrons / isotopes).
  • Two two-digit multiplications on paper, slow.
  • Westphalia 1648, Versailles 1919, Dayton 1995, Paris 1783.

Last word

Four weeks. You ran the exams yourself, found a real bug we fixed, and got steadily faster. That was the whole point — not the scores, the fact that you ran it. Finish strong.

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