Managing the 5-point block

The last third of the paper is worth 5 points a question and is where the paper is won or lost. Reaching it with time left, reading all of it before committing to any of it, and picking the two most tractable is a plan you make before the exam, not during it.

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Practice — 3-point ladderNo problems written at this tier yet.Nothing written at this tier yet
Practice — 4-point ladderNo problems written at this tier yet.Nothing written at this tier yet
Practice — 5-point ladder2 problems. Three in a row finishes it.0/3 in a row · 0/2 solved
Skill quizFinish every ladder that has problems first.Finish the ladders above first

Before and after

Needs first

CFT-07Spot the trick vs. decide to grind CFT-08Time triage: now, later, or guess

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In official papers

No indexed official paper question has been tagged with CFT-12 yet. The index grows one paper at a time, and it records only question numbers, point values and our own skill tags — never the problems themselves.

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