CSM Math - what's it like?

[rachel83az]

I second the notion to give it a try for free, if possible. It is, indeed, not unlike one long math quiz. I hesitate to say "exam" because there is no time limit. If it takes you 1 day, great. If it takes you 1 month, that's also fine! You can stop whenever you want/need and pick right back up again where you left off. The exception is when it's time to do the identification proctoring. You cannot stop during this, but I think it only takes 15-30 minutes to complete.

Among other things, the CSM course has you reading a bus time table (doing math to figure out when you need to be at a place), simple unit conversion, reading an invoice, and so on. It's mostly practical, every day, things that you're more likely to use on a regular basis than (for instance) needing to calculate the hypotenuse of a triangle. There are a few frustrating parts, especially if you're trying to rush through, but take your time and it'll be fine.