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🧮How to Solve Numerical Questions in the PMP Exam

Earned value, CPM, PERT — the 'math' questions that scare people are the easiest points on the exam once you see the pattern.

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Every PMP aspirant hits the same wall: the numerical questions. Earned Value Management, critical path, PERT, cost variance, EAC — a wall of formulas that looks harder than it is.

In this session a mentor shows you the handful of formulas that actually appear, the shortcuts to remember them, and a repeatable way to read a numerical question so you pick the right formula in seconds. We solve real exam-style items live, on screen, step by step.

What you'll walk away with

  • The only ~10 formulas you truly need — and how to never mix them up
  • Earned Value (PV, EV, AC, CV, SV, CPI, SPI, EAC, ETC, TCPI) made intuitive
  • Critical path & float without the guesswork
  • PERT and 3-point estimates in under a minute
  • How to spot which formula a question is really asking for

What we'll cover

  1. 1
    The formula map
    What's actually tested — and what you can safely ignore.
  2. 2
    Earned Value, decoded
    One diagram that makes every EVM formula obvious.
  3. 3
    Critical path & floats
    Forward/backward pass done fast and correctly.
  4. 4
    Live problem-solving
    We solve real exam-style questions together.
  5. 5
    Q&A + cheat sheet
    Ask anything; leave with a one-page reference.

Who should attend

  • PMP aspirants who freeze on calculation questions
  • Anyone retaking the exam after a 'Below Target' on cost/schedule
  • Engineers who want the intuition, not just the formula sheet
  • Self-studiers who want a mentor to de-mystify EVM once and for all
⭐ Aspirants routinely go from dreading these questions to treating them as free marks.

Questions, answered

Do I need to be good at math?
No. If you can add, subtract, multiply and divide, you can score these. It's about pattern, not maths.
Will I get the formulas to keep?
Yes — we share a one-page cheat sheet you can use in your prep.
Which exam is this for?
The PMP exam, but the earned-value intuition helps for CAPM and PMI-ACP too.

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