I note from your other post that you're still learning the system.
My advice is that you learn the system first. Have experience with it in subjects away from studying and "know thyself". Uncover your skills.
Solving problems is not reading nor is it reading comprehension. It's about applying the correct step by step formula. That takes the time that it takes for you, and once you take up a pen along side a book your speed in getting information from that book will suffer because you are multitasking. Getting the information out of the book and then applying it are really 2 different things. You'll be able to get the information from the book faster but I doubt that, that will neither, greatly change your writing speed, nor will the methods by which you habitually do your calculation greatly change, unless you pick up some amazing shortcuts you haven't found yet.
Getting your reading done in 1/3 the time is one thing. Solving problems... if we don't have to show/explain how we found the answer it would go faster but if we have to apply the conventional methods...
Alex
[This message has been edited by AlexK (edited January 08, 2004).]