<p>I was reading some ol' threads in Classic College Confidential. Back then, -1 = 780 in math was considered "ridiculous". </p>
<p>Nowadays, we're LUCKY to have that.</p>
<p>Well ,the math is quiet easy.-1 = 780 sounds reasonable.It`s not like in high school when -3 still means a perfect grade but we should get used to it.</p>
<p>Haha, people love to say how easy the math section is....</p>
<p>Three kids: </p>
<h1>1: "I definitely got an 800. I knew how to do every problem and I even had a lot of time to check"</h1>
<h1>2: "Usually the SAT math has 1 or 2 questions that I don't know how to do but this time I totally nailed it."</h1>
<h1>3: "OMG, the math was soooo easy! There were only like 2 algebra 2 questions and I think I nailed them!"</h1>
<p>Student #1 - 690 (down from 730)
Student #2 - 670 (down from 720)
Student #3 - 630 </p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>Math sections are very unpredictable... you might be positive that you got the questions right but it turns out that you made mistakes. The critical reading and writing ones aren't like that... you can feel doubt and the possibility of a wrong answer...</p>
<p>I say it is easy because i have been practice questions and the QOTD for like 6 months and know exactly what the math sections on the SAT I are about.If a question seems extremely difficult ,just tell to you ''it is nothing special,i should answer it in 30 seconds'' and this works.</p>
<p>If you haven't taken a real SAT or at least a QAS, then you don't know what the SAT math section is like. Sorry, but it's much easier to do questions in isolation without a time limit than it is to be in that test room with 25 minutes per section. </p>
<p>You may be a super sharp kid who can get an 800 math without a problem, but the fact is, an 800 is hard to get even for smart kids. In fact, I know some people who got an 800 once and went down a second time. </p>
<p>Don't underestimate the SAT math or you will be burned.</p>
<p>Math comes naturally to me (I finished BC calculus as a sophomore). However, I have gotten a 770 twice. I definitely do not think SAT math is easy under the conditions its taken. If it was unlimited time, then yes, it is easy.</p>
<p>The math section is really tricky... if you're not alert to everything that is happening, you will definitely get burned. </p>
<p>The worst is on the Oct SAT, when I BUBBLED WRONG. 20 points off for a bubbling error hurts. really.</p>
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<p>I agree with this. If you can score 750+ within the time limit, getting an 800 without one would be cake. </p>
<p>It's not like the AMC/AIME/USAMO where no matter how much time you give me I'll suck massively :P (and I have a 780 Math)</p>
<p>I think I might have bubbled incorrectly in October too. I need to know what the 6 medium Geometry questions were lol</p>
<p>The math section of the SAT doesn't only test logic, it also tests how comprehensive you are (which is actually an important skill in math that I suck at). So even though some people may be great at logic if they suck at being careful they need a lot of luck to get an 800.</p>
<p>For example, the question that lost me 30 points was this.</p>
<p>For any integer x and y where x>1 and y>1, if x is an odd number and y is an even number then all solutions of the product of (x+1)/y and y/x are</p>
<p>A. Less than 0
B. Between 0 and 1
C. Between 1 and 2
D. Greater than 2
E. None of the above</p>
<p>Seriously, what type of question is that??</p>
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For any integer x and y where x>1 and y>1, if x is an odd number and y is an even number then all solutions of the product of (x+1)/y and y/x are</p>
<p>A. Less than 0
B. Between 0 and 1
C. Between 1 and 2
D. Greater than 2
E. None of the above
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<p>Uhh it's the typical SAT question. Most students get bamboozled by the whole odd and even thing. If I'm correct, you just multiply the two expressions to get (x+1)/x, which is just 1+1/x. The smallest x can be is 3, and from there on 1/x just gets smaller. It's C.</p>
<p>I've found sometimes that when a problem includes x and y, a little manipulation completely eliminates one of the variables.</p>
<p>I just plugged in 3 for x and 6 for y. Damn, I need to step my shortcut game up.</p>
<p>Lol, yeah, I could've just plugged in any two integers greater than 1 and got the answer in a second. But what irks me is that I did do that. I had the logic correct. What made me get it wrong was misreading y/x as x/y. So yeah, comprehensiveness, not my strong point.</p>
<p>No, your problem was reading the question correctly. That's different from actually making a mathematical mistake because of a lack of care.</p>
<p>Anyway, if I had read it as x/y, I would've seen that none of the answers make any sense as a general rule, so I would've read the question again to make sure before putting E. What did you get?</p>
<p>LOL OMG Arachnotron is funny. Student #1 was me the first time.</p>
<p>^ yikes</p>
<p>10 char</p>
<p>random ... but another way to think about that problem is like this:</p>
<p>Odds= 2n + 1 so x= 2n + 1
Evens= 2n so y = 2n</p>
<p>[(2n+1) + 1]/ 2n is always going to give you something greater than 1 but never greater than 2 b/c the lowest value of n that you can plug in is one (which gives you 2) xD </p>
<p>if you simplify that you get: 2(n + 1)/ 2n or just (n+1)/n and as n increases the value gets closer and closer to one.</p>
<p>So yeah. it's C.
(I was bored :P)</p>
<p>but... plugging in numbers is pretty fool-proof :P</p>