<p>^7th grade level math quiz? I disagree.... or maybe I was a dumb 7th grader.</p>
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Math is not an iq test at all. It's a test of how many mistakes you make, on average, in a 25 minute 7th grade level math quiz.
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<p>7th grade concepts; high school level application.</p>
<p>SAT math is seventh grade math in terms of the curriculum in urban schools in China or anywhere in Taiwan, Japan, or Singapore, but it is high school math in the United States. A big part of SAT math is just reading the problem statement carefully to know what is being asked.</p>
<p>uhhh pretty sure geometry and probability are not elementary curriculum</p>
<p>Math tests are much harder than the SAT. And many people if advanced are taking calculus and precalculus. For the non-advanced, Algebra 2. If f(ab) = f(a) + f(b) showed up on one of my math tests, I guarantee everyone would have gotten it right. Even a fair share of those in algebra 2. Unless you are weak in math, or your school's math teaching is horrible, that should have been an easy question. I am probably sounding more pretentious than Bob.Dylan, but I don't see how people do well in math in school but do worse on a much easier math test such as the SAT. CR on the other hand is different because most people don't actually know all the vocab whereas you should know all the formulas including logs.</p>
<p>Lol here we go again, people who are bad at math saying math is not straightforward, and people who are good at math but bad at CR saying CR isn't straightforward (me).</p>
<p>what?? you used logs to solve that problem? I didn't
how did you solve it using logs? I'm curious</p>
<p>Token: you are right. I was talking about the 07 PSAT, and I do think it was a CR question.</p>
<p>I didn't realize it was such a rare occurance...</p>
<p>f(ab) = f(a) + f(b).</p>
<p>log(ab) = log (a) + log(b).</p>
<p>^wow..that is truly enlightening...gasp</p>
<p>You didn't need to know logs... you just had to recognize that 16= 4*4</p>
<p>I'd say math was easy ( I think i made one stupid mistake :()</p>
<p>Math:
-1 = 770
-2 = 750
-3 = 740</p>
<p>C.R.:
-5 = 800
-6 = 790
-7 = 780
etc...</p>
<p>this is my estimation,,,it seems pretty accurate,,,anyone agree?</p>
<p>well you didn't technically need to know it as the formula was given to you. But it would have helped, at least seeing a connection</p>
<p>^yeah i know, i got 24
but it would've taken much less time if i knew that log rule =[</p>
<p>davidj1126: I think the math will be slightly more lenient, but the CR will be harsher.</p>
<p>On Math, I skipped 4 (2 of them were grid ins). I know I got one wrong and I'm guessing that I made a stupid mistake on about 2 or 3 more.</p>
<p>On CR, I know for sure I missed 3, maybe about 2 more.</p>
<p>On Writing, I'm expecting an 8 or 10 essay and probably -3 or 4.</p>
<p>Any chance I can get at least a 670 on all three sections?</p>
<p>david j, math looks correct but cr is off. i'd say -2 or -3 is 800 .. in my case, -5/-6 is probably 690 or 700.</p>
<p>in Dec. I got a 730 with -5 in CR, but I think this curve will be more generous, so I'd be surprised if you got 690/700 with -5 or -6.</p>
<p>wow -5 and a 730!! that's great!!</p>
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I don't see how people do well in math in school but do worse on a much easier math test such as the SAT. CR on the other hand is different because most people don't actually know all the vocab whereas you should know all the formulas including logs.
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<p>Not really, your average math test is designed to test knowledge; SAT math is designed to test how well you can make connections between seemingly unrelated things, i.e., you have to take the info given to you and determine what type of knowledge is useful in solving it. It's not just about having the knowledge, but recognizing when to apply it. Do I know the properties of logs? Of course. Do I know that 4x4=16? Of course. But the SAT is not testing whether you know those facts, but whether you can realize that those are the facts called for in a problem that says nothing directly about those facts.</p>
<p>In addition, on a school math test you know the basic topics that are being covered. If the teacher says the test is on logs, you know to look for a way to solve each problem with logs even if they don't seem related to logs. On the SAT, however, if you don't immediately recognize how to solve a problem you can end up going through a zillion different possible math concepts because the questions cover a much wider range of info.</p>
<p>CR, on the other hand, I actually found to be less inference- and reasoning-based than math, especially the vocab - it's not much of a challenge figuring out what type of word should go in the blank, you just have to know what the answer choices mean - i.e. the questions are primarily knowledge-based, not reasoning-based.</p>