<p>My SAT Math score is currently stuck at 660 - which books should i use/ what should i do to move it to > 700??</p>
<p>Buy Kaplan SAT 2400 and work through the mathematics section. Also, buy the blue-book and do practice test math sections. All of them.</p>
<p>bump - any more advice guys?</p>
<p>Ashraf is right about the blue book problems. Do every math section in the blue book. But do them this way: (1) Don't write in the book (2) Do a full math section (3) score yourself (4) go through every question and understand fully WHY you got every question correct and WHY you got every question wrong. See if you can figure out a quicker way to answer the questions you got right--there often are "tricks". (5) work every question you got wrong. Keep a log of every question you got wrong. (6) take two or three more math sections in this way (7) go back to the original math section and take it again (8) keep doing this until you can do every problem correctly in every math section (9) The last month before the test, take out the log of every question you ever got wrong and focus on reworking these several times</p>
<p>I would ALSO recommend memorizing the formulas that the SAT folks provide you with, like 30-60-90 triangles and the other ones. Yes, they give them to you, but if you had that stuff in your mind you would save a lot of time by not having to flip back and forth on the actual test day. That will give you give you extra time to work the couple of questions that are stumping you.</p>
<p>There are 8 full length SATs in the blue book, so that means about 20-24 math sections or something like that, for about 4800 separate questions. If you can answer every single one of those separate questions, then I think you'll improve.</p>
<p>If you need another book recommendation, I highly recommend the book by Gary Gruber (10th edition). Check Amazon. It's the best SAT book out there, I think.</p>
<p>By the way, 660 to 700 is answering about 2-4 more questions correctly. That is certainly doable though much practice and training.</p>
<p>gregB777 is right. i was able to go from a 650 in math to a 740 simply by working on problems in the blue book/becoming more familiar with the test format. it's also really important to understand why you miss questions because the SAT asks really similar questions on all the tests.</p>
<p>Wow greg that sounds quite meticulous and involved. Well I liked Barrons Math Prep book because the problems were sometimes difficult and helped me feel more confident with the Blue book tests. Example: In the end of the Barrons book test I only missed 3 out of 54 for the first test but around 8 out of 54 for the second test but in the blue book after I took both Barrons practice tests I only missed 1 question due to lack of attention.</p>
<p>Well, it isn't really that involved. If you want it condensed, here you go:</p>
<p>(1) Do as many practice problems as possible
(2) Understand the ones you got wrong.
(3) Redo the ones you got wrong until you know how to do them
(4) Memorize a few formulas</p>
<p>That's about it really.</p>
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<p>Just do a lot of practice tests....the question topics eventually repeat themselves.</p>
<p>I went from a 660 to a 710 by reading the PR review book and managing my time better. Instead of second-guessing myself on the easy & medium questions, I realized that most of the tricks were in the hard questions and I focused on them. If you answer all of the medium and easy questions correctly, you can omit 1/2 of the hard questions and still break 700. I didn't do this though. I got 4 wrong and omitted 0 questions. However, if hard questions hurt you, then try omitting a few of them.</p>
<p>princeton review is best, in my opinion. you really have to work on it regularly, though. the blue book is always good for real sat testing.</p>