<p>I know how to do every question but it is the careless mistakes that is bothering me
How do you guys avoid careless mistakes?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>do u have extra time at the end? If you do just work through everything slowly and don't rush.</p>
<p>Yea, going back to check is not very effective because the chance of catching a mistake isnt too great. Its best to slow down and not make the mistake in the first place.</p>
<p>What score are you averaging right now?</p>
<p>I work as slowly as I can. But after reading RR, I know my mistakes come from misreading the questions. Although I try to read the question thoroughly, I still miss some points. I think that's why I make avoidable mistakes.
If you wanna get 800, I think most questions are solved easily. The ones that trap me are combination/permutaion, counting or those that numbers with hard exponents.</p>
<p>Circle important words in the question that could be misunderstood or ignored. In other words, identify the traps while reading a question (that way you'll be sure that you're answering the right question). </p>
<p>It might help to know what kinds of careless mistakes you're making.</p>
<p>yeah I will fix.
and one more thing i've learned is always write down what i think. that definitely helps :)</p>
<p>read the question, answer it, re read the question.</p>
<p>^ Is absolutely correct</p>
<p>Go to Vietnam and study as a high school student. I guarantee you will have a 800 on SAT Math :D</p>
<p>always check if your answer makes sense.</p>
<p>self-verbalize (sp?)</p>
<p>As in, read it "out loud" to yourself. Remember we can usually read a lot faster than we can associate a voice to it. When you are reading this, your brain knows what I am writing a lot quicker than you would be able to read this to yourself. But on the SAT, little words that your quick brain might miss makes all the difference. Ex: not, except, besides, etc.</p>
<p>Actually, thanks a million. I just remembered my own tip to myself to not make careless mistakes...lol I think I might have gotten myself an 800. It helped me a lot on Math II last year, so I hope it does good to you too.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>I have 3 practice tests in math i have got 53,54,52 as the raw scores which is somewhat 800 scaled.</p>
<p>I have studied the CBSE Indian board so dont have a problem with math. For functions graphing calculator will always do the trick.</p>
<p>no way dude. I agree Asian countries teach math very fiercely but only outstanding students can realize the trick in questions. Good students- they still get 1-2 wrong.</p>
<p>Always re-read the question so you've read it 2-3 times.</p>
<p>Work quickly, but be careful and conscientious of what exactly you are doing. Double check your answer if possible.</p>
<p>I agree that going back and checking is not effective because unless you resolve every question, you will generally miss your errors. </p>
<p>Of course you can re-do all your calculations, which is what I occasionally do if I have the usual 5-10 minutes of free time left at the end of a section.</p>
<p>I consistently get 800's in practice tests.</p>
<p>well i just make sure that i solve for what they ask me to solve for because that's where most of my dumb mistakes come from. for example i might solve for x, but the problem asks me to solve for x+5
thats gotten me before plenty of times</p>
<p>Try to concentrate and also try to keep how you did on the essay/previous section out of your head. I usually finish real fast, even though i have tried slowing down, it has never helped. With the time (anywhere between 5-10mins) i can almost certainly check for these 'traps' and redo the questions i am unsure of</p>