<p>I've done two tests in barron's practice for MathIIC and the results are all crap. How does it compare to the actual test? I just got like 29 something correct. What score should I expect in the real test?</p>
<p>And one more question.
Is there any other books suggested for practice?
I've done one test in the Pr. Book, should I reserve the last one until the night before the test?</p>
<p>No..what makes you want to do that. You should do the last practice test at least a few days before and go over all wrong answers. Take some Sparknotes tests online if you want some more practice without getting another book. The day before the test should be used for some brief reviewing (or nothing at all).</p>
<p>omg. please let me rant about barron's math IIC.</p>
<p>i took the math IIC in jan 2005, studied only out of barron's book. i sweated over concepts that never showed up on the test, i.e. cis and complex permutations. maybe the review wasn't so bad, there were definitely some things they could do without, such as the tough stuff they had on combinations and permutations, they're never that hard on the real test. anyway, i consistently got anywhere from 27-29 on those tests... i ended up taking the test, and got a 750</p>
<p>i took the test jan. 2006, just on a whim. i only took one PR test two nights before, didn't even go over the wrong answers. i scored an 800 on the test</p>
<p>barron's is garbage, throw it away and stop wasting your time. review over the concepts that you know you're weak with, and then definitely take the PR test a few nights or the night before the test, but make sure you look over the answers. sparknotes, from what i've done before, is not so bad either, it's pretty close to PR.</p>
<p>Thanks for the kudos on the PR book. I wrote the last two versions, based on many many many test administrations over the years.</p>
<p>ahahaha, that's what they all say about Barron's... but I am determined to get that 800, so I'm slaving away over the book :D</p>
<p>It's generally accepted that Sparknotes tests, which I'm also using, are pretty accurate. To give a comparison: the last Barron's test I took, I got a raw score of 37. The last Sparknotes test? 48.</p>
<p>I dunno- I read the Barron's once the night before and got an 800 on the exam... lol</p>
<p>how widely do you have to know the hyperbole and like elipses and things?</p>
<p>are the kaplan tests accurate?</p>
<p>to answer your question:
How INACCURATE is barron's SATII MathIIC?
VERY</p>
<p>how widely do you have to know the hyperbole and like ellipses and things?</p>
<p>They will be centered at the origin.
However, you will never see a question on both topics on the same exam.
In fact, ellipses/hyperbolas show up on about 1 question per year.
Review your Alg 2 textbook, skip that question, or plug in some values from given points to the equation(s) in the question and/or answer choices.</p>
<p>thanks, good, I don't have to worry as much</p>
<p>what about permutations</p>
<p>Know the basic ones, but don't sweat the really tough stuff.</p>
<p>When to use nPr and nCr on your calculator, along with factorials and probability. You'll get about 2 questions per test at most on all those topics combined. They are not as hard as any of the ones you'd do in math class. It's mostly testing if you either know which type of problem you are working on (and then plug and chug) or occasionally, if you can keep track of stuff as it gets used up and then multiply, on the occasional complicated permutations question. No hard combo questions. In fact, the basic nCr question is considered "hard" and usually shows up around number 40something.</p>
<p>Can someone teach me quickly examples of which they could ask?</p>
<p>Like where you use A!/(A!-r!)</p>
<p>If you are asked about arrangements, orderings, schedules, etc., use nPr.
If you are asked about teams, committees, pairs, groups, selecions, etc. use nCr.</p>
<p>how do you know how much to subtract (r)</p>
<p>n is the N-tire group
r is the gRoup you R using
So if you've got to pick a committee of three people from five,
there are 5C3 different committees.
If you've got to figure out how many ways they can be seated in three chairs, it's 5P3 arrangements.</p>