<p>Should I treat them as strictly the only reliable practice questions to base my preparation on, or should I actually time myself on each section and get a true score on each? In other words, should I work slowly on them and analyze them or first take them as a practice test? I can only do one or the other because then I'll remember the questions in each case. Like I can go through them slowly to try and recognize patterns, errors, clues, and other things to use in the future. </p>
<p>I've heard that the practice tests in other books are not the best so I don't know if I should use those as tests to get a practice test score from or to use them to analyze and improve my math skills.</p>
<p>IF you have enough time til ur next SAT, this is what i would say (if i understand what you are saying correctly)</p>
<p>First take a practice test under SAT time conditions as if it was the real thing.
Then take another test still timed but as long as you need. See the difference in score..if you get higher the 2nd test, just means u need to work on ur timing. Then after that i suppose you can go about doing different sections timed so your better prepared.</p>
<p>Well if I was to take a practice test, I would probably do it in different time **periods **throughout a day or two because I don't want to spend 4 straight hours though I can do it because I like taking tests. </p>
<p>---The bolded statement above has an error in it(that I was just studying), see if you can spot it </p>
<p>From what I understand, the CB questions are the best practice questions and you can get the most out of them because they're based on the SAT. Questions from review books are just based on the strategies in that specific review book. So I need to treat these CB questions carefully on whether to look into their elements carefully so that I can use those elements on the real SAT or to take it as a true practice test.</p>
<p>Well If i WERE to take a practice test, yada yada yada.
I like Flamingspirits00's idea. its brilliant!</p>
<p>Maybe my idea still hasn't gotten across. Basically I only have one shot at these CB problems. Do I use them as study material or practice tests? I could easily use PR or Barron's as either but the questions aren't true SAT questions because the questions in other review books are strictly based on the strategies they give. For example, the PR book gives some cheap and dirty ways to solve some math problems, and they will use some of those in their practice tests and answer explanations.</p>