<p>Help, I need to know how to be careful on the math section. Everytime I do some work with a clock, I sometimes feel kinda rushed. But when I find out that I get some problems wrong, I immediately know why the answer is wrong, and also, I usually get the problems wrong because of careless mistakes that I know I could have avoided.</p>
<p>What are some tips to solve this mishap? This happens a lot and it's starting to bug me.</p>
<p>I had the same problem, and I fixed it by doing the math sections without a timer. Go slow and think carefully.</p>
<p>I echo what JBVirtuoso said. What I'm doing(going through the blue book and doing only the math for 5 or so tests untimed) helps a lot. The first two tests I did I got like -6 or -7(equating to around a 700), but I just took another test and I got -1 raw score for a range of 750-800 :). Hopefully, the next few tests will show the same improvement. I need that 800M!</p>
<p>I have the same problem Avex. I make a couple mistakes on math sections, and immediately know what the correct answer is when I am correcting. </p>
<p>So if we do it without a timer, wouldn't that make you work slower?</p>
<p>Well, true it would make me slower.
But, it's the mindset that makes me nervous, you know. After thinking a little about this, this might work. Let me put a scenario of how I think this might work. </p>
<p>Think about how you'd learn math in the past, all the basics though. You learned slow back in the day so you can firmly grasp the concepts. Now, you can do those problems fast.</p>
<p>But once you heard about the SAT, there are some problems from stuff you learned that make you go fast, and some problems that look weird that make you feel kinda nervous, causing you to slow, or make you rush. Being familiar with how to tackle each problem type might work out and give you a reasonable pace that will make you get a good amount of problems right.</p>
<p>I would underline the important question part of each word problem. that allows me to concentrate on answering the question for what it asks you and not some partial answer.</p>