<p>I am a junior studying for the January 22nd SAT. My math score on a practice SAT and PSAT was 570 and 620, much lower than my verbal. How do all ya'll suggest I study for the math, and what methods worked for you?</p>
<p>Figure out what types of problems boggle you the most and work on those.</p>
<p>Practice on SAT problems without cease. If you don't know the math some review will help you, but the thing that helps you most is drilling yourself continuously with practice problems so you get familiar with them. That should get you on a good pace and a higher score.</p>
<p>Thanks guys! I just bought the 10 Real SATs today, should i just do all the math sections?</p>
<p>i would pick a whole section, such as gemoetry, or algebra, or trigonometry, and see which one gives you the most problems, cuz they'll most likely be in the same area, and try to learn those tactics...and learn how to use your calculatior for problems that seem like they take a long time by hand</p>
<p>Also remember on multiple choice that one answer must be right--- so you can try substituting the answers into the problem and see what works.</p>
<p>russ, my PSAT math was a 640 this time..which really ****ed me off (i make stupid mistakes left and right)..but my SAT math score from December was a 700. Hopefully you understand the basic concepts of math..from there on, watch for insanely stupid mistakes (on the december SAT i said that 2,4,6,8 were odd integers). On the questions that you usually have no clue about..it involves critical thinking..which you basically have to develop yourself...i guess it could possibly come from reading the explanations to some of the harder problems in the 10 Real SATs (i figured out what i had been missing with average / mean problems-it really helped on the ninth grid-in in december). i probably haven't helped, just trying to boost confidence.</p>
<p>My math score is around 670-700 everytime I take it.
So this break I will practice 10 Reals and Barron's for math.
I'm just doing tons of problems, analyzing, and seeing if there were shortcuts to how I did it.</p>
<p>If you're strong in math like me, there is no point in focusing on one section of the math part.
I'd say with a 620, which is what I use to have 2 years ago, just keep practicing all types of SAT math and get used to them. I don't think you're weak in any one section, otherwise your score would be lower.
For example, when I was weak in geometry, I was averaging around 560's w/ just Algebra. I got a grasp of geometry and bumped onto 600's and kept practicin and improvin.</p>
<p>Perfect practice makes perfect
lol</p>
<p>I think that being able to recognize the tricks that ETS incorporates into the questions is the most critical part of doing well in math once you are above a level of, say, 650. Below that, it seems that it is still necessary to develop your mathematical reasoning skills by learning new concepts and honing your deductive capabilities.</p>