<p>Looking ahead to October, what is the best way to prepare to raise my math score from 600 to (hopefully) 700? I plan on doing a lot of practice tests over the summer, but I find the "math review" sections (as opposed to the practice tests) of the CB and PR review books to be boring, poorly organized, and fairly useless. Is there any prep book out there that does a good job with math review for the SAT I? Thanks a million.</p>
<p>How about you just take all the tests in the College Board book?</p>
<p>Oh, and Grumbers, or whatever it is, has a really good math section. I did not like it too much, because it gave me almost TOO much information. However, it is about the best thing ou there for the Math section. :)</p>
<p>Hope that helps at least a little bit.</p>
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<p>honestly that thing just SAVED me… i got like barrons normal prep book…yea yea i know its not official or w/e… i didnt do any of the questions… i just read over the RULES(cause it has them all)… and then i did the qs from each section in the spreadsheet… rinse and repeat… i think i went from 640 to hopefully 750+ :)</p>
<p>and yes this might use up ur bluebook qs, but trust me you can find official sat qas if you look hard enough</p>
<p>lol Grumbers. it’s Gruber’s :-P</p>
<p>Get an SAT book to practice
A lot of kids are in higher level math courses, so it’s easy for us
You can’t just learn SAT math, but you can prep for it with the books so you know what types of questions to look out for and how to answer them</p>
<p>The best way is to study what you are weak at. For example, I’m very good at questions about area, perimeter, length of side etc…but I hate functions and transformations and everything with a xy axis.</p>
<p>So study what you are not good at. A 600 probably means that you have a strong set of math skills, but you are a little rusty on some spots.</p>
<p>I don’t think you have to spend your own summer doing practice tests, just focus on what you are weak at.</p>
<p>Practice tests over and over.
See similarities in tests.
Realize that sometimes putting the choices for answers can make you accidentally stumble on the correct answer.
If there are variables put in simple numbers such as 1 or 2 or 3
Make sure you try a positive number a negative one and zero</p>
<p>That’s pretty much the gist of it. Math is a section that it’s really easy to improve on</p>
<p>I second with aluminum_boat.
I ALWAYS do that. One question I played around with numbers, and my second try I found the correct answer. All within 10 seconds.</p>
<p>Yeah I agree with aluminum_boat too. It’s hard to just study math in the same way you would for a test; you should just do LOTS of practice problems and become able to recognize how to do typical SAT problems, since a lot of them are very formulaic and predictable once you get the hang of it. In my opinion math is the easiest section to improve on—but once you get into the 700s, it’s hard to study to improve, because the difference between about a 720 and a 800 is only 3 problems! That’s when luck is involved, I think. Good luck!</p>
<p>Get a Barron’s book
They had a list of words that the SAT commonly uses.
A LOT of them were on the test.</p>
<p>Eff yes. People agreed with me!</p>
<p>Haha wow. Lol</p>
<p>Hahaha, that is my nickname for it. I just combine it with “numbers” because it seems so math oriented. Don’t judge me! :P</p>
<p>Well, I’ll definitely be doing a lot of sample tests out of the CB book.</p>
<p>I looked at Grubers in Borders and agree that it probably contains TOO much information. The book also seems to be pushing a “method” that I’m not sure I have the patience for.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any experience with Kaplan’s math workbook for the SAT? I like the way it is organized with loads of practice questions grouped by subject matter, and a math concept section in the back for ready reference. Kaplans doesn’t seem too advanced, so it probably won’t be good for someone trying to turn a 700 into an 800, but I’m trying to move from 600 to 700, more or less. I may use Kaplans to brush up on math concepts, in combination with lots of practice tests from the CB book.</p>
<p>I would say READ THE QUESTION. Often times many mistakes can be cleared up simply by going slow and steady - the SAT is full of tricks. I think testtakers from June can vouch for that.</p>
<p>You might want to give McGraw-Hill’s Conquering the SAT Math a try if you don’t feel like using Gruber’s. I’ve heard of people raising their scores astronomically after using it. It didn’t change my math score drastically, but it did help me be a lot more confident on the real test. I’m sure if I would have had a month more to practice, my score would have been 750ish. Oh well. Anyway, I recommend the book.</p>