<p>OK, I guess I'm pretty competent at the SAT math, but I would really like to shoot for none to one wrong. I expect to take the SAT I for the second time maybe in June and was thinking about how i could go about studying in order to make minimal errors on the math section.</p>
<p>How do you stop yourself from making any careless mistakes? I always let a couple slip by... SO frustrating.</p>
<p>I do have the entire Blue book that I haven't done any questions from yet, so i guess i will practice those...</p>
<p>What are the strategies (if there are any) for making sure you have not made a careless error? Should I check over problems twice while doing them? Or try to do the whole section and come back for any few i wasn't sure aobut? Please help.</p>
<p>RocketReview teaches you these strategies. Basically, it tells you, "You think you know what's going around here, huh? Well try this? OH! Look how you did, you need to change your ways now!". Basically he gives you problems that show how careless you can be. </p>
<p>A book like Gruber's and Barron's 2007-2008 cover all math concepts, and Barron's 2400 is made to help you score high. Really though, after you answer the question, don't go onto the next one. The Test shouldn't be a process to where you answer one question and move on. The key is to RE-READ the question after you answer it and make sure you answered it correctly.</p>
<p>Now normally I would end the post, you read it, etc. The key here is to put this into practice. I'm not necessarily saying it's common, but a lot of people read and then don't change anything. You want to take these practice tests NOT to know the concepts, but to put these methods to the test. AGAIN, don't take the practice tests in the comfort of your bed just seeing if you can get them right. Get a watch, time yourself and try to learn to re-read the question and make sure your logic is right while you're being timed. If you buy RocketReview, you will see first hand what I'm taking about. </p>
<p>Also, I don't want to necessarily plagiarize or anything, but here are some tips under his section, "Other ways to avoid math errors"
-highlight important words in the question such as integers, negative integers, EXCEPT
-On the harder difficulty questions, know about answers that are traps(popular answers)
-Before you go solving the problem, have everything layed out: ie don't do everything in your head, you want everything to be organized.</p>
<p>Thanks. I think I don't really go over the questions unless I feel like i'm having trouble, I just move on, so that could be a thing that causes careless mistakes. I'm not going to buy any more books or anything and I understand everything mathematically except those stupid distance problems which I can learn how to do w/o buying a book.</p>
<p>Yeah, and I should start underlining stuff too.. thanks Rahoul.</p>