<p>It's a recent "Question of The Day." The trick is to find where to plot the points on the line; the given line segment lengths really help you to do this. What's your verdict? Rate the difficulty level from 1 to 5.</p>
<p>2</p>
<p>10characters</p>
<p>Yeah, I also say level 2-ish. It’s necessary to know the length of BC, otherwise it could be 8 or 12.</p>
<p>Level 1/Level 2</p>
<p>Not hard.</p>
<p>I would disagree with the above posters. I would rank this a 3, because the question by nature takes a lot longer than most other math questions, but is not difficult.</p>
<p>How does it take longer? You draw a line. One end is B. Other end is C. Put a point on the middle, label it D, and write 6 under it. Put another point farther out between D and C, label A, write a 10 under it. Subtract 6 from 4. Done.</p>
<p>Yeah that’s exactly it. In order to get this question done quickly you have to draw it out and label the points. Most SAT math questions can be done with solely a calculator.</p>
<p>I disagree, it’s a 3. I’ve seen too many SAT math questions and their difficulties. This by nature would trick students who would don’t know where A might be.</p>
<p>It’s not necessary to draw it out. I did it in my head, but drawing it out is more visual. </p>
<p>How would a student not know where A is? BC is 12. D is 6. It tell you that AB is 10 so A has to be between D and C. </p>
<p>But, hey, to each his own.</p>
<p>It confuses them since they always think “Oh A goes before X so…”. Level 1’s and 2’s don’t involve any brain power.</p>
<p>Clearly NOT a 1 or 2 level question because it has a twist. Based on how long it took for me to solve it, I give it 4.</p>
<p>We will all judge the questions differently based on our individual skills.</p>
<p>It’s definitely a level 3 question. It could be tricky for people with low mathematical skills</p>