<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I know that there are MANY MANY MANY threads on math iic, but I am using barrons and I know it is tougher, but how tough? I am currently on chapter 3.7, and a lot of the trig stuff is hard to understand (even when I received an A twice for trig and precalc)... Should I just give up on barrons and go with sparknotes or PR? </p>
<p>I also own Meylani's 15 SAT's and a TI-89. I obviously want an 800, but a 700+ would be a good target.</p>
<p>Thanks for any help!</p>
<p>use meylani's + and barron's as a suppl. guide to topics u are not that well in. become quick with ti89 by reading the manual.</p>
<p>these were my steps to 800.</p>
<p>I didn't find Barron's that hard compared with my math course - though I suppose working on calculus helps a bit.</p>
<p>I just stuck with it and found it hard to do well on the practice exams, but worth while. Becoming quick with your calculator does help, but on the test a lot of the work is best done in your head or maybe on paper.</p>
<p>There's no substitute for knowing your stuff and being able to do it fast. Those were my techniques to get 800.</p>
<p>thank you for your replies.</p>
<p>evanescenteuphoria, would you be able to list the functions you had to use to get an 800?</p>
<p>borrons is extremely condensed, I'm using it aong with my math book and soem good friends who are studying together</p>
<p>"|" - "while" button on your calculator
solve
expand
factor
various functions under "math"</p>
<p>figure it out man...</p>
<p>Yeah, just figure it out. You'll soon notice what you need to use / do with your calculator, and you can make sure you're good at that. It is not as though knowing about one function on your calculator is going to be the difference between 700 and 800 or something. You can always write some programs (or use someone else's) for basic stuff like pythagorean theorem, factoring quadratics, etc. The in built eq solver (its in TI83+ anyway) is good too.</p>