<p>It's much easier, everyone I implore that you forget all strategies that are to be used in the math section and solely apply common sense and logic. Makes the math section a lot easier.</p>
<p>Plugging in numbers is a fantastic strategy, when used at the right time.
It's just algebra and stuff hahaha.</p>
<p>Lol. Depends on what you mean by strategies... I do think Princeton's Joe Bloggs is lame though. </p>
<p>Effective calculator use is essential though, is that a strategy?</p>
<p>^By effective calculator use do you mean using it to multiply/divide?
Haha and the Joe Bloggs thing is complete crap. Screw Joe Bloggs. Guessing on the math section? Geez, only do that if you have no other choice. I don't think one should ever need to guess.</p>
<p>Well, I sometimes use it to solve simultaneous equations :X</p>
<p>I use the graphing calculator for probability problems. I'm also going to load up the area of a sector and arc length. I have no idea how to find those.</p>
<p>Yeah, seriously, so many of the math strategies are useless.</p>
<p>wow dude, are you serious? arc length is usually just figuring out the degree that arc length is associated with and then dividing that degree by 360 to figure out what fraction it is of the circle. Then you find the circumference because the radius or diameter is usually provided and then you multiply the circumference by that fraction. </p>
<p>I still think plugging numbers is awesome for checking answers for the word problems at the end.</p>
<p>Basically, if you know your math pretty well, the section isn't death. Plugging in numbers is useful. Also knowing when to try to look at the problem (or picture) from a different perspective can help a lot. I always miss one because I failed to eliminate some of the superfluous info on a picture and recognize how to solve the problem from there. </p>
<p>Arc's usually slow me down some. Permutations and combinations are usually killer, even though I've studied them a hundred times. Also, just a note, I knew a guy that got an 800 w/o a calculator, so it's not essential. That is, if you are a human calculator.. basically.</p>
<p>^Yeah, I only can pray we don't get permutations and combinations this October. They are somewhat of a soft spot for me.</p>
<p>Yeah. They always get me. I remember just on a practice test the other day... 5 cards in a row, one can't be on an end... I was sooo far off..</p>