<p>howd everyone do? I think I did pretty well on reading/writing but might have ****ed up a little on the math</p>
<p>this question might be stupid but I got confused on it...</p>
<p>a rectangular box has a square base. Its internal height is 11 and volume is 100. How many boxes of 3x3x2 can you fit in there?</p>
<p>is there some kind of trick to this
i put 5 -__-</p>
<p>We can't discuss questions yet- see the embargo in the SAT Prep section. Any discussions will proably start in there, once we're allowed to discuss 'em.</p>
<p>oh when can we?</p>
<p>yea the correct answer is 5! 100% sure</p>
<p>did anyone else think the reading and writing section was easier then usual but the math was harder?</p>
<p>When do we find out which was experimental?</p>
<p>Do we already know?</p>
<p>Or are we not allowed to discuss this?</p>
<p>i thought so, one section of the math was difficult and the rest was easy and the read/write seemed easier than last time.</p>
<p>Well, I had 4 math sections, so I'm guessing one of my maths was experimental.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember that problem with two squares, one with area of 64, and a shaded region? It was like one square at a weird angle and another weird square at a weird angle...didn't know what to do.</p>
<p>Anyways, I think I did decent on writing, pretty well on math, and alright on reading. I'm not going to get 2300s like people on here but I'm hoping for ~2050.</p>
<p>Anyways, good luck to everyone who took it!</p>
<p>^ the square one was 16; it was 1/4 of the square's area because the other square had ninety-degree angles and touched the center.
I'm hoping for 2250 but I'll be somewhat satisfied with 2200+...</p>
<p>The square question was a quarter of the total area like Elanorci said.
Im sure about that one</p>
<p>i put 16 as well. But are you sure it was still a quarter of the total area? I was unsure, as the 2 squares weren't exactly aligned and were at a weird intersection where it was almost a triangle but not really.</p>
<p>@ hippo; Yeah, I'm sure. If it had been aligned correctly, it would be 1/4 of the area; the only thing that happens when you rotate it is that the angles change, but because of the 90-degree square-ness, they both change by the same amount..
It's easier if you draw it out, but yeah.</p>
<p>How I did:
I am 99.99% sure I got an 800 on math doing all of the questions in my head without a calculator or paper (and I'm not so modest).
I think I got 750+ on writing; hopefully -1 or -0 on MC and 10+ on essay
I probably got 650+ and hopefully 700+ on CR. I was pressed for time on one section, so that kind of screwed me up, but my main problem is that I have an extremely poor vocabulary.
If I got 700+ on each section and 2250+ overall, I don't think I'll retake; otherwise, I will try one last time in the fall.</p>
<p>Mr. Prez: for the box question, each smaller box has a volume of 3^2*2=18. Since the greatest integer less than or equal to 100/18 is 5, we have an upper bound of 5. 5 is, on the other hand, attainable. Since sqrt(100/11)>sqrt(99/11)=3, the side length of the square base of the larger box is slightly larger 3; therefore, if you stack the smaller boxes using 2 as the heights you will have a solid with a 3x3 square base and a height of 10, which will clearly fit in the larger box.</p>
<p>Hippo724: If you are unconvinced, here is a nice way to see why the orientation is irrelevant. Let the square with center O be square A, and let the square without center O be square B. Extend the sides of square B through center O until they intersect the sides of square A. You should see that square A is divided into 4 congruent quadrilaterals. Thus, the area of one such quadrilateral is 1/4 of the total area.</p>
<p>why is no one talking about the actual questions like the previous SATs?</p>
<p>there are already many threads regarding the actual SAT questions.</p>
<p>where? can someone tell me the forum name?</p>
<p>D came home and said "The CR part was MUCH easier this time.......<long pause="">.......maybe that's because I read the passages." She also liked the writing prompt better. She did well on Math and W last time (800/760) but felt she could improve her 670 in CR (she got a 76 CR on the PSAT). Guess we'll find out on June 26th how much it helps to read the passsages, LOL.</long></p>
<p>hey does anyone remember which passages were on the cr equating section? like the one about judging art/books? i hope that was the equating section b/c i couldn't keep my concentration up while reading that one.</p>
<p>I had 1 that were reading passages bak to bak and once of them was 2 long passages. I hope that was the exp 1 but I already had 2 long passages before that one :)</p>