<p>I've been using Kaplan practice tests for the SAT II Chem test. I have already taken the AP Chemistry test and I think I did fairly well on that, so I figure that I do not really need to prep that much for the SAT II Chem. However, I noticed that there are some math intensive questions that are hard to make approximations with on the practice tests (by that I do not mean hard math, but time consuming math if it was to be done out by hand). Is this just Kaplan or is this how it is? If it is how it is on the regular test, how do you suggest approaching these problems?</p>
<p>i took the SATII test last year and there were only like 2 math quesitons and around 3 balancing questions
one of the math questions was q = mcdeltaT and the numbers were fairly easy to work with…
i don’t see it posing as a problem…i just skipped the two because i forgot the formulas lol</p>
<p>just skip them if they’re really that bad…i think there usually is one killer balancing problem that you might want to actually skip because of time constraints</p>
<p>if you’re aiming for an 800 i think i would only really skip one tho</p>
<p>Yeah I’ll be content with a 780-800.</p>
<p>i took AP chem this year nad looking back, the test would’ve been cake for the present me compared to the me last year lol
the formula(s) they use are very basic and should be no problem after an AP class
last year i skipped two and walked away with a 790 but i’m sure i got more wrong (3-ish) but def skip anything that’s extremely time consuming cuz the test, if i remember correctly, was like 80+ questions in an hour</p>
<p>^there are 85; 70 m.c. with 15 reason/assertion questions (TTCE, TF, etc.)</p>
<p>Yes, there is stuff like that on the real test as well. Although I have not seen Kaplan, I would imagine there is more of it on those than the real ones, however. Estimations work pretty well, because those kind of questions normally have a bit of room between answer choices. I’ve gotten SO good at mental math after chem prep lol xDD</p>
<p>Anyways, in summary - do good estimations, and you should be fine. However, if the answer choices are something like 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3, there’s probably something else you’re supposed to be noticing. If you can’t figure it out, skip it. Go back if you have time and do the math.</p>
<p>It’s not math-intensive, no. Almost always the numbers come out nicely and evenly, because the point is the formulas, not the math itself.</p>