<p>I'm planning to try a new math strategy when i take the sats next week... tell me what you think of it. </p>
<p>My main weekness in math is careless mistakes; I always misread the question or make a calculation error. So im planning on working backwards- so i'm doing the hardest problems first. THis way, i figure, I can stay more focused on the harder problems, which involve more math work, and a greater chance of error. That way, as the test goes on, the problems get easier and easier, and I won't make mistakes from test fatigue or whatever. Also, if i'm short on time, i can just fly through the easy problems, since they only take about 30 seconds to answer. </p>
<p>I'm aiming for a 800 this time.. tell me what you think about this strategy.</p>
<p>well umm I was searching through the older pages of this board and I found this thread which is almost a month old lol, im wondering what was the out come OP?</p>
<p>he'll find out tomorrow.</p>
<p>:p</p>
<p>Hmmm... his theory sounds good... but... what if he gets doesn't time himself properly on the hard problems and spends wayyy too much time on them?</p>
<p>After all, each question is worth the same so it's best not to mess up the easy ones.</p>
<p>hmm...interesting strategy...mine has always been to just rush through them all...and then recheck w/ the time left over...</p>
<p>Your strategy is most similar to mine. I try to do the easy/medium questions as fast and after doing them as I can so I'll have a good 7 or 8 minutes for the hard problems. If I have a minute left, I'll recheck the easy/medium problems again.</p>
<p>Orignally Posted by mursaki in an older thread, IT REALLY helps to go through the older threads here (they are only a month old lol) and check out all the info)</p>
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<p>The following method only works if you're scoring 700s. I used it (relaxed) for a practice test, finished each math section in half of the time given, and used the rest of the time to find the 1-2 errors I made. I scored 760-800. Another CCer recommended the 'speed' portion of this strategy.</p>
<p>Step 1) Learn all basic math concepts/strategies for the test: The math section is notorious for recycling the same concepts over and over. Only the 'hard' questions show a bit of surprise.</p>
<p>Step 2) Move through the section like a genius on drugs. As soon as you got the answer and you're relatively sure it's correct, fill in the bubble and move on.</p>
<p>Step 3) If you get even the slightest bit hung up on a problem for a moment, SKIP IT. Come back to it when you've done all that you can do as fast as possible.</p>
<p>Step 4) Do/guess the one's you were hung up on. If you're scoring in the 700s, you'll usually get a flash of 'genius' at the right time when you come back to the problem.</p>
<p>Step 5) Check every single problem, START FROM THE LAST and work your way back, the latter problems are the one's you're more likely to miss, so make sure you don't make any stupid mistakes.</p>
<p>Step 6) Practice.</p>
<p>Step 7) Practice some more. (The official SAT study guide is really helpful for providing practice tests).
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<p>Yeah =) That's the strategy I use...</p>
<p>It does help to go back through old threads... I looked through the past SAT threads such as the December SAT and October SAT so I can see the types of problems people got.</p>
<p>where did you go to see those threads? I can only go to page 18 is there an archive or something</p>
<p>Yep. You just search for them by using the 'search' option above.</p>
<p>I also have the same problem where all my mistakes are usually due to really stupid careless mistakes like addition or subtraction. In most cases, I can get all the hard questions without making a mistake, and then just screw up on the easy and medium questions haha... But in my opinion, practicing is the only solution</p>
<p>so OP whats the dealio?</p>
<p>Haha--the quoted strategy was mine. I ended up with a 720 on the math, rather than 760-800. Go figure. :P</p>
<p>dah....alright...carelessness on math has bogged me for my last two tests:720 and 740.
but i think the solution comes only from yourself, that is, you have to probably change your habits in school and in life first..btw, im a super unorganized person.</p>
<p>i used this strategy and got a 790 =) stupid fruits and veggies problem...</p>
<p>this strategy is only useful if you're aiming for an 800, cause it stresses more on concentration than on time ( by being more focused on the harder problems first). If you're not aiming for a perfect score or time is an issue, i would not recomend this strategy, since you might lose easy points.</p>
<p>oh...really? i should probably try this next time then...</p>
<p>I am aiming for a perfect score but the thing is I got a 710 in my jan06 test. I am going to try to combine this strategy and milesgudion's/Murasaki's go as fast as you can one on a practice test</p>