<li>Barrons Math/Gruebers Math</li>
<li>Pre-Cal or more</li>
<li>Physics C (optional, it really helped me pick up my speed)</li>
<li>Blue Book- Do all the High level problems</li>
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<p>this wat did to get an 800 on the Math as of this morning. WOOO baby!!</p>
<p>I got a 700 in April. I got a 790 yesterday when I did a CB practice test. All I did was work slower and focus on the problem and let my TI 89 do the work.</p>
<p>i have a 83 plus.. i only use it for adding and subtracting. how can the 89 help you more than the 83?</p>
<p>I have ti-84 plus =/ I purchased the Barron's math workbook and I have the blue book too. I'm on the right track, I guess.</p>
<p>An 89 has a few functions which can save time. I personally bought it solely for the factor() function :D. It can do expressions which would otherwise require synthetic division: yuck.</p>
<p>There's a solve(), factor(), expand(), zero() functions and some other cool stuff.</p>
<p>It solves just about everything you can throw at it. It's awesome. I used a TI83+ in April. There's a huge difference.</p>
<p>What are your tips for solving problems you don't know how to do, especially permuations/combinations/series?</p>
<p>What if you don't know how to understand how to algebraically think about a problem, but want to?</p>
<p>Generally, I have good idea of how to solve each problem. Not to sound supercilious (Sat vocabulary word), but I was always good with math. The tips I posted earlier help if you're scoring in the high 600s or low 700s and if you realize your making dumb mistakes. However, you can try to take a step back, and look at the problem in a totally different angle. If you want an example, try CB Blue Book pg 473 #8. Try solving the problem using your normal approach. If that doesn't get you the answer within 30 seconds, you know there must be an easier way (according to Mike Barret's Grammatix). You should be able to find another approach the the problem without much difficulty. If you can't, go to <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=1250790&postcount=5%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=1250790&postcount=5</a> for the "different approach".</p>
<p>:/ these aren't exactly tips . . .</p>
<p>I'm sorry, but then I can't help you. If you have problems with math, just keep practicing. All I can do is answer every question you ask.</p>
<p>gohansdemise created this thread to brag, not inform</p>
<p>"this wat did to get an 800 on the Math as of this morning. WOOO baby!!"</p>
<p>It doesn't matter why he created the thread. The real matter is how it affects you. Just take the different methodologies people have been posting...try them and if they work for you, use them. The key is to practice.</p>
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<p>Chill, I wasn't talking to you, I was directing it towards the OP.</p>
<p>Well, he did give out some tips. Out of the 4, only 2 are useful. Do blue book math problems and use barrons although barrons may be a bit discouraging.</p>
<p>Physics C is totally useless. It has nothing to do with the math on the SAT I. As long as you get good grades in algebra, geometry, and precalc, you can get an 800.</p>
<p>I'm in Physics C. It may help a little bit because you do go over basic algebra concepts and it makes your algebra and trig skills stronger, but you don't have to take Physics C if you want a 800.</p>
<p>the barron's math problems are supposed to be hard??...i found them easier than the ones on the real test...</p>
<p>That's wierd. You must be a special case or something.</p>
<p>rw9700, if you found barron's easier...I don't think that's a good thing.</p>
<p>what do you mean that's a good thing? everyone here thinks barron's is harder than the real test? are you talking about Barron's How to Prepare for the SAT or Barron's 2400 b/c i am talking about the "How to Prepare.."</p>