Need an 800 on the SAT Math Level 2

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<p>Hi guys,</p>

<p>I want+need to get an 800 on this test. I have got both the Princeton review book 2013-2014 and the Barrons book 10th
edition.</p>

<p>I will probably take the test in October or November.</p>

<p>For anyone who took the test and got an 800 can you tell me what you did please, any advice would be greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>I am going to go through these guides thoroughly and have got the ti-84 plus c silver and fx991-es.</p>

<p>Are these resources enough, do I need any other prep books i.e. chungs etc. Is there any good online resources you guys would recommend i.e. sparknotes etc.</p>

<p>I consider Maths to be my best subject and have got all of summer to study, also I self study, and don't go school anymore, I have looked through most of the content and I know a lot of it already - but need to review the geometry+ellipse work. </p>

<p>Thanks guys.</p>

<p>Kind Regards</p>

<p>Nate</p>

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<p>bump up my post</p>

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<p>I got an 800, but I attribute that more to the math classes I’ve taken than any review book. I already had up through calc, so I didn’t need to learn new content. But the Barron’s book is excellent for practice tests. The geometry might involve laws of sine and cosine, but otherwise not too bad. </p>

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<p>@pumpkinpatch35 is it true that everyone here got an 800? What’s studying in the US like, I’m from the UK and I think A Levels, are way hard but everyone thinks their curriculum is hard.</p>

<p>Cool, I’ll hit Barrons, then Princeton then do all the tests hopefully that should be enough.</p>

<p>I find the ellipse work and plane geometry, the hardest.</p>

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<p>^
I took calc AB this year and I think it helped me understand some of the concepts better. I used barrons for the tests and they helped me even though I didn’t do that well on the tests. You really just have to learn which types of questions are tested more extensively. For example, conics isn’t often tested, but if you know conics decently then you should be fine. Also remember that your calculator can be used to solve a lot of the problems…when in doubt see if your calculator can help you. I used a calculator to solve a question asking me to find a line tangent to a circle that I wouldn’t have been able to do quickly without the calculator.</p>

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<p>@happydolphin Hey thanks for your reply, very good advice. Here in England we do A Levels, and I do Maths and Further Maths, I am unsure if you are familiar with this. There is a lot less geometry covered here, but the other topics are covered in way more depth. Yep I understand, especially for the equations and asymptote questions the calculator can be very useful.</p>

<p>May I ask, for that question you are talking about, couldn’t you work out the equation of the circle and then differentiate it, or is there some other method.</p>

<p>And also is the AP classes offered in the US a big step up from SAT 2 in your opinion. Thank you.</p>

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<p>Hello @fnaticMSiNate‌ </p>

<p>I couldn’t help but notice this thread. I am a rising sophomore (10th grade), and I got an 800 on the Math II this year. To answer your most recent question, the AP Math classes (the only ones are AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC) are much harder than the SAT Math 2, considering you only need to know Pre-Calculus for SAT Math II. Your graphing calculator will be your best friend on the test (I use the TI-84 Silver Edition Plus) because even if you don’t know how to do certain types of problems, the calculator can do i for you. For geometry, it’s only very basic.</p>

<p>You need to know how to do sin, cos, tan, csc, sec, cot, and all of these trig functions’ inverses. It’s just like they draw a triangle and they give you certain sides or angles, and you have to either determine the angle measure of side length using trig. It’s honestly not that complicated, but if you don’t know this, I’m sure your prep book covers this. </p>

<p>Here are some links to help you with this:</p>

<p>Information: <a href=“Using Trig Ratios to Solve Triangles: Angles”>http://www.softschools.com/math/calculus/using_trig_ratios_to_solve_triangles_angles/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Extra Practice: <a href=“http://online.math.uh.edu/MiddleSchool/Modules/Module_3_Measurement/Content/FindingMissingAnglesofRightTriangles.pdf”>http://online.math.uh.edu/MiddleSchool/Modules/Module_3_Measurement/Content/FindingMissingAnglesofRightTriangles.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;