<p>True or false?</p>
<p>Blanks are an automatic point off of your raw score, but guessing still leaves the possibility of a correct answer...</p>
<p>it depends. if you are confident you can eliminate the wrong choices AND know the tricks of the game WILL NOT choose the one trap answer choice, guess.</p>
<p>but most people narrow it down to two choice, one correct and one deceptive trap. often you will choose the trap and be worse off than leaving it blank.</p>
<p>I'd say leave it blank... you'll be better off, most likely.</p>
<p>If you can eliminate the 5 answer choices into 3 or below 3. You should try..</p>
<p>If you're semi-sure of the answer then I say go for it. If not...its better to leave the question blank.</p>
<p>I never leave anything blank. But that's because I can pretty much always eliminate some choices, and then I guess. I find that it works for me pretty well.</p>
<p>I beliueve no matter what raw score you get, it gets rounded up. So then, you could potentially guess on 2 questions and lose point 5 for getting em wrong and get it rounded up. I think</p>
<p>It depends on how many are complete guesses.</p>
<p>1 complete guess = 20% chance of improved score; 80% worse
2 = 36%; 64%
3 = 47%; 53%
4 = 59%; 41%
5 = 33% worse, 40% same, 27% better</p>
<p>and that's if you can't eliminate any choices.</p>
<p>never leave anything blank.</p>
<p>Guess. Even if you can only eliminate one answer choice, you're better off guessing than not guessing.</p>
<p>I always guess, because on the hard questions you can almost always eliminate a few "trick" answers</p>
<p>Eh, I still say that too many guesses add up. The odds are against you if you guess, so it's better to omit those q's on which you truly have no clue.</p>
<p>Noooooooo............. since all of the questions are worth one point (math section) it helps more than it hurts to leave a question blank than to randomly guess on a question, and leaving a question DOES NOT give you a automatic point off</p>
<p>^on the surface it is so, but beneath it, you actually lose. in other words,you don't gain the point. lol.</p>
<p>blank = -1 raw point
wrong = -1.25 raw point.</p>
<p>o_o</p>
<p>i agree with anhtimmy...as rocket review puts it, you are investing a fraction of a point for the hopes of not losing a full point.</p>
<p>also, when taking bb practice tests, mark which ones you guess on...and how many of those you get right :)</p>
<p>On October's math section, there was one multiple choice question I didn't have time to figure out. I eliminated two of the choices, made an educated guess, and got the question right. It's worth guessing even if you can only eliminate one choice.</p>
<p>if i left 2 choices , i will guess. But normally , i am wrong 'cos i get trapped. I think i should try to look out traps</p>
<p>Only leave a question blank if
1. You have absolutely no idea what to do
2. You have about 2 seconds to figure out what answer to put down</p>
<p>Otherwise, no blanks. The point loss difference between a blank and a wrong answer is very very small.</p>
<p>Agree .It is pointless to leave a question blank unless you have absolutely no idea what to do</p>