PSAT '09 Form W Thread

<p>Was the half-circle math question 8pi?</p>

<p>there was one question that said:
a. politeness
b. kindness</p>

<p>was it a.?</p>

<p>Are we allowed to talk? Really? Since some people I know are taking tests tomorrow! and not on Saturday… Perhaps they are writing the same test as today’s??</p>

<p>Form W = Form Wednesday :slight_smile: I’m pretty sure…</p>

<p>I thought the first 2 sections were harder (or maybe b/c I panicked). I feel like an idiot for taking too many random guesses for Math.</p>

<p>whoooops never mind</p>

<p>Does anyone want to use a chatroom to discuss today’s PSAT?</p>

<p>PM me for the link if you’re interested, I don’t think I’m allowed to post it up here…</p>

<p>I know most of those, but i dont want to get in trouble and talk. I dont think we are ever supost to talk becasue other people can still take the practice.</p>

<p>I had 728 for the math one with the 7s… then I switched it to 736. I see your reasoning, and think its correct, but where is mine wrong? There are 19 integers with 7s in them between 100-199, 200-299, 300-399, 400-499, 500-599, 600-699, 800-899, and 900-999 so that’s 19 x 8 = 152; there are 10 sevens between 1-99 and 100 sevens between 700-800 for a total of 152 + 10 + 100 = 262 So 998 - 262 = 736.</p>

<p>Also what was the answer for the one that was like 2f(of something) - f(of something)? I think I got 5…</p>

<p>kindness. I saw the EXACT word in the passage.</p>

<p>^ for that one, I think I got 5 too. It was 2(6) - 7 = 5.</p>

<p>That was easy, I was surprised it was towards the end of the section.</p>

<p>And yes, I put kindness, because giving someone a drink is more kind than polite considering you’re the employer.</p>

<p>kindness, and I think for the 2f( ) - f( ) it was 7</p>

<p>wait t=4 for what/</p>

<p>ya 8 pi</p>

<p>did anyone get 1/8 as an answer??</p>

<p>^ Did you plug in the f(x) value or the x value?</p>

<p>there are 19 numbers that contain 7 in 1-100:</p>

<p>7,17,27,37,47,57,67,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,87,97</p>

<p>thus, 100+9 times 19,
then, 1000 minus that and then minus 1 since it is not including 1000, thus 728</p>

<p>@ bassir. the answer was 7. 2f(some #)-f(some #)=12-5=7</p>

<p>for the CR question about the native americans I put tedious/feckless. =&lt;/p>

<p>I looked in the table and looked at the left column according to the x values in the question, and then plugged in the one in the f(x) column.</p>

<p>Yeah, it was either 5 or 7, I can’t remember. But that’s how I did it.</p>

<p>It’s not tedious, because… although the early settlers though the Natives were feckless, the English woman that studied them didn’t find them tedious—that’s no different from feckless.</p>

<p>The answer had to be opposites. First box positive, second negative.</p>

<p>what was the one with the circle that was like, “the sum of the unshaded areas equals the average of the sum of the shaded” or something like that? i don’t remember the wording</p>

<p>IF anyone’s interested in the chatroom, a few of us are there, so PM me if you want the link.</p>

<p>wow! I can’t believe I forgot all about 70-79! Yeah the answer is 728… which means I definitely missed at least one math :(</p>

<p>it was halcyon/onerous, i’m pretty sure.
calm, serene vs. burdensome.</p>