PSAT 2011 Saturday General Discussion

<p>obsession.</p>

<p>the math scores</p>

<p>what is that 3Y/2X = 1 question?</p>

<p>“Silence…Arouse”</p>

<p>Does anyone rememeber the full question…?</p>

<p>the speaker was a fabulous speaker, silencing his critics and arousing his supporters (or something like that)</p>

<p>^
Thanks! I couldn’t quite remember those choices so I was afraid I missed it, but it’s all good now.</p>

<p>Math</p>

<p>Multiple Choice***</p>

<p>Area of Triangle inside semi circle = 30
Zeros between [-3,3] = 2
45X+15(x+2)=390
Container = 2.5
X-T= 15
2002/2005= 4/5
Perimeter = .25
Consecutive pattern of 2, -.5 of the first 7 numbers in the sequence: -2
Union : m+k-4
Best fitting line: 2
Area of Triangle to rectangle: leg length = 8
3Y/2X=1
I and II only
OP = 5
5/11 Triangle missing side : 14
Handshakes: 30
Nd=180
(x+y)z</p>

<p>Grid In***</p>

<p>.5(2000)= 4000
109 digits
4,5,5,6,6,7 = 2
Shirts: $4.50
X<25 ; any number from 22-24
50 adults out of room</p>

<p>CR</p>

<p>Sentence completion (1)
-Enthralled
-Excoriate
-Mitigate</p>

<p>Internet**
-Scuba Diving metaphor: Cursory way of obtaining information
-Drawbacks of a phenomenon</p>

<p>Pottery Passage**</p>

<p>-acknowledge an important issue that was not discussed in the passage

  • pragmatism</p>

<p>Privacy Passage**
-Dark Side : ominous
-24: Without giving up value
-Analogy : bionoculars
-23: misplaced, gov isn’t a threat
-13: difficult to maintain privacy in our world
-Degree= measures</p>

<p>Sentence Completion (2)
-Silence…Arouse
-Exacting…Disqualify
-Confound…Commonplace
-Extemporize
-Obsession
-Tranquil</p>

<p>Genes**
-Depressed people : find the information heartening
-Traditional: customary

  • Reaction to a viewpoint/ challenges</p>

<p>Uhmma Passage**
-Simile : hands as old as sand
-wanted children to use intellect
-Tender = soft</p>

<p>Gardening/Walden Passage**
-Invidious … Ivy growing onto lawn
-Incompatible with a romanticized view of nature
-Wry disapproval
-Human interference
-Americans had trouble balancing nature and society
-Incompatible with a romanticized view of nature
-Neglected Viewpoint

  • Deep into: immersed</p>

<p>Writing </p>

<p>Revise the Sentence***
-Were she to agree
-Than that of any monarch
-Some archaeologists claim… (E)</p>

<p>Find the Error***
-Instanbul: make
-But it,
-Canada: no error
-Halle Berry: no error
-Either would be a good PET not pets
-Dog sled racing: Had driven
-She was eager to discuss her latest artwork, a canvas onto which muted colors were projected when flipping a switch Flipping the switch: Debatable
-Individuals: plural change his/her
-Horse: Achieved it
-Hybrid: benefits were
Use: has not have</p>

<p>Short Passage***
-Ironically, …
-Sentence went after five
-Strip malls are soulless
-People may sit and talk</p>

<p>they should accept $4.50 right? I would’ve put 4.5 but it was money so I figured it would be better to include the extra 0</p>

<p>Does anybody remember the question for the cylinder problem?</p>

<p>Weren’t the base of the first cylinder 15 pi with 4 inches of water and the base of the second cylinder 20 pi with 2? of water?</p>

<p>They were pouring water from the first to the second. So, the total volume in the first container is 15 pi *4 = 60 pi. And, 60 pi / 20 pi = 3?</p>

<p>Since everyone got 2.5, I feel like I had misread the question, but still…I was wondering if anyone remembers the question exactly.</p>

<p>Also, for the analogy: binoculars question, was the answer just “analogy”…I don’t remember seeing bionculars :(</p>

<p>Oh and I put it after sentence 8 for the last writing question…because the writer talked about what changes were made in sentence 8. And, the inserted sentence was like “People could …blah blahblah” </p>

<p>I put rueful confession, but I guessed on that one :[[</p>

<p>@helloimjoon</p>

<p>The cylinder problem asked to what height the water in the 2nd cylinder (base area 10pi) would change if water from the 1st were dumped into the 2nd such that they had the same volume. 1st cylinder had base area 5pi or something and the height was 6 in initially, while 2nd cylinder had base area 10pi or something and initial height of 2 in. That means that if both cylinders were to have the same volume, they’d have to have 25pi in volume. so in order for the 2nd cylinder to have a volume of 25pi, it’d have to have a height of 2.5 in the end, because the base was 10pi.</p>

<p>also, it’s definitely after sentence 5 for the last writing question. sentence 5 briefly discussed the changes that gruen made to the strip mall by creating a large building with shops. The sentence in question would’ve gone more in detail as to how it was different from the strip malls discussed in the first paragraph.</p>

<p>@danielle2013</p>

<p>question 24 section 1 was about on what both passage authors would agree. it was something like this:</p>

<p>24) Both passage authors would agree that privacy
a) ?
b) ?
c) is furthered by technological advances or sth (obviously wrong)
d) can be maintained without giving up values
e) sth about efforts of knowledgeable consumers. </p>

<p>I put e, but only b/c i barely had enough time. it was the only one i got wrong i think. :\ But im pretty sure it’s D.</p>

<p>@immadinasaur</p>

<p>ohhh did the question ask about the height of the second cylinder when the volumes of both cylinders are equally distributed? :frowning: </p>

<p>Maybe I put it after sentence 5…your reasoning sounds familiar.</p>

<p>@helloimjoon</p>

<p>yeah it did. the question asked for the height of the 2nd cylinder.</p>

<p>Did anyone get 2 as the slope of the scatterplot?</p>

<p>@traw yeah that’s what the consensus has been</p>

<p>Why is the answer to the question about what “dark” means in the passage ominous instead of concealed?</p>

<p>lol sdy…if the dark side. was “concealed” then how would the author know about it?
clearly not…it’s the dark side as in a more threatening or bad or evil or malevolent side of the advances of technology. Because the government is going into our records and invading our privacy…clearly that is not a concealed side…because we know the government is doing that. It’s more of a bad or dark part of it which = ominous.</p>

<p>Does anyone have the link to the PSAT score/curve predictions?</p>

<p>Anyone get “big business” as an answer on the critical reading portion?</p>

<p>@Jung: Yeah, that’s already been discussed earlier.</p>

<p>so that was an answer for sure? Sorry for asking again, lawl. I’m just making sure.</p>