<p>What's the difference between the contents of the math sections in the SAT II and the Math IC Subject Test?</p>
<p>I’m guessing you mean between math I and math II?</p>
<p>One only asks questions up to algebra I and geometry (I think), while the other asks anything covered in precalculus</p>
<p>Nope. I meant the difference between the math section of the SAT and the Math IC. Do they require the same knowledge of algebra and geometry?</p>
<p>math 1 is for morons, colleges hate when people take math 1 instead of math 2. </p>
<p>So if your lookking to get into a stupid college go for math 1 but if your serious about your education take math2</p>
<p>unless you are in in 10th grade or lower should you be taking Math 1. Even then whats the point your in freaking 10th grade (or lower) wait 1 or 2 more years and take math 2 and look more impressive instead of a sissy who takes easy stuff when he/she is young. And if you are in 11th or 12 grade do not even take it. If you havent taken a math class thats high enough(pre calc) for math 2 by 11th or 12th grade then I suggest you not even take the math portion of the test.</p>
<p>moviemania101:</p>
<p>I’m not talking about Math IC and Math IIC. I’m talking about the MATH SECTIONS of the SAT (REASONING TEST) compared to MATH IC, which is ONE of the subject tests.</p>
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<p>As someone who has chosen to take the Math I exam, I take offense to your remarks regarding the intelligence of those test-takers. You cannot speak on behalf of “colleges.”</p>
<p>If by “stupid college,” you mean every college except for Stanford, MIT, Caltech, and the UC schools, then my condolences go out to those “morons” who chose to take the Math I exam and currently attend H/Y/P.</p>
<p>Furthermore, I don’t see how one’s decision to take the Math I exam over the Math II exam bears any correlation to one’s desire to learn. In fact, they are completely unrelated.</p>
<p>Do you bother to read what you write before you post?</p>
<p>kwu:</p>
<p>Since you took the Math IC Subject Test, I’d guess you also took the SAT Reasoning Test. Do you know, by any chance, the answer to my question?</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.collegeboard.com%5B/url%5D”>http://www.collegeboard.com</a></p>
<p>Sorry. Sometimes, you have to do your own research.</p>
<p>laib, I took both. The sat subject test tests more math and less trickery while the Sat is more trick related.</p>
<p>..on the same topics, right?</p>
<p>well nobody has mentioned it yet … but the SAT has those “fill-ins” (You have to bubble in the number, no multiple choice) and I believe the Math IC does not. The curve for both can be fairly brutal, -2 essentially never being an 800, and sometimes a -1 will cut it. I only took math 2c though, so I can’t help anymore.
btw kwu does have a good point although it was harshly stated. Those who take Math IIC (I know this does not relate to the OP) show that they are able to handle more complex mathmatical ideas.</p>
<p>The Math 1 test does include some topics that are not on the SAT, including trig, logs, inverse functions, equations of circles, imaginary numbers, and more 3-D geometry.</p>
<p>^I really doubt that. I think you’re describing the math2.</p>
<p>SAT reasoning math covers up to alg II I believe, while math 1 just covers alg 1 and geometry (someone correct me if I’m wrong). Both curves are brutal, -1 often won’t cut it for 800.</p>
<p>They’re both tricky, but Math I covers more sophisticated material. I got a 780 on the reasoning math but only a 710 on the math level 1 (taken within a month of each other). </p>
<p>So, math 1 is more difficult – both content wise and score wise.</p>
<p>Actually, not score wise.</p>
<p>Ashraf Eassa, you need a raw score of 41/50 to have earned a 710 on the Math I.
On the contrary, you would have needed a raw score of 47/48 to have earned a score of 780 on the SAT I Math.</p>
<p>Thus, the material is more difficult, yes.</p>
<p>Me?
SAT Math: 700
Math I: 770</p>
<p>SAT Math is what you have covered by Algebra II in high school, and a lot of it is even before high school:</p>
<p>30% numbers (integers, fractions, number line etc.)
40% algebra (including some functions)
25% geometry
5% graphs / stats / probability etc</p>
<p>no quadratic formula (few traditional formulas at all)
no matrices
no trig
limited solid geometry</p>
<p>Some questions have a “do you see the trick” style.</p>
<p>The subject tests (formerly called SAT II or IIC)
are more “achievement” type tests: i.e., “have you seen this material?”</p>
<p>SAT Subject Math Level 1 adds:</p>
<p>trig
more functions (symmetry, compound)
complex #s
more solid geom (spheres, cones, etc)</p>
<p>Subject Math Level 2 adds:</p>
<p>series
logs
inverse functions
ellipses, hyperbolas
radians
more trig: sec / csc / cot
laws of sines / cosines
more coordinate geom. and functions compared to Math Level 1</p>
<p>Is it worth it to take both math level I and II or would II be enough?</p>