I just took the november exam and got a 770. I was getting low to mid 600’s on Barrons so it’s definitely harder, but it tests questions in a slightly different way. Barrons requires you to use your calculator a lot so it’s really time consuming.
Hmmm, interesting. I’m scoring low 700s right now so I’m hoping for at least 750.
Did you guys use any calculator tricks/formulas?
@deeznuts
Well, I had a lot of calculator tricks but to show you a few:
Given:
f(x) = 3x^3+2x+4
g(x)= x^2+3x
What is f(g(x))?
What I did for questions like this was just input:
3x^3+2x+4 into y1
and enter y1(x^2+3x) and get the answer. This is because I have a ti-89 tho (it has CAS) You can’t do this on Non-CAS calculators like TI-83 Ti84 etc
On barron’s exams I find CAS to be alot helpful but on the actual exam I used it on like maybe 2?3? problems.
It is def advantageous to have a CAS calculator tho lol because if you are given an equation/inequality that you do not know how to solve, you can just use the solve() function on it. What this means is that you no longer have to waste time to graph functions to find the zeros; you can just use solve() function and get the answer in like 5 seconds lol.
Not only that, it expands and factors which I found rather helpful. It also finds limit and sums, etc etc.
@collegeguy123456 @deeznuts
How about kaplan? It is difficult or what?
Find the frequency of
Tan(2x) + 3sin(2x)
What if you don’t have a calculator that can graph it for you and give you the zeroes? Some of the examples that I am doing have answers derived from a calculator.
@ideani1
Ask a friend or a teacher who has one. You will need it
Hey guys, I got an 800 on the Oct. test so I thought I would share some tips:
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If you have taken AP Calc AB or BC, this test is not bad at all. It’s practically all precalc and you will do fine. Just make sure you read through the Barron’s book and memorize all the formulas (even the ones you can “derive”) in that. It’ll be easier doing it this way rather than trying to do so much math on test day. Time is key!
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If you have taken calc, just read through the Barron’s book carefully and memorize the formulas. Look up anything you don’t know. Really, if you can remember formulas, use your calculator effectively and efficiently and have some math ability, you can get in the 700’s.
The only thing though, make sure you time yourselves properly on test day. I just finished when time was called even though during practice tests, I was finishing like 15 minutes earlier. I didn’t even go back and check my work (just I didn’t need to :)) so having an effective time management is really important on this test.
Even though, I am good at math, I assure you it isn’t as bad as cc makes it out to be. Often, people make you stressed out but I am sure you guys will do fine if you study throughout this week and know a good amount of material.
Best of luck!
Okay I’m a little mad because I took Pre-Calc last year and we never even did matrices or conics. I’ve been getting 600-670 on Barrons.
Can you still get over 700 without knowing some of the formulas for conics (ellipses, hyperbolas, etc.), assuming I get almost all the other questions correct?
How do you save formulas into the calculator?
How reliable are the crack sat practice tests?
I would say they are decent for testing your knowledge on certain material. As for similarity of the questions themselves to the questions on the SAT, they’re not the best representation out there.
Welp I’m getting sick :((
OK so I just did the practice questions on college board and they are EXTREMELY easy. I really hope the test will be like that lol. Nice confidence boost before sleep
I just completed the test.
Just wrote the test. I missed the last 5 questions mostly because of the time. The first 35 were really easy. I was writing Chung’s and Barron’s tests for a few weeks and the actual test was much easier. Level 1 was really easy too.
@utmxs123 Did you take the actual College Board test? How was it? How is it you are taking it this early lol
@Gradient Yeah, I took the official test. I am not in the U.S., so I get to write it earlier.
Is it the same test or is it different? I thought the international version was different…
@Gradient oh crap, I didn’t know that…