<p>I'm going through all the math sections of these practice tests, rather slowly D;, and I noticed that whenever I get a math problem wrong, it is always one of the last 4 problems(since they are the hardest).</p>
<p>So in order to save a lot of time, and not loosing much for it; would it be a good idea to only do the last 4 problems of every math section instead of doing all the easy ones as well?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Uhh, no. Do the easy ones first so you can get easy credit, since each question is worth the same. </p>
<p>You should have enough time to do each math question. I suggest spending no more than 30-40 seconds on the first 14 questions[as they are straightforward] so you have about 2 minutes for each of the last few difficult problems.</p>
<p>As you practice, you will see shortcuts to the often repeated math problems, so don’t be too worried.</p>
<p>You can always do all the easy ones and not do the last four ones.</p>
<p>Haha, that’s probably not the best idea. Follow nostalgicwisdom’s advice.</p>
<p>You mean as a practice strategy? Yes, you’re on the right track. Identify the problems you get right with ease and skip them in your practice. Identify the ones you get wrong and focus on them. The categories of easy and hard differ to some extent from person to person. A safer strategy is to browse through each practice exam and skip the problems that are similar to the ones you’ve previously found easy. It will take some 10 minutes longer per practice exam than the strategy you propose, but in the end I think it would be time well spent</p>
<p>For practice it seems like a good idea</p>
<p>Just skim the easy ones and make sure you know HOW to solve them confidently. No need to actually solve them. Sometimes there are just curveballs that require a formula or bit of information you have forgotten (like knowing 2 is the first prime number). Then work on the harder questions.</p>
<p>I’m gonna disagree, at least in part. I would say, if you’re rushed on time and have other plans for the summer, by all means skip ahead. I am assuming you are completely confident in your math abilities if you are doing so. If you have the smallest grain of doubt, I would advise going through all of them. At least go through a couple of full math tests a week before the exam since you don’t want to get rusty. I’ve had friends who were completely mathematically capable make stupid mistakes on the actual test because they assumed they would get 800s and didn’t prep at all. Remember the Math curve is incredibly rough and a missed question means a lot of points. </p>
<p>Personally I’ve been in the exact same boat. My strategy was instead to go through 3-4 Math tests like they were the actual thing. I didn’t actually go through all of the tests I had. After I took them, and got perfect scores on all of them, I just scrapped math altogether and didn’t study it.</p>