<p>Topic^^???</p>
<p>i think so on the instructions page I’m almost positive it said you can start your answer in any column</p>
<p>It was just a poor problem for student-response. I will be ****ed if they mark it wrong because I put if in the 2nd column from the left.</p>
<p>i know i was so confused i decided to mark it all the way to the right but like I said i don’t think it matters i think you’ll get it right</p>
<p>This was the y=mx+b one, right</p>
<p>yeah and it asked what mb was. m was 0, so mb has to be 0</p>
<p>i ****en didnt know where to put it so i just wrote “0” and left it blank. i thought 0 couldnt be an answer.</p>
<p>If 0 was the answer, then you can grid the 0 in column 2, 3 or 4.</p>
<p>Note to self: make up more grid-in problems with zero as the answer. :)</p>
<p>this is a VERY tricky situation… the directions on the test specify that the answer on the grid ins must be non-negative. They do not say that the answer can’t be zero.</p>
<p>Not only that, but the zero space on the 1st column is “greyed out”…BUT… the directions state that you may begin your answer in any of the columns</p>
<p>I stared at that problem for 3 minutes looking for a solution, before finally just leaving it blank in frustration… DUMBEST SAT mistake I have ever made!</p>
<p>I got 0 but really didn’t give the fact that 0 isn’t in the left column any thought because I always grid from the right side. Feel bad for those of you who messed it up because of this…</p>
<p>do you think .0 still counts as zero?</p>
<p>I changed my answer because I was skeptical of this whole column issue. blaaaarg :mad:</p>
<p>computer probably reads .0 as 0</p>
<p>zero is nonnegative, so clearly 0 is possible</p>
<p>I even re-did the question in my head because I was like:“Huh?”
The answer had me stumped for like a minute or so…</p>
<p>It’s interesting that it seems so many students are confused about how to grid in zero. Although I always mention this to my students, in my materials and in my book, I think from now on I will put a little extra emphasis on this point. It’s a terrible way to lose 10 points on the SAT.</p>
<p>An answer of zero comes out often enough on grid ins that it is worth emphasizing this point.</p>
<p>I think you can write your asnwer in any column you want.</p>
<p>I normally grid from the left, but in this instance i gridded from the right because the zero column was marked off. Collegeboard should make a note that zero is a possible answer if they are going to continue blocking off the zero choice in the first column.</p>
<p>You can grid a zero using any column other than the first. Also, for maximal enjoyment, you could grid .0, .00, 00., and 0.0, all of which will be read as zero.</p>
<p>DrSteve, zero as a correct grid-in answer is very rare, at least on QAS tests. May 2011 is the first QAS test since March 2005 with zero as a correct grid-in answer.</p>