<p>How did you get to 7.... the thing said 6</p>
<p>When the 1 inch is removed from the length and width, it removes a square from each corner of the base. The sides would have normally been folded up six inches high, but the removal of that square gave an extra inch of height for each side folded up.</p>
<p>Someone find a link with a similar type problem.</p>
<p>Seriously, I thought that it was 96 too... someone care to tell me which one it was, 112 or 96?</p>
<p>All in all, I think I did pretty well. Critical Reading was OK. Math was pretty good. Writing skills was pitifully easy for me.</p>
<p>Yeah, it's 112, since the rectangular box becomes 7x4x4. 1 is added to 6, since 1 inch is taken from the bottom (which was originally 6x6). It becomes a 4x4, but the height is increased by one. Also, did anyone remember the writing question about the "speech and debate people competing ON every occasion" ? Is it competing IN every occasion, or competing ON every occasion?</p>
<p>Ugh, I skipped a I think about 8 questions total on the math section (lack of time). I think I got everyone I answered correct except maybe 2 or 3 (they round up right?). Do you think I could still get in the 700s if this is so?</p>
<p>And the answer to the consecutive number question was 999 right?</p>
<p>Yes I think the answer to that one was 999.</p>
<p>No, there's really no chance with that many blank. Last year I got 7 wrong/blank and got a 65. Math has a really harsh curve :(.</p>
<p>@tomjones: it's being debated, but i think it's ON because i can compete on occasion.</p>
<p>@ ohboi: no it was 100 !EVEN! integers.</p>
<p>Well at least 600s right? hopefully at least mid.
Last year I omitted 7 and got 3 wrong and got a 61 and 93th percentile.</p>
<p>I'm trying to qualify for the National Achievement Scholarship more so than the National Merit Scholarship, and I believe the cutoff scores are a bit lower for that. Correct me if I'm wrong.</p>
<p>@ingette- what's that about even integers? I dont recall it mentioning that??? I thought it was what is the difference between the highest and lowest number in a set of 1000consecutive integers?</p>
<p>@xatuuatx: i'm pretty sure it's a set of 1000 consecutive even integers. on the other threads we agreed the answer was 1998 (whether you count 0 or not does not matter).</p>
<p>And yeah. Say n=2, then n+1=3 and n+1000=1002.
1002-3=999.
Is my thinking correct? It's been a while since I've done this stuff b/c I'm taking Pre-calc as a junior.</p>
<p>OMG I hate myself... Thats like 4 maths that I got wrong! So much for NMS...:( I'm probably down to a 65 already!</p>
<p>Me too...I feel stupid.
I got a 157 last yr, I want at least 190 (I was saying 200 earlier, but I'm discouraged now)</p>
<p>And no one answered my question: Are the cutoff scores for the National Achievement Scholarship program lower than NMS?</p>
<p>wow i got a lot more wrong on math then a i thought :(</p>
<p>O well I am a sophmore so who cares...</p>
<p>@ Ohboi </p>
<p>It said consecutive (Even) integers. Therefor the last number would be 2000 (or 1998 if you started at zero).</p>
<p>Either way the difference between first and last was 1998.</p>
<p>Why do standardized tests suck so much? Ugh.</p>
<p>agreed...</p>
<p>how can you measure anyones intelligence with a test of random questions....</p>
<p>good thing school grades matter very little in the professional world after your first job.. <--- I wish people would recognize this....</p>
<p>ohboi, yes the scores are lower. don't know the NA cutoff but do know the Hispanic Scholars cutoff is 181 in Texas, so that's quite a bit lower and I'd think NA wo uld be lower as well. Google College Board and send them an e-mail and ask what last year's cutoff was for your state. Good luck!</p>
<p>Y'all are scaring me. My son said he only skipped two CR questions. Maybe he should have skipped more!</p>