<p>Some of the material in my barrons book (like finding the foci, eccentricity, and length of latus rectum of a parabola) isn't mentioned at all in my PR book. I'm a bit confused as to what exactly is on the test and I don't want to waste time learning stuff that I won't have to know.</p>
<p>Are these topics on the sat II level 2 or is it just barrons trying to be too smart? </p>
<p>foci, eccentricity, latus rectum for ellipse, hyberbola, parabola
sin (A+B), cos(A+B)
all the double angle and half angle formulas</p>
<p>These topics just aren't mentioned at all in my PR book but they are in barrons.</p>
<p>There might be one or two questions on the actual exam regarding any of those topics.</p>
<p>There are no pure geometry questions, which kinda sucks becasuse i like similar triangles, areas…</p>
<p>Its mostly like 25 questions in algebra (functions…), 15 in coordinate geometry, including trig, and then 10 others, including possibly stats, matrices,…</p>
<p>And barrons is not a good book for SATs…its way too hard.
PR is a lot better</p>
<p>1232cricket I know the topics I just don’t know the depth of each topic.</p>
<p>Well heres the thing about trig</p>
<p>Instead of memorizing cos(a+b), you can do cos(a+b) on your calc.</p>
<p>For exmaple, if they tell you that a=30 and b=40, and they say find cos(a+b), DONT DO cosacosb-sinasinb and pluyg in 30 and 40 into that. Just do cos(30+40)=cos(70).</p>
<p>Also, I just asked somebody…he told me on his test, there were no ellipse and hyperboals and said that if there was a question about it, it would be straightforward (asking about length of major axis, finding c), and there would be only a maximum of 1-2 on the test…</p>
<p>the double angle and additon formulas are not going to be hard because you have a calc…you can always find sin(15) directly instead of doing the half-angle formula to find sin15 using sin30…</p>
<p>Without a calc, then it might be a probelm</p>
<p>Yeah, Barron’s is just way too hard. It has a lot of things that you will never need for the test.</p>
<p>Yeah, it kind of freaked me out for the past few days. But then I almost nailed an 800 on the CB test. While getting under 700s on the Barron’s. </p>
<p>Regardless, you should still kind of know some of the harder topics, you never know what might happen.</p>
<p>What is the curve exactly? Is it like -8 for 800? thanks</p>
<p>Apparently a raw score of 44 is an 800.</p>
<p>thanks…I definitity taking math II last since its my best subject so even if Im tired, it wont affect me as much.</p>
<p>lol, I’m taking it first.</p>
<p>According to what we are taught at my school: yes. My teacher stresses things like this and other more difficult material, but I don’t know if that’s because he’s an elitist or not. However CollegeBoard says this:</p>
<p>"Mathematics Level 2 is a broad survey test intended for students who have taken college-preparatory mathematics for more than three years, including two years of algebra, one year of geometry, and elementary functions (precalculus) and/or trigonometry… You’re not expected to have studied every topic on the test, but you should anticipate the following:</p>
<pre><code>* Number and Operations
- Algebra and Functions
- Geometry and Measurement (coordinate, three dimensional, and trigonometry)
- Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability"
</code></pre>
<p>([Mathematics</a> Level 2 - Geometry, Precalculus, Trigonometry](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools))</p>
<p>I hope this helps.</p>