What's the best way to attack the math section of the SAT most effectivley?

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<p>I've read a thread on how to attack the critical reading section effectively...and it helped quite a bit. Any great tips for math please? This was my wost performing section.</p>

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<p>It’d help to know what your score is.</p>

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<p>Are you bipolar? Your title says math, but the description asks for critical reading help. :/</p>

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<p>^LOLOL. Someone can’t read.</p>

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<p>For algebra-type questions where you are given unrestricted variables (i.e. when it tells you 2x=y, NOT where it says something like 2xy=15) just make up X as 2 or something, which gives you y=8. Just stay consistent with your variables inside each problem and you’ll miss barely any.</p>

<p>Geometry is all hidden triangles. If you’re given a rectangle in a problem, you’re going to be solving right triangles 90% of the time for the problem.</p>

<p>Just practice problems to increase your score. That’s easily the best way to improve. Notice the tricks and recognize the ways to solve the different problems.</p>

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<p>My score was a 1740 overall 560 for math</p>

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<p>Practice practice practice. Honestly, just read an SAT book, there’s way too much to post here.</p>

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<p>As an SAT Math tutor and author, I can give you some tips for the math sections:</p>

<p>(1) Learn SAT specific math strategies. If you don’t know these, then you are putting yourself at a serious disadvantage. For example, if you find yourself doing algebra or complicated computations, then you are not optimizing your score.
(2) Practice SAT math problems 10 to 20 minutes per night. This will maximize your retention and keep you from burning out.
(3) Redo every problem you get wrong OVER and OVER and OVER again (a few days apart each time) until you can get the question correct ON YOUR OWN.
(4) Practice problems of the appropriate level.
(5) Practice tests should be taken just a few times to make sure you are applying all the right strategies under timed conditions, and to make sure you are familiar with the structure of the test. This is NOT the time that you are actively improving your score.</p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>^I agree with DrSteve.
Do practice problems and try to understand the concepts behind each problem. This should gt you into the 600’s range.</p>