markisus

Many of the errors come from reading the questions. If you're too eager, you'll answer the wrong question (they might be looking for distance instead of rate) or mix up an inequality because you missed a word in the question. So just make sure you read the questions very carefully.

jeremyperil

You need to check EVERY single easy question rather than spend too much time on the hard questions. For awhile, I was stuck on 700 Math, with always making 3-5 stupid mistakes. The most recent time I took it, in December, I checked all my answers and found the 3-5 stupid mistakes (many of them were "easy" questions) and corrected them. I got an 800.

erhswimming

I HATE Barron's. I guess I got an 800 in math after using it (got 760, then 770 the first two times) but I used it extensively for reading and writing (not so much math) and those scores dropped a total of 110 points. It's so annoying too, its like "2400 club members do this, but not that..." Well apparently I'm nowhere near club member status.

Sorry about that little rant, but to answer your question, I'd say that just keep doing practice tests. The material isn't hard, it just allows you to make easy mistakes. And if you get a 750 or above, I really don't think it matters that much, just that some people happened to not make any stupid mistakes on test day.

Miss61

Like the others have said, work carefully! Here's some of my tips:
1. As you work through the problems, circle the correct answer in your test booklet. Bubble your answers in in blocks. If you get stuck on one, mark it and skip it (make sure not to make a mistake on your answer sheet though!)
2. When you finish, go back and make sure the answers in your test booklet match the answers on your answer sheet. Also do the questions you skipped.
3. After step 2, go through and check each question, starting with the first. Reread each question carefully.
4. Go through your previous tests, and work through every single problem you missed or had trouble with. SAT math problems are very predictable and the same ones tend to show up over and over again.

bison151515

when I took it last time (freshman in high school) I got a 750 in math so I think I could help. What I really felt to be the problem was the "dumb mistakes" that I always seemed to make. It's always tricky, and while you may know exactly how to do a problem, you may not always have done it perfectly right. Wrong answer choices are carefully picked out. Therefore, just find ways to do easy questions with a 100% success rate. I came out of my past SAT math score (680) thinking I had a full 800 but found out that I had made a ton of mistakes. But, after just a little more practice and getting more oriented, I felt more comfortable and that really helped.

nelkypie

Hi there. I have a pretty comprehensive thread addressing your question. Here's the link. SAT Math: How to get an 800

yodelo

practice practice practice using collegeboard problems. you will eventually see paterns and be able to recognize them

chewydog

This thread is almost 7 years old guys; it's time to let it go.

LiamNeeson

BUT IT IS MY DUTY TO ENSURE THAT SkyGirl GETS AN 800 ON MATH!

*swoons

GrammerNazi

It's nice to see that while Liam Neeson isn't busy fighting wolves or mentoring Obi-Wan, he's helping people on CC with their SAT woes. +5

Gabo904

I got a 790.... Missed an Easy difficulty question. =/ frustrated but content with my score

I didn't prepare for it though... I didn't think there was a way to do study for it.

I guess, just answer every question with this philosophy: YOLO.
Test anxiety brings down a score, imho.

StudiousMaximus

@GrammerNazi: +1, great references.

Keeyano

when are you taking the sat again?

Keeyano

i just saw that this thread is 7 years old!!

tomatox1

Under parts of the question that you think are important. This will help avoid silly errors, which account for 75%+ of the errors I make. The rest 25% of the mistakes are really obscure.