She should study the math. Not for the SAT, but because boosting her math skills is going to pay off for the rest of her life.
I’ve told this story before on CC- but try buying carpet at Home Depot sometime. I did- and the computer was down. The very nice department manager told me to come back because it was “not possible” to give me a quick and dirty estimate without the computer. For a room which was 10X12. I showed him on the back of a receipt how easy it was to multiply then divide and he was flummoxed- like I was Albert Einstein.
I’ve had this experience everywhere. The pharm tech at a national drugstore chain who couldn’t convert the dosage for an over the counter decongestant without calling his boss (that one was simple addition). The sales clerk at Macy’s who couldn’t do the “20% off” coupon from a $100 item. Waiters who can’t figure out how to take off the dessert that never came (I get it- subtracting $8 from a $32 check seems really hard).
But more than the stupid arithmetic- your D needs math to understand what the doctor is telling her about a diagnostic scan, to understand political polls, to figure out her marginal tax rate and whether to cash in her stock options someday and whether or not she should invest in solar panels for her house, and which is the better deal- the fixed rate or variable mortgage. Boosting her math confidence now is a solid investment in her future, whether or not it boosts her SAT score.
Signed- a former math-phobe who got treatment in grad school and is forever grateful.