How do I prevent carelessness on SAT MATH

DrSteve
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:17:09 +0000

I just happen to have written an article on this very subject. I am pasting an edited version of this article below (I am editing the article to conform with the rules of this forum):

In this article we will go over the steps you should take to put an end to the careless errors you keep making when attempting SAT math problems.

Before we can put an end to careless errors we need to discuss what a careless error actually is. If you look up the definition of “careless” you will get something like “not giving enough attention and thought to what you are doing.” So most people would say that a careless error is one that could have easily been prevented if only they had paid a bit more attention to what they were doing. But on the SAT this is only one of the types of errors that students call “careless.”

In fact, it is very common for students to say "My score would have been