How do I prevent carelessness on SAT MATH

zqqw190
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:51:35 +0000

I hate the fact that on several of my practice tests, and the real test I took on March, I can know how to do every problem, but still get 4 or 5 wrong. This time in March, I got a 720, which was a real disappointment considering I got all of the hardest problems of the test, after talking with a few friends who also took the test. It really bugs me, because other kids who know how to do all the SAT MATH problems always wound up getting 800s or 790s easily, but I always lose 80-100 points due to carelessness. Typically, my mistakes are misreading details or simple computational errors (e.g. + or - sign switching, ). Is there any tips to combat carelessness under a time constraint on tests?