<p>I wonder, just out of curiosity, how the ETS creates these SAT I math problems. Some of the math problems are typical math problems you can find in many text books such an easy problem about the rate a person runs, or a problem about the cost of a cell phone bill for a certain amount of minutes.</p>
<p>However, some of the problems, I admit are quite creative, and I am just amazed at the ability of the ETS. </p>
<p>However, many of us are aware that the math problems are quite repetitive in concept, but they do place these problems in different contexts where the concept of systems of equations, for example, can be latent, which is probably why the SAT I Math section is so repetitive.</p>
<p>What theories do you guys have about the creation of SAT I MAth problems? What job is dedicated to making these problems</p>
<p>I dont know, nor do I care. I just need to be able to do them, not know how they were conceived. Anyway, everyone on this forum knows just as much (or, as little) as you do so I don’t know why you’re asking us.</p>
<p>The SAT, like other ETS tests has its questions made by qualified teachers who get paid on per question basis. (They are paid very well.)
ETS gives these teachers guidelines on making the questions and after a question is submitted to the ETS, it is reviewed as to ascertain whether it meets the standards.
Because the guidelines state that the math questions should use only certain concepts the question writers are obliged to create questions which are “repetitive”.
Although few concepts may be utilized in making of a question, because the job is well paid many teachers come up with many questions.</p>
<p>They rip off contest math quite a lot. A lot of SAT I problems are very similar to MathCounts and AMC 8 problems. The SAT problems may seem creative (I thought they were godly creative a while ago), but contest math is much more so.</p>
<p>Yeah some problems are so convoluted. It’s like, if you’re testing to see whether I can execute the Pythagorean theorem, just give me a freaking triangle. Not some obscure shape!</p>