How to Tackle the "Hard" SAT Math Problems?

Jblb2424
Thu, 20 Feb 2014 03:48:34 +0000

Hello :D

After months of preparation, I took the Janurary 2014 SAT. My CR score increased 150ish points to a 670. My Writing increased 200ish points to a 720. My Math, however, increased a whopping 10 points to a 590. The problem is, as it was months ago, that I simply don’t know how to approach the “hard” SAT math problems and therefore I simply do the easy-medium questions. With some careless mistakes mixed in, alot of the time I score high 500s, although I often score mid 600s when I am not under pressure.

So my question is: How do I approach the “hard” math problems on the SAT? The careless mistakes I can deal with, since I am typically a nervous wreck on test day which results in many careless errors. What I can’t deal with is not being able to answer the last math problems when I have always been a top math student at my school. I am looking to tackle the “hard” problems because the notion that skipping these questions results in much more weight on the other problems usually gives me some prety bad anxiety on test day(lowering my score!)Any comment will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!