<p>Could someone please write a guide explaining what to look for whenever you see a certain type of problem? For example:
-Trangle-
-Pythagorean Theorem
-Triangle Inequality Theorem
-etc.</p>
<p>and could you do it for circles, functions, parallelograms, and all of the other math problems?This would be a tremendous help for me and a lot of other people. I beg you to please do this because no matter what I do, my math scores just wont seem to go up. With a guide like that, I would be able to look at a problem and determine what I need to do to solve it. I am still stuck in the low 600 range. Please Help!</p>
<p>The lack of response indicates that it is not a sensible request. And this is for the very good reason that it represents the wrong approach. The last thing you need is yet another book to go “get.” This is similar to the many requests by people who start preparing for the SAT for the “best book” for this or for that. In the end, they end up with a vast collection of purchased or pirated goods and are none the wiser. </p>
<p>All you really need is the Blue Book, this site, and perhaps a few source books. Your process, however, is not about reading material to prepare for a test. That is why the SAT is not a high school test! What you need is to develop your OWN approaches by working the tests and then seek the answers. </p>
<p>Do yourself a favor and stop looking for the Holy Grail, namely a secret book that contains all the tricks to help you ace the test. Spend your time working through the Blue Book (correctly) and use this resource to engage others in providing you the approaches and solutions to help you understand every question. </p>
<p>Very few direct and precise questions remain unanswered in this forum. Keep asking questions and you will improve.</p>
<p>To clarify the above, let me assure you that there are very helpful guides that could help in your quest towards a higher score. Several books, including some that have been recommended here, are well-written and help demistify the arcane and twisted minds and methods of ETS. </p>
<p>My main point is that your progress should always be in the context of taking the test. You should practice in earnest and evaluate your positive and negative experience. Any subject that causes hesitations or errors should be reviewed. Good sources for such review are the books that have been written by tutors who possess a vast experience in helping students.</p>
<p>@Xiggi, do you have any specific book that you have in mind to understand the concepts that I miss in the BB? I feel like i’m improving but I just need some quittance to really make that jump to a 700.</p>
<p>There are so many possible variations on simple concepts that it would be a complete waste of time to try to memorize strategies. Your best bet is to have a lot of experience working with problems you’ve never seen before so that you can come up with your OWN strategies to deal with each problem you encounter.</p>
<p>This is probably unconventional advice, but instead of buying some boring SAT math prep book, get something that actually teaches you to solve hard problems. It will be more effective and much more fulfilling. If you’re really committed to improving your math skills in general, spend a couple months working through a book like the Art of Problem Solving Volume 1.</p>
<p>@Sir, my CR score is around the low 700’s, and my writing score is in the 600. I’m not too worried about my writing score because I’ve felt I’ve really improved, but math is a somewhat different story.</p>