Math Strategy

Test Preparation SAT Preparation
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<p>I’m planning to try a new math strategy when i take the sats next week… tell me what you think of it. </p>

<p>My main weekness in math is careless mistakes; I always misread the question or make a calculation error. So im planning on working backwards- so i’m doing the hardest problems first. THis way, i figure, I can stay more focused on the harder problems, which involve more math work, and a greater chance of error. That way, as the test goes on, the problems get easier and easier, and I won’t make mistakes from test fatigue or whatever. Also, if i’m short on time, i can just fly through the easy problems, since they only take about 30 seconds to answer. </p>

<p>I’m aiming for a 800 this time… tell me what you think about this strategy.</p>

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<p>well umm I was searching through the older pages of this board and I found this thread which is almost a month old lol, im wondering what was the out come OP?</p>

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<p>he’ll find out tomorrow.</p>

<p>:p</p>

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<p>Hmmm… his theory sounds good… but… what if he gets doesn’t time himself properly on the hard problems and spends wayyy too much time on them?</p>

<p>After all, each question is worth the same so it’s best not to mess up the easy ones.</p>

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<p>hmm…interesting strategy…mine has always been to just rush through them all…and then recheck w/ the time left over…</p>

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<p>Your strategy is most similar to mine. I try to do the easy/medium questions as fast and after doing them as I can so I’ll have a good 7 or 8 minutes for the hard problems. If I have a minute left, I’ll recheck the easy/medium problems again.</p>

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<p>Orignally Posted by mursaki in an older thread, IT REALLY helps to go through the older threads here (they are only a month old lol) and check out all the info)</p>

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<p>Yeah =) That’s the strategy I use…</p>

<p>It does help to go back through old threads… I looked through the past SAT threads such as the December SAT and October SAT so I can see the types of problems people got.</p>

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<p>where did you go to see those threads? I can only go to page 18 is there an archive or something</p>

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<p>Yep. You just search for them by using the ‘search’ option above.</p>

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<p>I also have the same problem where all my mistakes are usually due to really stupid careless mistakes like addition or subtraction. In most cases, I can get all the hard questions without making a mistake, and then just screw up on the easy and medium questions haha… But in my opinion, practicing is the only solution</p>

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<p>so OP whats the dealio?</p>

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<p>Haha–the quoted strategy was mine. I ended up with a 720 on the math, rather than 760-800. Go figure. :P</p>

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<p>dah…alright…carelessness on math has bogged me for my last two tests:720 and 740.
but i think the solution comes only from yourself, that is, you have to probably change your habits in school and in life first…btw, im a super unorganized person.</p>

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<p>i used this strategy and got a 790 =) stupid fruits and veggies problem…</p>

<p>this strategy is only useful if you’re aiming for an 800, cause it stresses more on concentration than on time ( by being more focused on the harder problems first). If you’re not aiming for a perfect score or time is an issue, i would not recomend this strategy, since you might lose easy points.</p>

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<p>oh…really? i should probably try this next time then…</p>

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<p>I am aiming for a perfect score but the thing is I got a 710 in my jan06 test. I am going to try to combine this strategy and milesgudion’s/Murasaki’s go as fast as you can one on a practice test</p>