October 2011 SAT General Discussion

<p>Could any of you predict mine as well. 1 wrong in math (although I think i was perfect), 9ish wrong in reading, 5-6 wrong in writing and a 10ish essay.</p>

<p>is it possible that -1 math would be 800 on this test?</p>

<p>Nope. test was not THAT hard. but i do think the jump from 790 won’t be as big as it usually is. Instead of going to 760, I think it’ll be 780 and then take a big jump</p>

<p>@bear111, i had both questions (calendar and sweater problem), but i definitely did not have a math experimental because I had only 3 sections of math. (also, people talked about a vanilla ice cream problem, which i do not remember at all).
Because math has fewer questions than CR and W, -1 on math is almost never 800. probably about 780</p>

<p>^ I definitely think it could be possible. The first practice test in the blue book has a -1 = 800 curve for math and in my opinion the math section for this test was harder.</p>

<p>Yeah that BB test had -1 = 800 for that math section What was that about ? LOL.</p>

<p>for the last fill in i decided to use 0 because as i came up with sqrt(120x)= a perfect sq and then i plugged in starting at 1 and went on. but then as they said 1 min left i tried 0 (because thats what my sat tutor said to do when in doubt) and it works. 120 was used because its the lowest multiple of 10 and 24</p>

<p>@mathmaster7: however, it said that n=k^2, and that n is an integer. 120 is not a perfect square, so it should be 3600</p>

<p>@bear111 i know 120 isnt a perfect sq. that doesnt matter. but whatever WAS a perfect sq would be a multiple of it so thats why is was 120x and fyi 0 is an integer</p>

<p>so did u choose 0 or 120 as your answer?</p>

<p>@bear111 0</p>

<p>@mathmaster7: but i thought it said the answer had to be a multiple of 10 and 24?</p>

<p>What was the exact wording of the essay with discipline and freedom</p>

<p>0 is a multiple of all numbers. however, I don’t think that they would consider 0 a valid answer. the question may have asked for a “positive integer n”, but i don’t remember. the question wasn’t particularly difficult. it was important to recognize that all perfect squares have factors that come in pairs or additional groups of 2</p>

<p>The question explicitly said that n had to b divisible by both 10 and 24</p>

<p>@Mathmaster7 </p>

<p>There is no chance of you getting that answer correct. You know this. :D</p>

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<p>Haha I like the last part (:</p>

<p>@LoseYourself
Agreed. the only other question that should have multiple answers was if -1<y<0 what is lyl-y lol</p>

<p>@LoseYourself i was running out of time so i just put 0, then i later realized that it could be right. it didnt say it was a positive integer. just an integer. so i mean its like a loophole they left out. i know no the ans is 3600. but i should be right</p>

<p>@jordan - ‘Discipline leads to freedom. Assess the validity of this statement, using examples…’</p>