October 2012 SAT Discussion

<p>@Grape</p>

<p>We are definitely remembering it differently.</p>

<p>May I just point out that, since it was the first question of that passage, it should have been categorized as “easy.” Thus, I believe that it’s a question where your gut instinct is almost always correct.</p>

<p>I know that infer/imply questions are always considered “hard,” but at least for the case of that question, I don’t think it was supposed to invoke intensive speculation.</p>

<p>I’m dying to know what you chose instead of ‘belittling.’ Do you honestly not remember?</p>

<p>^^ Yep, definitely.</p>

<p>@swagdaddy I second! For defy and disparity. I’m pretty confident in that one</p>

<p>I really don’t. Then hopefully I did choose that belittling one, since you sound more convincing now. The other answer I was contending about said “the author didn’t feel the same way his classmates did” or something along that line. To me they both sound correct. I would have chosen either or if one wasn’t there. But may be I AM remembering the question wrong, who knows. I’m just crossing my finger</p>

<p><em>Not original</em> ADD ON OR CORRECT!
VOCABULARY:
accessible
urbane + erudite
autonomous
defies
phlegmatic
indefagitable
polymath
inhibit and skew
Defy and disparity
mollifying
DINOSAUR PASSAGE
scholarly enthusiasm
puzzling phenomenon
scientific implication
mired=stuck
present tense = mark a contrast
boom of yo-yo’s = new sales campaign/commercialization
unflattering
dino-man was belittled by his classmates
personal reflection
YO PASSAGE
secret heart=undisclosed
father was appreciative but ambivalent
teacher eccentricity
unique that he responds
father kept asking = uniqueness
sieve = things he didn’t mind sharing - info about his life
quality control = leaving out bits of information to tell his daughter
wife was teasing
passage was a reflection
MULTIPLES SHORT PASSAGE
148 was to validate a statement
letters between Leibniz and Newton= most disprove
GREEK ALPHABET PASSAGE <em>missing answers</em>
Superfluous
the groundbreaking research = investigate Homer’s language
Homer wanted to make it flow
Most people think Homer’s writing was meant to be written (as opposed to sung)
APES PASSAGES
“perhaps…”-alternative explanation
the “assumptions” = not yet disproven
passage 1 - response, passage 2 - communication
the author acknowledged his position may seem unreasonable
has significant science implications
monkey can’t say “in”
Both used observational data
insufficient skepticism
CREATIVE WRITING SHORT PASSAGES
learning to write predated classes
writing classes good, but not essential
life experiences - in passage 1, but not passaged 2
WOMENS SUFFRAGE SHORT PASSAGE
women’s suffrage = imperative
social inequality can change government (women’s suffrage)</p>

<p>some more:
utilized
disproportionate
kids like things that can’t harm
Homer’s writing was thought to have been written
fixed=static
scant and undistinguished</p>

<p>Math:
x+y+z < 270
(-1,3)
3 ordered pairs
x+y=6
9/22
cube=54
x=5
slope = -2/7
whale= ⅛
sum of something = -3
165 minutes
median-avg = 0
ratio of markers to reststops = 2:1
|w-500|less than/equal to 15
max perimeter = 33
don’t remember question, but 48
temperature approximation = 130
$330 he spent 2 times+30$ more
grid in function = 9/6
halfsquare = 128
diagonal of square = rad130 about 11.4
length AC = 2xrad3
volume cone = 12pi
number of line segments to connect points = 6
y = 65 degrees
roman numeral question = I,II, and III
greatest value = a+b
250 seniors
y^2-x = 0
f(4)=g(4) — 4
2B8/11, remainder = 7
Jackson high 1600
X+Y= greatest value
3k^2= 3^2x+1
78% didn’t vote
Perimeter of triangle inside circles=12
2w+2x+2z=10 w+2x+z=10
Cut rope into 7 pieces
Largest angle of triangle 87 degrees
A b=25 c, X+Y= 50</p>

<p>Writing:
We not throw garbage
The role parents and teachers play
Coping about</p>

<p>ADD on!</p>

<p>@kevboy
Why is x+y the greatest value and not x^2+y^2?</p>

<p>Also is there any chance that the |w-500|less than/equal to 15 was experimental? I think I stupidly put = instead of less than :(</p>

<p><em>Not original</em> ADD ON OR CORRECT!
VOCABULARY:
accessible
urbane + erudite
autonomous
defies
phlegmatic
indefagitable
polymath
inhibit and skew
Defy and disparity
mollifying
DINOSAUR PASSAGE
scholarly enthusiasm
puzzling phenomenon
scientific implication
mired=stuck
present tense = mark a contrast
boom of yo-yo’s = new sales campaign/commercialization
unflattering
dino-man was belittled by his classmates
personal reflection
YO PASSAGE
secret heart=undisclosed
father was appreciative but ambivalent
teacher eccentricity
unique that he responds
father kept asking = uniqueness
sieve = things he didn’t mind sharing - info about his life
quality control = leaving out bits of information to tell his daughter
wife was teasing
passage was a reflection
MULTIPLES SHORT PASSAGE
148 was to validate a statement
letters between Leibniz and Newton= most disprove
GREEK ALPHABET PASSAGE <em>missing answers</em>
Superfluous
the groundbreaking research = investigate Homer’s language
Homer wanted to make it flow
Most people think Homer’s writing was meant to be written (as opposed to sung)
APES PASSAGES
“perhaps…”-alternative explanation
the “assumptions” = not yet disproven
passage 1 - response, passage 2 - communication
the author acknowledged his position may seem unreasonable
has significant science implications
monkey can’t say “in”
Both used observational data
insufficient skepticism
CREATIVE WRITING SHORT PASSAGES
learning to write predated classes
writing classes good, but not essential
life experiences - in passage 1, but not passaged 2
WOMENS SUFFRAGE SHORT PASSAGE
women’s suffrage = imperative
social inequality can change government (women’s suffrage)</p>

<p>some more:
utilized
disproportionate
kids like things that can’t harm
Homer’s writing was thought to have been written
fixed=static
scant and undistinguished</p>

<p>Math:
x+y+z > 270
(-1,3)
3 ordered pairs
x+y=6
9/22
cube=54
x=5
slope = -2/7
whale= ⅛
sum of something = -3
165 minutes
median-avg = 0
ratio of markers to reststops = 2:1
|w-500|less than/equal to 15
max perimeter = 33
don’t remember question, but 48
temperature approximation = 130
$330 he spent 2 times+30$ more
grid in function = 9/6
halfsquare = 128
diagonal of square = rad130 about 11.4
length AC = 2xrad3
volume cone = 12pi
number of line segments to connect points = 6
y = 65 degrees
roman numeral question = I,II, and III
greatest value = a+b
250 seniors
y^2-x = 0
f(4)=g(4) — 4
2B8/11, remainder = 7
Jackson high 1600
X+Y= greatest value
3k^2= 3^2x+1
78% didn’t vote
Perimeter of triangle inside circles=12
2w+2x+2z=10 w+2x+z=10
Cut rope into 7 pieces
Largest angle of triangle 87 degrees
A b=25 c, X+Y= 50</p>

<p>ADD on!</p>

<p>did you guys get 72% for a math question</p>

<p>I got:
Math: 2 grid ins wrong, 2 MC wrong
CR: 4-6 wrong
Writing: 2-4 wrong with a 10-12 essay</p>

<p>What do you guys think my scores could be around?</p>

<p>i’m pretty sure for the apes passage the answer was not responses and communication
i think it was that the second author directly stated her opinion on other scientist’s motives</p>

<p>Does anyone else remember a question with three triangles that all formed a larger triangle? Two of the triangles were explicitly stated as being isosceles, and it asked for the angle measure of x, which ended up being 70 degrees.</p>

<p>Why is the math question about cutting the rope into pieces 7 and not 8?</p>

<p><em>Not original</em> ADD ON OR CORRECT!
VOCABULARY:
accessible
urbane + erudite
autonomous
defies
phlegmatic
indefagitable
polymath
inhibit and skew
Defy and disparity
mollifying
DINOSAUR PASSAGE
scholarly enthusiasm
puzzling phenomenon
scientific implication
mired=stuck
present tense = mark a contrast
boom of yo-yo’s = new sales campaign/commercialization
unflattering
dino-man was belittled by his classmates
personal reflection
YO PASSAGE
secret heart=undisclosed
father was appreciative but ambivalent
teacher eccentricity
unique that he responds
father kept asking = uniqueness
sieve = things he didn’t mind sharing - info about his life
quality control = leaving out bits of information to tell his daughter
wife was teasing
passage was a reflection
MULTIPLES SHORT PASSAGE
148 was to validate a statement
letters between Leibniz and Newton= most disprove
GREEK ALPHABET PASSAGE <em>missing answers</em>
Superfluous
the groundbreaking research = investigate Homer’s language
Homer wanted to make it flow
Most people think Homer’s writing was meant to be written (as opposed to sung)
APES PASSAGES
“perhaps…”-alternative explanation
the “assumptions” = not yet disproven
passage 1 - response, passage 2 - communication
the author acknowledged his position may seem unreasonable
has significant science implications
monkey can’t say “in”
Both used observational data
insufficient skepticism
CREATIVE WRITING SHORT PASSAGES
learning to write predated classes
writing classes good, but not essential
life experiences - in passage 1, but not passaged 2
WOMENS SUFFRAGE SHORT PASSAGE
women’s suffrage = imperative
social inequality can change government (women’s suffrage)</p>

<p>some more:
utilized
disproportionate
kids like things that can’t harm
Homer’s writing was thought to have been written
fixed=static
scant and undistinguished</p>

<p>Math

  1. 1/8 (whale)
  2. 12 (perimeter of triangle inside circle)
  3. 78% of votes went to non-winner
  4. 8 pieces (60 inches rope)
  5. x=5 (z+2x+y=10 ; 2z+2x+2y=10)
  6. 54 (cube surface area)
  7. 12π (volume cone)
  8. 2:1 (marker/rest area)
  9. Three ordered pairs
  10. 9/22
  11. (-2/7)x+7 (perpendicular line)
  12. 165 minutes (telephone companies)
  13. 130 (potato temperature)
  14. 128 (half square)
  15. √130 (diagonal of square)
  16. 2x√3 (length AC)
  17. |w-500|≤15 (cookie company)
  18. 6 (# lines to connect 4 dots)
  19. I, II, III (question w/ f function graph, F(7) > F(9) etc. )
  20. a+b (Greatest value of two fractions)
  21. (-1, 3) (reflection over y=x)
  22. 330 (money Luis spent)
  23. 6 (Sum of exponents)
  24. 0 (median/mean difference)
  25. 33 (Maximum perimeter of triangle)
  26. 1600 (absences, total number of students)
  27. 5 (slope from max of parabola to a point)
  28. 998 (sequence)
  29. x+y+z > 270 (four angles, this was false)
  30. 3/2 ( f(6) / 6 )
  31. 7 (15 – b = 8, what is b)
  32. (75-n)/2 (shirt, pants problem)
  33. 3k^2
  34. y^2-x=0 (√x-y=0 problem)
  35. f(a)=f(b) @ 4 (graph question)
  36. 7 (2B8/11 remainder)
  37. 250 (club member problem, total number of seniors)
  38. y = 65 degrees
  39. 87 (largest angle)
  40. number line X [25] Y … (X+Y= 50)
    50)-3 (sum of something??)</p>

<p>Here we go again with the
“cosmopolitan + cavalier”
vs.
“urbane + erudite”
debate</p>

<p>wait so I put “objective” for the dino one…cuz the outdated description was objectively describing the dinasour’s size and color</p>

<p>unflattering…mhmm maybe idk</p>

<p>put “objective” as well… I had a feeling the description (which I cannot remember) was describing the dinosaur by its appearance…</p>

<p>he wanted to appear “like he knows everything”, so it would be cavalier, which means proud of onself</p>

<p>the rope cutting thing is 8 not 7…</p>

<p>urbane is a positive adjective, meaning “acting proper and decent,” so obviously this positive adjective does not fit into the negative context, describing the subject to be pretentious.</p>

<p>I feel like this SAT was a lot easier then the 2011 January one…</p>