SAT Math: How to get an 800

Sandy72
Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:39:25 +0000

awesome post!!!

the one thing I’ll add that helped me a LOT was to stop relying on my calculator. When you are going for speed, it’s easy to crunch numbers quickly and for me, this is where mistakes came in. This may not be the case with everyone, but if I forced myself to rely on mental math, the rest of my brain was engaged and thinking too so I would not fall for tricks or distracters. I would then only use my calculator purely for checking the answer. It takes a little time, but for me was just as useful as improving on the concepts I wasn’t as good at. I practiced this by using simple 2-minute drill math sheets like you got in 8th grade…you know, what’s 8x12, 64/4, etc? You might be thinking right now “psh, that’s easy. waste of time”. Try it! you might be shocked how long it takes you to think through basic mental math when your instinct is to reach for the calculator.