SAT Math Thread

<p>@sunshine daisies
yeah im confused now.
I dont even know the answer choices.</p>

<p>On another note, what was the last math question answer for section 7?</p>

<p>When do we get our results?</p>

<p>Someone should eventually compile a list with all the answers that we know are right and the ones we might be a bit iffy on xD</p>

<p>Was the cone problem in the experimental section? (The answer was 36pi, but I don’t recall if I forgot to multiply by 2 =_= )</p>

<p>I believed someone possibly a counselor or my testing proctor telling me we would get our scores by the 22nd of December, which means we’ll get them during Christmas Break, boy how it will a joy kill if I got a low score xD</p>

<p>Cone was not experimental and 36 pi is correct.</p>

<p>Yes, the scores will be posted online by or on December 22nd. (It’s on the Collegeboard Website when you click “check scores”.) I can’t wait…</p>

<p>Thanks Arctk3. Yeah, if I get a low score, it’ll blow my Christmas too. </p>

<p>vermilionwaves, which section was experimental? 2 or 3?</p>

<p>@ Vermilionwaves: See that’s the problem, I can’t remember if I just left the answer at 18pi or if I multiplied it by two to account for there being two cones… :|</p>

<p>Add this to the stupid nutritional problem and my SAT math subscore= fail :(</p>

<p>1 wrong= 770?
2 wrong= 750?</p>

<p>I had a CR experimental so everything I say on here is the real thing.</p>

<p>chillbro, that nutritional problem was such a trickster. Let’s hope the curve is good! (Although I’m worried because the curve for Nov’s test was ridiculously terrible)</p>

<p>Today’s math wasn’t easy, I’d say -1 would be a 780 most likely, maybe even 790.</p>

<p>can anybody explain why the answer to the “t” question wasn’t something like :</p>

<p>R<P<T</p>

<p>It was P>R>T. T is 15% of P, T is R% of 20. So you know that P is obviously bigger than T. The problem comes at T and R. R% means R is given as a whole number, so the equation you write is T = R/100 (20). T = 1/5 R. R = 5T. P = 6.7 T. P>R>T</p>

<p>It said t is 15 percent of p, and t is r percent of 20. If you plug in 100 for p, you get 15 for t. That makes r 75.</p>

<p>So: t - 15, r - 75, p - 100</p>

<p>t < r < p</p>

<p>Here it is in algebra form</p>

<p>t=0.r*20 (isolate r)
t=.15p</p>

<p>substitute in for t</p>

<p>0.r*20=.15p
r=0.75p
0.75p>0.15p</p>

<p>Just wondering, what’s the algebraic way to do the pencils problem? I just got it by mental guessing continuously…</p>

<p>Total pencils = P
Pencils Person #1 Took = P/2 + 1
Pencils Person #2 Took (remember that it’s a half of the REMAINING, != a quarter of the total) = (P - (P/2 + 1))/2 - 1
Remaining Pencils = 7</p>

<p>The equation would be:
7 = P - (P/2 + 1) - (P - (P/2 + 1))/2 - 1)</p>

<p>Make sure you distribute the negatives correctly…</p>

<p>Damn stupid vending machine question. I thought it said they had a total of 120, no wonder I couldn’t find an answer >:[</p>

<p>@jellyksong: Wow is that how you actually did it? Crazy mess there</p>