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Digital SAT Math Test Strategies
Digital SAT Math Test Strategies
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Review of SAT math concepts #sat
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How can you enter your answer when it is not a whole number?
Raise your hand for help
Enter the closest whole number
Enter as a mixed number or decimal
Enter as a fraction or decimal
2
When a problem is describing a graph or shape the best strategy is to...
Give up
Use algebra to solve
Use your graphing calculator
Draw a figure
3
When working backwards, which answer should you try first?
B or C, then adjust up or down
A or D, then try the other one.
In order: A, then B, then C, then D
Backwards: D, then C, then B
4
What is the best strategy to approach word problems?
Contain, Utilize, Picture, Solution
Consider, Understand, Prepare, Settle
"Circle," Underline," Plan, Solve
Cry, (go) Under (the table), Pray, Snap your pencil.
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What is the best guessing strategy on the SAT when you don't know how to do the problem?
Close your eyes and randomly put your finger on the screen
Always pick C
Eliminate answers and then pick
Pick the answer that is the most realistic
6
If you need to skip a question, what is a good strategy?
Just leave the answer blank and try to come back to it.
Stare at your screen until the answer comes to you.
Enter a temporary answer, mark the question for review to return to later.
Try to look at your neighbor's screen.
7
What is true about SAT math problems in both sections?
You should skip them all.
they are in random order
they go from hardest to easiest
they go from easiest to hardest
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What should you do if a question has a lot of text?
Underline key information
Just guess...reading is too much work
Read the question at the end first
Only read the first and last sentence
9
Which of the following is NOT on your reference sheet?
Forms of Functions, the slope formula, the quadratic formula.
Volume for rectangular prisms, cones, spheres.
Area for circles, quadrilaterals, and triangles
Special Right Triangle Ratio
10
What are some good strategies for keeping time on the SAT?
Watch the clock
Skip questions you don't understand or take lots of time
Start with the last problems and work backwards
Double check your answers as you go along
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When should you work backwards on an SAT problem?
When the solving the problem is time consuming
When you have forgotten how to solve the problem
On all multiple choice problems
When answer choices are numbers and problem has variables
12
How many sections of the SAT math section are there?
2: Both with calculator
2: Calculator and Non-calculator
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3: Calculator, Non-calculator and grid-in
13
Because there is no question booklet anymore, you shouldn't need to use scratch paper for anything.
True
False
14
When picking numbers to represent variables...
Pick the same number for all the types of variables
Pick 0 or 1
Pick numbers that are simple
Pick 100 for a problem that uses percents
15
When do you know if a figure is drawn to scale?
It is unless it says "Figure not drawn to scale"
When it says nothing
No figures are drawn to scale.
When it specifically says it is.
