November 2026 SAT Math Reddit: What Students Recalled

This page collects what students posted on Reddit about the November 7, 2026 SAT. These are student recollections and opinions — not verified and not confirmed by College Board.

Every quote below links to the original Reddit comment. Students sat different versions of the test, so numbers in one comment often do not match another. Source threads (math comments used from each):

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• u/Ok_Boot5089 · -1 · link
  it was too hard ngl how did yall do on the last quesiton math module 2
• u/SpetsnazAkhmat · 1 · link
  I felt similar, did you get the hard geometry question in m2 math?
• u/zKarles · 1 · link
  Yes, I did! The fact I struggle with geometry made everything quite troublesome for me on the 2nd module
• u/Crystal_0305 · 1 · link
  Omg was it only me that felt like mod 1 math was harder than mod 2? I feel like I did good enough on mod 1 to get the harder mod 2 but idk man the stuff on mod 2 felt like it should've been on mod 1 like Why was there so many geometry questions?!!
  
  For English mod 2 there was a vocab question that had the word augment as one of the answer choices and I was wondering if it was correct...
• u/Cherry_101blossom · 2 · link
  chat was math harder or easier than october and september?
• u/dawnutdisturb · 1 · link
  how difficult was this test compared to the september sat?
  
  specifically for the math section? how about specifically for the r / w section?
• u/woah-dino · 2 · link
  Math module 2 questions were harder from 13-17 than 18-22
• u/Crystal_0305 · 1 · link
  mod 1 was absolutely hard like there were so many geometry questions, I think like 5-7 geometry questions were on mod 1 alone and my brain exploded and there was a lot of algebra and advanced math on mod 2 and it really made me think I got the easier mod 2😭
• u/send_help247 · 1 · link
  module 2 didn't have that kinda question i got the hard one and it basically had some trigonometry, a difficult quadratic question and exponential function questions
• u/_ThatOneDudeMan · 1 · link
  English wasn't too bad but math absolutely fried me
• u/Grand_Tailor_3974 · 2 · link
  Math was WAYYYYYYY harder than RW
• u/Rough_Rise4030 · 2 · link
  english mod 2 humbled me so bad bruh i think i got one wrong in module 2 math but eng whatevr
• u/redridingpony · 1 · link
  What were the ans of the percentages questions😭😭😭 im so so scared
• u/KhubaybJawad · 2 · link
  The math module 1 easy ash I had like 25 minutes left over but wth was that module 2 never seen qs like that
• u/Any_Commission_9734 · 2 · link
  Maths was bearable , light
  R&W mod 2 was shiiiiii
• u/h4zel033 · 1 · link
  what were the hard equations like
• u/Fantastic_Arm9017 · 2 · link
  Practice 10 was really easy math but really hard english for me personally.
• u/sufyan_alt · 2 · link
  r&w module 2 was hell. math was lowk ez af
• u/oreomilkshake12346 · 2 · link
  i’m so confused whether i got the hard module for math or not cus everyone ik was getting different questions ?? someone plz verify whether there were variations of the hard/east mod for math
• u/Street-Leading4979 · 2 · link
  im p sure there were cuz im SURE i got full from math 1 but my mod 2 was also pretty easy and same goes to a lot of ppl in the comms and idt it's all j a big coincidence
• u/Thin_Ebb1175 · 2 · link
  guys i beg ya pin hard math queations!!
• u/Accomplished-Kiwi766 · 1 · link
  Could you guys write down what the last question you got for math module 2. Need to see if there were multiple mod 2’s
• u/echidnastricy · 1 · link
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  was it just me or was mod 2 maths pretty chill. no weird questions.
• u/Ali_ishim · 1 · link
  Bro I genuinely failed I think I got 2 wrong mod 1 english like 4 wrong mod 2(vocab) and like 4 or 5 wrong mod 2 math
• u/ihateschoolwllw · 1 · link
  do you think this was the harder math mod or was it the easy one
• u/No_Kaleidoscope_2063 · 1 · link
  the geometry ones are hard tbf but rest was easy there were questions they copied from the bluebook practice tests too
• u/Fit-Tonight-1223 · 1 · link
  Maths was easy as hell cant say the same for RW tho
• u/OpenJob2602 · 1 · link
  cuz my friend who is good at math got the hard module and she had tricky questions tha I didn't have 😭😭✌🏻
• u/harah_allimers · 2 · link
  Why are all the questions said here not the one i had like lwok just oen or two now im scared that i didnt get the harder 2nd module for math and english i wanna cry ugh
• u/BigSandwich6579 · 1 · link
  How do you know which module was harder for both math and english
• u/Quirky_Astronaut4098 · 1 · link
  Its my first time ever taking the sat
  Was this one much easier or people exaggerated how hard math is
• u/ihateschoolwllw · 1 · link
  i did the mean only, was this hard mod 2 or easy one i’m stressing i need to now wether or not i got the hard one
• u/Lanky_Success_4225 · 1 · link
  Any people who’s confident that they got the hard module for R&W and Math? If so can you state a few questions that were asked?
• u/Traditional-Bug-730 · 1 · link
  Oh I love being delusional go on go on
  
  And yeah for maths yeah it's true , for m2 rw may be more may be less(if I am lucky 🤞) , ran out of time 😓
• u/Own_Stress_683 · 1 · link
  can someone summarise the hard math mod 2 questions? i wna know if i got easy or hard
• u/Far-Requirement-5360 · 1 · link
  Guys anyone else have like questions in math m1 they have never seen before the second module was much easier and from what i heard and see here i had the hard m2
• u/West-Department-5245 · 1 · link
  i felt like the math was scarily easy?
  Idk tho its my first sat
• u/According-Wall3800 · 1 · link
  I practiced a lot but somehow when I opened math I forgot everything, i feel like I solved on the kinda hard math in module two it was pretty hard especially my weak points were geometry and trigonometry
• u/Opposite_Whole4749 · 1 · link
  I think I also got English hard module 2, but there are alot of variations in everyone's 2nd module especially in math.
• u/christiahayek · 2 · link
  The inference and main idea passages were so dense to the point I didn't have a chance to review my other answers. I lost focus because of the volume of words I had to read and understand, so I half guessed them. The math part was okay, though. But I feel so unconfident in my performance
• u/nachobeeswax- · 1 · link
  But math module 2 was wayyyyy easier than usual for me
• u/Candid-Resolution-59 · 1 · link
  Real bro math was wayy harder than the pts
• u/Potential-Middle-383 · 1 · link
  It’s like, once in r&w module 1, and many times in module 2 and math module 2. God knew if this guy was too nervous or anxious but I was nervous too🤌🤷‍♀️
• u/jungaloloo_10 · 1 · link
  I literally fell into the same trap I was trying to avoid on my practice tests.
  
  Had to cram 4-5 questions in 2-3 minutes in Module 2 Math and R&W by the end of the test. I am so disappointed
• u/mehmetgurp · 1 · link
  I literally got the exact same 3 questions I recently solved on R&W Mod2. This really helped me find the correct answer before even reading the whole thing (Ofc I checked if there were differences but there wasn’t any). My Math M2 was hard compared to the previous exams though but M1 was really easy.
• u/Suspicious-Tie3961 · 1 · link
  YES IT WAS HORRIBLE IT WAS SO F***ING HARD OMD. MATH MODULE 2 WAS MONSTRUOUS
• u/Suspicious-Tie3961 · 1 · link
  Mod 1 for both math and rw were managable even easy i would say then mod 2 for both were horrifying
• u/intel32c · 1 · link
  bro F*** module 2 math
  
  mod 1&2 english was easy easy easy
  
  mod 1 math was sooooooo easy
  
  mod 2 math they actually skinned my bones down to the pulp of the marrow
• u/Powerful_Use5894 · 1 · link
  In UAE, math was baby stuff, genuinely. But for English module 2 was hell.

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• u/Crystal_0305 · 1 · link
  From all that I could remember, there was this (65) 2pi radians thing and it asked to find what its equal to in degrees, my answer was (65) (360)
  
  Also there was this right triangle pyramid and you had to find the surface area of the base I think? length, width and height were given i think
  
  For mod 1's first question, it was definitely a geometry question where two sides of the triangle were 2 and 9, perimeter was 19 and you had to find the third side of the triangle, mine was 8.
  
  there was also a find the f(x) + g(x) question too
  
  also there was some bs involving some -2x² something = nx and you had to find the value of n²/12, my answer was 12
  
  also there was a lengthy ahh question about some cement volume and the answers were like s=4c 4c+s=460 or smth
  
  there was a question with purple tiles and white tiles, 25 p tiles and the answer was 55 tiles.
  
  there also a quadrilateral question where ABCD and QRST were similar, WS=10 or and or 5
• u/OpenJob2602 · 1 · link
  I had questions abt standard deviation, polar bears? and smth abt 50% and y...
• u/ihateschoolwllw · 2 · link
  i had a polar bear one, one that had to do with bricks/ sand to cement ratio, and one with a discriminant, one to find the range of a set of numbers and um one that went something like positive number a is 3600% of c and c is idkwhat% of b i remmeber some other but yea i just really wanna know if i made it to the hard module
• u/ihateschoolwllw · 2 · link
  i really want to know if i made it to the hard mod 2
  here were some of my questions
  • w gives total time in minutes, 2x+70
  the answer was 70
  • circle A and B which translation would result in graph of B
  • polar bear and pounds of fat
  • positive A is idk% of C and c is ialsodk% of b
  ( forgot the rest )
  • line K and L intersect at the point ( idk,idk) which point lies on L
  • Trapezoid
  • histogram median/mean
  • discriminant (n/??)
  • scatter plot find line of best fit
  • sand cement ratio idk
  • a table of some coordinates

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• u/luke1234yt · 1 · link
  Whatt mine was a regression question and I’m sure it’s hard m2 since I got all m1 right
• u/luke1234yt · 2 · link
  It was a question regression then asking what f(x)+1 is
• u/Traditional-Ring-287 · 2 · link
  I remember it being -1197 but I’m sure we just had diff numbers
• u/send_help247 · 2 · link
  the quadratic y = f(x) + 6 one; i got -2491 i think
• u/Grand_Tailor_3974 · 2 · link
  -1146 you were supposed to subtract 1 x
• u/luke1234yt · 1 · link
  Wasn’t the regression -1144 though so u subtract 1
• u/LeagueOk1212 · 2 · link
  omg yeahh i had a similar question f(x)+7 or smtg and got -3 thousand smtg
• u/Jolly_Advice_3595 · 1 · link
  did anyone have the -1145 question but it wasn't f(x)-1 it was f(x)+1 --> I remember adding 1 from -1145 to get -1144
• u/luke1234yt · 2 · link
  Mine said -1144 is f(x)+1 so fx is -1145 right
• u/Jolly_Advice_3595 · 1 · link
  my question asked me to find the y-int of f(x)+1 so I just found the regression of f(x) and added one
• u/Escape_Secure · 1 · link
  I got f(x) + 6. And my value was -1435 for the regression. So I did -1435 - 6 to get -1441 finally
• u/luke1234yt · 1 · link
  Mine said the regression = f(x)+1 find fx bro idk
• u/Born_Huckleberry_775 · 1 · link
  was it the quadratic equation one? just use desmos and put that on table regression
• u/Shot_Explanation8402 · 2 · link
  The parabola one? 3 sets of points were given, third set's y value being same. and given that y=f(x)+4, then we were supposed to find y intercept of f(x)?
• u/Outrageous_Job_1908 · 1 · link
  What did you do in that question we had to enter the overall formula of the quadratic get the parabola by doing regression then you look at the y intercept this was the last question
• u/percemonia · 1 · link
  did u have y=f(x)+3 and what is y intercept for f(x)
• u/Feisty-Date-338 · 1 · link
  i got -10 😭 but the function was y=f(x) + 7 and there was a chart with some x values of -19 something and 19 and i forgot the respective y values
• u/Feisty-Date-338 · 1 · link
  what was the mod 2 math last question answer
  There was some chart (x values were -19, smth else and 19) this was for f (x) then question was that g (x) is f(x) + 7
  So whats the y intercept of g (x)
  
  did anyone get this question??
• u/Particular-Draw-2834 · 1 · link
  yes all u do is just add +7 to the given quadratic and look for the y intercept. For me it was like -2600ish but numbers can vary
• u/Educational_Dog_4142 · 1 · link
  wait how did you solve it? F*** I might have gotten it wrong but I used regression (made the equation equal to 0)

What students concluded: Most posters fit the quadratic to the table with Desmos regression, read the constant, then added or subtracted the shift. The arguments (for example -1145 versus -1144) came from which function the table belonged to.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Decide which function the table describes. If the table gives points of f, the regression gives f. If it gives points of g = f + k, the regression gives g.
2. Fit a quadratic y = ax² + bx + c to the points. The y-intercept of that curve is c.
3. Shift by k in the right direction. The y-intercept of f + k is c + k. If the table was for f + k and the question asks about f, use c − k.
4. Check the sign once more. A shift of +k moves every point up k units, including the y-intercept.

Trap: Adding k when the table already includes the shift (or the reverse). That single sign choice produced the -1144 versus -1146 split in the thread.

Desmos tip: Type the table into Desmos (x₁, y₁ columns), then on a new line type y₁ ~ a x₁² + b x₁ + c. Desmos returns a, b and c. Read c, then add or subtract k.

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• u/Flimsy_Novel1216 · 1 · link
  Which one was the 3 dot rectangle one? I dont remember the q
• u/luke1234yt · 1 · link
  3 dots and another dot make a rectangle what’s the area
  I did test in Taiwan hbu
• u/Putrid-Strike-3681 · 1 · link
  How can a rectangle only have 3 points?
• u/Opposite_Whole4749 · 2 · link
  Yeah, everyone I asked had different questions. Did anyone get the Rectangle area question?
  3 points/coordinates were given on graph.
• u/Whosyoshoe · 1 · link
  Yep i got the 3 points question
• u/Suspicious_Abies7822 · 1 · link
  i got a rectangle area question but they just gave 2 values and told us to calculate it
• u/Educational_Bus_5101 · 1 · link
  I got like 74 for the area
• u/Lanky_Success_4225 · 1 · link
  Did anyone get a question in module 2 (I think) about finding the area of a rectangle, which we only had two points on a graph.
• u/Opposite_Whole4749 · 1 · link
  I had but 3 points on graph
• u/Dull_Bit3562 · 2 · link
  Rectqngle and they gave 3 points was it 58
• u/Lanky_Success_4225 · 1 · link
  Mb I meant to say 3. How’d u solve this question?
• u/Opposite_Whole4749 · 1 · link
  I got 32 or 34 i dont Remember but one of these two. Also many have similar questions but have different values. Someone shared his 3 points and those were completely different to mine. His were in 2nd quadrant and mine were in 4th.
• u/Clean-Ad2717 · 1 · link
  Did anyone get the rectangle problem with 3 points shown and if u connect those points it looks like a rectangle slanted so u multiply the slanted width and height by using Pythagorean theorem
• u/Own_Stress_683 · 1 · link
  did sm1 get rectangle ratio 25/49, and area 625 to r
• u/suirenn2294 · 1 · link
  I got that problem with the 3 points asking u to find the area and im pretty sure i got 68 but i just used desmos

What students concluded: Posters agreed you do not need the fourth vertex. The rectangle was tilted for some students, so they used the Pythagorean theorem on the two sides.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Find the vertex where the two sides meet at a right angle. It is the point that connects to both other points.
2. Find each side length with the distance formula: d = √((x₂ − x₁)² + (y₂ − y₁)²).
3. Multiply the two side lengths. That product is the area.
4. Do not use the segment joining the two outer points. It is the diagonal, not a side.

Trap: Using the diagonal as a side, or reading side lengths straight off the grid when the rectangle is tilted.

Desmos tip: Plot the three points, then type distance((x₁,y₁),(x₂,y₂)) for each side and multiply the two results.

Replies (15), oldest first:

• u/Extension_Suit_2277 · 1 · link
  what was your last question like? i had to calculate the surface area of a pyramid in terms of w for mine
• u/SpetsnazAkhmat · 1 · link
  Did you also get the pyramid and the parallel lines one
• u/zKarles · 1 · link
  Oh, I did, I think I had both a pyramid and parallel lines in m2
• u/Candydreammilk · 1 · link
  Did you get the question where you had to find the surface area of the base something like that? It was a triangular pyramid. Do u remember what the answer was?
• u/Grand_Tailor_3974 · 2 · link
  I actually had no surface area questions I was bamboozled
• u/EnvironmentalCan9194 · 2 · link
  The perimeter of the square prism? I got 36
• u/Original-Republic186 · 1 · link
  did anybody get the surface area of a pyramid in module 1,
• u/redridingpony · 1 · link
  I thought we had to get the area😭😭i got 132
• u/Clean-Face-3564 · 1 · link
  yeah i did like pythag and got a decimal i was so confused
• u/asimkanal · 2 · link
  What was the answer in which volume of right square prism was given and area of base was given. I dont know the answer but what i did was area=l^2 from which i got length then volume=area of baseheight from which i calculated height then the area of lateral face or something then to calculate the area of the face i used the formula length of base\height*
• u/tvgirlsconfidante · 2 · link
  did anyone get that pyramid question where we had to find the area of one of the lateral triangular faces or smthn?
• u/sufyan_alt · 2 · link
  prism? wasn't it pyramid?
• u/Illustrious_Row2527 · 1 · link
  Yes I did it was in module 1 I got rectangular pyramid though
• u/betterzoiu · 1 · link
  did anyone get the right square pyramid question? for me I had a volume of 1176 and a square base area of 196 and I has to find the area of one of the triangles on the face of the pyramid. I might be tripping but I kept getting terrible numbers that were not in the answer choices and when I tries to reverse engineer from answers I kept getting different heights.
• u/gunstan · 1 · link
  This one right?
  
  A right square pyramid has a square base with area 196 square inches and volume 1,372 cubic inches.
  
  Which choice gives the area, in square inches, of one of the pyramid’s triangular faces?
  
  A) 49 sqrt 10
  B) 98 sqrt 10
  C) 147 sqrt 10
  D) 49 sqrt 5
  
  It was A

What students concluded: u/gunstan answered A, 49√10. Another student who remembered a volume of 1,176 kept getting numbers outside the choices.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Base side: s² = 196, so s = 14.
2. Height: V = (1/3)(base area)(h), so 1,372 = (1/3)(196)h and h = 21.
3. Slant height of a face runs from the apex to the middle of a base edge: √(21² + 7²) = √490 = 7√10.
4. Face area = (1/2)(14)(7√10) = 49√10, which is choice A.
5. With a volume of 1,176 the height is 18 and the slant height is √373, which is not a clean number. That fits the student who could not match the choices; the 1,372 version works out cleanly.

Trap: Using the pyramid height (21) as the height of the triangle. The triangle needs the slant height.

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• u/RealClassroom9701 · 1 · link
  For math mod 1 what's is the value of a for factor ax-6
• u/Several_Maybe_419 · 1 · link
  I got whats ax-4 tho and answered 5 but i dont remember fully tho
• u/crammingalevels · 1 · link
  Yeahhhh I got stuck on a factor question
• u/crammingalevels · 2 · link
  Yall did anyone get the factor question which had a and x
  
  It was smth
  X raised to power 4 + 6ax^2 + smth -81
  
  And then take out factors
  
  SOMEONE GELL ME THE ANS
• u/asimkanal · 2 · link
  What is the answer for the question having points of polynomial (3,0),(7,0),(2,0) blah blah blah is it x2-7x
• u/Putrid-Strike-3681 · 1 · link
  Was it which one of the following is a factor of this equation?
• u/Medical-One-5995 · 1 · link
  It was ax - 5, a = 4
• u/RealClassroom9701 · 1 · link
  On mod1 did you get question like 12x^3-21x^2-45x^2 and factor is ax-6 what did you get for that one
• u/Crystal_0305 · 1 · link
  mine was a different equation I think
  
  it was ax-7 and I had to get 12x³+15x²-63x and a was 4 for me
• u/Putrid-Strike-3681 · 1 · link
  I don’t know if this is useful now:
  
  Ok so everyone has different numbers but to solve it you either factor it out algebraically or you can go on desmos, type in the equation and put random INTEGER values for the constants. Then you divide each factor by the main equation and if your answers are whole numbers for a plethora of whole number constants, it is a factor.
• u/Fit-Tonight-1223 · 1 · link
  yes i made discriminant =0 cause it was written only one solution. ( i think you refer to the other factor one tho which had a constant because in this constant was n; for that, i did 7 because 5/7 was one x intercept hence 7x-5(from ax-5) )is the factor)
• u/Lazy-Tonight8418 · 1 · link
  mine was ax - 5
  
  you put it on desmos, you get the x-intercept, and solve for a (the x value) - 5 = 0
  
  then u can find a
• u/Outrageous-Rope-8047 · 2 · link
  I had a math questions where it asked what was the factor of 64p17 + 121p25 or something and I got 8psmt and 11psmt.What did y'all get???
• u/GanacheWorldly3662 · 1 · link
  mod 2 math the question were they gave an equation in terms of p power 21 and 19,what was the answer?
• u/GanacheWorldly3662 · 1 · link
  they asked which is the factor of this

What students concluded: Two students reported a = 4 for their versions. Two posters solved it in Desmos by finding the x-intercept and solving a·(intercept) − c = 0.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. If ax − c is a factor, then x = c/a is a zero of the polynomial.
2. Factor out what you can. Example from a student: 12x³ + 15x² − 63x = 3x(4x² + 5x − 21) = 3x(4x − 7)(x + 3).
3. Match the factor to the form given. 4x − 7 matches ax − 7, so a = 4.
4. If factoring by hand is slow, find the zeros first and work backward: a zero at x = r means ar − c = 0, so a = c/r.

Trap: Taking the zero itself (7/4) as the answer instead of a.

Desmos tip: Graph the polynomial, click the positive x-intercept r, then compute a = c ÷ r (for ax − 5, a = 5 ÷ r).

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• u/Fit-Tonight-1223 · 1 · link
  Idrk bro i had lines are perpendicular in terms of m and b and which point lies on line p that was really hard
• u/South_Discount_7965 · 1 · link
  I did that question before and I just memorized that the answer is the one with -1/m. If you wanna know why because perpendicular lines' slope are always negative flipped
• u/Pineappleonpizzaman · 1 · link
  Was it 7+1/m or something like that? As 1/m is a negative value and the y intercept is less than 7?
• u/Own_Stress_683 · 1 · link
  did no1 get the perpendicular qs with k where we had to tell coordinates? (5,3-m) type idk
• u/CartoonistFront6445 · 1 · link
  I got the (9, 3-1/m)
• u/Outrageous_Job_1908 · 1 · link
  Yes yes very easy with Desmos and slider
• u/Friendly-Code1386 · 1 · link
  I got (7,9-1/m) but idk if we got similar questions with different values since thats what uve been seeing around.
• u/Solid_Aspect_1986 · 1 · link
  Did anyone else get perpendicular lines and f(-136)=0 what is (0,t)?
• u/Solid_Aspect_1986 · 1 · link
  We were given the equation of a line and we were given that another line is perpendicular to it and crosses the point (-136,0), we had to find the coordinates of the y intercept
• u/Solid_Aspect_1986 · 1 · link
  U might have gotten parallel lines with -1/m etc
• u/HelpfulPollution3422 · 2 · link
  Did anyone get the 7, 8-1/m question?
• u/Fit-Tonight-1223 · 1 · link
  One where i got stuck was two lines k and smh are perpendicular and equation for one was given in terms of y=mx + b
  Then we were given these lines intersect at some point ( given)
  Then we determine which point lies on the other line(for which equation wasnt given)
• u/OkGeologist4061 · 1 · link
  Yoooo geniusss, do u remember which answer u picked? Was it (7,2-1/m) or something like that
• u/LongIndependent5710 · 1 · link
  Yes lines J and K are parallel so they will have the same slop, the slope of K will be whatever value of J there is

What students concluded: Posters reported (7, 2 − 1/m), (9, 3 − 1/m), (7, 9 − 1/m) and (7, 8 − 1/m), all with a −1/m term. One student said they knew it because perpendicular slopes are "negative flipped".

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. The second line has slope −1/m, because perpendicular slopes multiply to −1.
2. It passes through the intersection point, for example (6, 2).
3. Move 1 unit right from that point. The y-value changes by the slope, −1/m.
4. So (7, 2 − 1/m) lies on the second line.

Trap: Using +1/m or −m. Only −1/m is the negative reciprocal.

Desmos tip: Add a slider for m, graph both lines through the point, and test each answer choice as a point.

More replies (12), oldest first:

• u/Escape_Secure · 2 · link
  Anybody get a question where the triangle lengths were 121 and 119, we had to find the side length the other side could NOT be?
• u/asimkanal · 2 · link
  Whats the answer for the question consisting of a traingle having sides 107 and 109 or something and it asks what cannot be the length of another side?
• u/TriggeredWPOPS · 1 · link
  Wait were you provided the trig values for it?
• u/Fine-Adhesiveness-26 · 2 · link
  the sides were 102 and 104 for me and i chose 2
• u/itz_really_me · 2 · link
  Any value equal to or less than 2, and any value equal to or greater than 240
  
  Explanation:
  Triangle Inequality Theorem
  
  Easier to understand visually:
  
  Bottom limit - imagine squishing a triangle down to where the two sides that are given are nearly parallel (angle between them approaches 0), then draw a connecting line (third side of triangle). This connecting like will extend to a minimum value of 2.000... (infinite 0s)...1, and if you force the third side length to be 2 units, then the lines HAVE to be parallel, but at that point it won't be a triangle, it'll be a line
  
  Upper limit - imagine stretching the triangle's given two sides to a maximum distance of the two edge points between them, such that the angle formed between the two sides approaches 180 degrees, then try drawing a third line connecting the two edges of the lines. The third line formed will approach a length of 119 (first line length) + 121 (second line length). If you force the angle between the two lines to be 180 degrees, not only will the third line be exactly of the length of line1 + line2 yet forced to be parallel thus it isnt a triangle, but also the angle of 180 degrees between the two lines essentially means that the they form a single, longer line, thus a triangle cant be formed
• u/Crash_FNF_Eddsworld · 1 · link
  What was the one with Triangle PQR, 126, 128 etc.? Anyone else got that?
• u/Ali_ishim · 1 · link
  Math y table and u have to find y intercept of f(x) where it is y+1? Or triangle one where u have to find the impossible side length where pr and pq are like 117 and 115
• u/Standard-Walk6172 · 1 · link
  There is a triangle theorem which states that the sum of any two sides of a triangle should be greater than the third side
• u/SpoiledChery · 1 · link
  Was the triangle question in which you had to find the impossible side length experimental, I have never seen a question like that in the question bank.
• u/14ProfHyuuga88forTND · 1 · link
  the right answer was 2: the given side lengths were 110 and 112 i think. if you put the two lines on top of each other starting at the exact same point, the two end points will be 2 units away from each other (because 112 - 110 = 2). but this is a triangle, so the two starting and ending points can't be colinear; the 110-line and the 112-line must be put at an angle. but that will surely increase the distance between the two ending points, so that is is greater than 2. hence, the third side is longer than 2 units and 2 is impossible.
• u/Crash_FNF_Eddsworld · 1 · link
  Really? I only got the question with triangle PQR wrong
• u/Crash_FNF_Eddsworld · 1 · link
  127
  
  Didn’t know about that whole “The longest side of a triangle must be less than the combined sized of the other two”

What students concluded: Most posters chose 2. Two long replies explain why: the third side must be longer than the difference and shorter than the sum of the other two sides.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Call the known sides a and b. The third side x must satisfy |a − b| < x < a + b.
2. For 107 and 109: 2 < x < 216.
3. A length of 2 equals the difference, so the three segments would lie flat on one line. That is not a triangle.
4. Every other choice (3, 109, 110) sits inside the range, so 2 is the answer.

Trap: Picking a big choice like 110 because it "looks" too long. The upper limit is the sum, 216.

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• u/Vegetable-Wrap-2889 · 1 · link
  Matha md2 last question sina(60/61) anyone?
• u/higuyshehe · 1 · link
  tan b was r 60/11 I think
• u/No-Marionberry2134 · 1 · link
  did yall get the sin(14/15) or smth one and u have to get tnagent
• u/woah-dino · 1 · link
  One question was wrong in Math module: It said that tan t (one of the 45° angles) was 9/38 while tan for a traingle with equal sides should be 1 right? Or am I missing something?
• u/Putrid-Strike-3681 · 1 · link
  If it was an equilateral you can’t do trig functions unless you split it into a 30 60 90 . If it was isosceles it should be 1. Also college board never makes wrong questions
• u/higuyshehe · 1 · link
  I might be wrong, but I used the similar triangle logic. I MIGHT BE WRONG THO
• u/woah-dino · 1 · link
  If tan was given and said that two sides are equal then how come it can be equilateral or isosceles? Yeah Ik I am missing something
• u/Traditional-Bug-730 · 1 · link
  for me sina was 24/25 and the asked tan b , which was equal
  
  to tan a
• u/Honest_Situation_460 · 2 · link
  I got 40/9 mine was sin a 40/41
• u/Own_Stress_683 · 1 · link
  wait rlly? tan b was easier module?

What students concluded: Students disagreed about which angle the question asked for. Some read B as the corresponding angle in a similar triangle (same tan as A); others treated it as the other acute angle.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. From sin A = opposite/hypotenuse, label the side opposite A and the hypotenuse. For 60/61: opposite 60, hypotenuse 61.
2. Find the missing leg: √(61² − 60²) = √121 = 11.
3. tan A = opposite/adjacent = 60/11.
4. If B is the other acute angle of the same triangle, tan B = 11/60 (the reciprocal). If B corresponds to A in a similar triangle, tan B = tan A.

Trap: Mixing up the two acute angles. Draw the triangle and mark which side is opposite the angle the question names.

Replies (11), oldest first:

• u/AdvantageOk5520 · 1 · link
  what did you pick for the cement sand question?
• u/AdvantageOk5520 · 1 · link
  guys for the cement sand ratio question what did you pick?
  
  for me the ratio was 2:3 so i picked
  2s=3c or smth
  and then s+c=smth
• u/Crystal_0305 · 2 · link
  I think it was definitely s=4c because I think there was a sentence about the sand being 4 times more than the cement volume and the answers had s=c which were wrong
• u/Fit-Tonight-1223 · 2 · link
  my ratio was 7:3 so i did 3s=7c
• u/Educational_Bus_5101 · 1 · link
  Shouldn’t it be 7s=3c because they said 7 parts sand to 3 parts cement
• u/Fit-Tonight-1223 · 1 · link
  Look they said volume is in ratio 7:3 sand to cement.
  So 7/3 =s/c right?
  Now cross multiply
  7c=3s thats the logic
• u/OpenJob2602 · 1 · link
  I had the polar bear, sand to cement ratio but not the other ones u mentioned so I think ur good dude
• u/Opposite_Whole4749 · 1 · link
  you got different ratios than mine. I had 3/2 ratio.
• u/Lonely_Owl_5085 · 2 · link
  s + c = total
  2c =3s
  
  U should switch whatever ratio you get between s and c
• u/NoAction3157 · 1 · link
  Does anyone know any questions for english and math that were hard module? For math i know the cement was hard module so i got that one but what is english hard module i remember i got words like belies and thwarts they were pretty hard
• u/Appropriate_Study972 · 1 · link
  what did yout for that cement one

What students concluded: Students split between 3s = 7c and 7s = 3c. u/Fit-Tonight-1223 explained the cross-multiplication that gives 3s = 7c.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Write the ratio as a fraction: sand/cement = 7/3, so s/c = 7/3.
2. Cross-multiply: 3s = 7c.
3. Add the total-volume equation the question gives: s + c = total.
4. Check with numbers: s = 7 and c = 3 makes 3(7) = 7(3), so the equation is right.

Trap: Writing 7s = 3c because 7 "goes with" sand. Plug in s = 7, c = 3 to catch it.

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• u/Outrageous-Rope-8047 · 2 · link
  Why was module 1 of maths so difficult? Module 2 was hard too but 1 was insane in terms of what they asked.One geometry circle question was very tricky and for y-k,k value was very unintuitive like k-13a or smt and for English module 2 WHAT THE ACTUAL F***.Why was the reading questions so long?I know this rant is always here in this sub reddit but it was LONG long I went there planning to leave the 2 longest and prolly took me like 5 mins to even decide which one to do because of each ones length.Out of like 10 reading ones I left 5(randomly guessed).I didn't have to reread many tires but damn this was tough.I also gave the Sept SAT and can confirm this is much much harder
• u/Glad_Alfalfa4374 · 1 · link
  anything related to unit circle questions?
• u/asimkanal · 1 · link
  What was that arc question DA is two times AB or something 😭😭
• u/higuyshehe · 1 · link
  got one abt unit circle being tangent with x=7..? or something
• u/Fine-Adhesiveness-26 · 2 · link
  i sais 18pi
• u/Traditional-Bug-730 · 1 · link
  do you remember the circumference ?
• u/Street-Leading4979 · 1 · link
  u had to divide the circumference by 6 then multiply by 2
• u/Suspicious_Abies7822 · 1 · link
  did anyone get 18 pi for the cirlce question with the diameters AC and BD i think it was
• u/Suspicious_Abies7822 · 1 · link
  did anyone get the questoin where the cirucmfrance was 48 pi and it was like 1 arc is 3x more than the other arc that one
• u/Suspicious_Abies7822 · 1 · link
  it was 18 pi p sure what question did u have

What students concluded: Several students settled on 18π. One reply said to divide the circumference by 6 and multiply by 2, which fits a different set of numbers.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Two diameters cut the circle so that arcs on one side add up to a semicircle, half the circumference.
2. With a circumference of 48π, a semicircle is 24π.
3. If one arc is 3 times the other on that half: x + 3x = 24π, so x = 6π and the larger arc is 18π.
4. For other numbers, set up the same equation: the arcs on one side of a diameter sum to half the circumference.

Trap: Splitting the whole circumference (48π) instead of the semicircle.

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• u/Crystal_0305 · 1 · link
  the mass was 152k for me tho, 810 was one of the answer choices so I chose that
• u/Fit-Tonight-1223 · 2 · link
  My mod 2 was so easy except 2-3 really hard ones bro😭
  One question in between was the M star K star one quettagrams weight, its was EXACTLY from PT 11 mod 2
• u/Lazy-Tonight8418 · 1 · link
  # of M-type stars was in the 800s, maybe its different.
  
  numbers were different tho
• u/Pitiful_Bet_7715 · 2 · link
  Did anyone get that cluster stars question? What was it out of 805 and 936
• u/Outrageous_Job_1908 · 1 · link
  You like at the m which is the x intercept and divide it the answers may differ because they give different values for different students so it is the lowest option always or answer is always a no matter what
• u/GamingZI6 · 1 · link
  Wasn't it 804? You divide the total number with the x-intercept?
• u/percemonia · 1 · link
  and for the M and N stars which summed up to 121078 ir smth like that. It asked the mass of each M star. I choose smth 842 or the answer choice D
• u/Educational_Dog_4142 · 1 · link
  Yeah you just had to divided the total by the intercept. Yo did you get the New York lawyer one for reading and writing?
• u/Low-Fun5142 · 1 · link
  Wait i might be stupid but for the stars dont u js take the x intercept.....and divide it from the total

What students concluded: Students reported answers near 804, 810 and 842. Several said the method is to divide the total mass by the x-intercept.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. The graph is the line (mass of one M star)x + (mass of one K star)y = total.
2. At the x-intercept, y = 0, so every bit of mass comes from M stars.
3. Mass of one M star = total mass ÷ x-intercept.
4. Pick the choice closest to that quotient.

Trap: Dividing by the y-intercept, which gives the mass of one K-type star.

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• u/Ali_ishim · 1 · link
  I lowkey failed to do that question I tried using regression it didn't work😭😭 I just guessed 400
• u/Opposite_Whole4749 · 1 · link
  yeah but the 9 option had 2 solutions i guess?
• u/Solid_Aspect_1986 · 1 · link
  Did anyone get a quadratic that equals -nx that insects at one point or something what was the answer
• u/Hot-Collection4216 · 1 · link
  4 is the ans.u got to do it with discriminant formula
• u/Ok-Librarian1487 · 1 · link
  Nahh mine was a bit different mine had parallel lines so that the equation had one solution it was like 9x+3 i got 0 for the answer
• u/Fun-Argument3684 · 2 · link
  yess it asked like some linear eq = a, and asked a for a value that is only 1 solution, it was 0 i think?
• u/AliWasHere1 · 1 · link
  Finding the constant a?

What students concluded: Several students used the discriminant. One used a Desmos slider until the graphs touched once.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Move every term to one side: ax² + (b + n)x + c = 0.
2. One solution means the discriminant is zero: (b + n)² − 4ac = 0.
3. Solve for n, then answer what the question asks (for example n² ÷ 12).

Trap: Stopping at n when the question asks for an expression in n.

Desmos tip: Graph both sides with a slider for n and drag until the line touches the parabola at one point.

Replies (9), oldest first:

• u/Fine-Adhesiveness-26 · 1 · link
  did anyone else get this question: f(x) = ab^n f(n)=p and f(n+1) is something something % less than p? what did you answer?
• u/Ok-Rabbit5035 · 1 · link
  b) it was the inverse of whatever precnetage it was for example i got 29% less so i chose b=0.71
• u/AdvantageOk5520 · 1 · link
  yeah same i got 0.63 but that’s cuz i had diff numbers
• u/Several_Maybe_419 · 2 · link
  Yeah it was so my answer was 0.61. Sorry bout that btw running out of time sucks
• u/Several_Maybe_419 · 1 · link
  You were suppose to solve the equation for b btw
• u/Medical-One-5995 · 1 · link
  0.77 was b
• u/Traditional-Bug-730 · 1 · link
  was your question like the p was x % less , mine was 25 percent less
• u/Alarmed_Tough_3194 · 1 · link
  0.72
• u/Lazy-Tonight8418 · 1 · link
  mine was 23% less, so 0.77. it changes

What students concluded: Posters agreed that b is 1 minus the percent as a decimal. One student wrote that they guessed 0.28 before running out of time.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. f(n + 1) = f(n) × b, so b is the ratio of one value to the one before it.
2. "p% less" means you keep (100 − p)% of the value.
3. So b = 1 − p/100. For 29% less, b = 0.71. For 23% less, b = 0.77. For 25% less, b = 0.75.

Trap: Choosing p/100 (such as 0.29 or 0.28). That is the part you lose, not the part you keep.

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• u/Different-Living3734 · 2 · link
  Did anyone get the population in 2022,2023 question?
• u/Proper_Trick4746 · 2 · link
  Did anyone get a math question about population of 2022, 2023, 2024?
• u/asimkanal · 1 · link
  Whats the answer of the question where population of 2020 was 20% more than that of 2019 and population of 2021 was 18% more than that of 2020 was it 0.706…
• u/Illustrious_Row2527 · 2 · link
  Spadefoot Qn I got 0.712
• u/Illustrious_Row2527 · 1 · link
  I’m sure it was 0.712 100%
• u/inieveyd · 1 · link
  What was the one were 2022 is 20% more than 2021, 23 is 13% more than 22 an it ask how much as in 21 as of 23 idk it thats 21 compared to 23 or 23 to 21
• u/hyipcass · 1 · link
  what was the ans of the question in maths m2 the dates were given 2022,2023,2024 ig it was percentage question
• u/asimkanal · 1 · link
  0.706 ig but mine was 20% and 18%

What students concluded: Both numbers came up because students had different percents. A student with 20% then 18% reported 0.706; another was sure of 0.712.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Turn each increase into a multiplier: 20% more is × 1.20, 18% more is × 1.18.
2. Multiply the multipliers: 1.20 × 1.18 = 1.416. So the 2021 population is 1.416 times the 2019 population.
3. If the question asks for the 2019 population as a multiple of 2021, take the reciprocal: 1 ÷ 1.416 ≈ 0.706.
4. With 20% and 17%, the same steps give 1 ÷ 1.404 ≈ 0.712, which shows how one changed percent explains the two answers.

Trap: Adding the percents (38%) instead of multiplying the factors.

Desmos tip: Type 1/(1.2*1.18) to check the reciprocal in one line.

Replies (8), oldest first:

• u/OkGeologist4061 · 2 · link
  Did one anyone get the tables in mod 2 with data values 1,2,3,4 and different frequencies. It asked for the one with the smallest standard deviation which was it?
• u/Educational_Dog_4142 · 1 · link
  Yeah you had to use stdevp
• u/Dull_Bit3562 · 2 · link
  Least standard deviation is the one where the freq is cincentrated in the middle right
• u/nxsji · 1 · link
  Your right the one with all same values has the highest stdev
• u/OkGeologist4061 · 1 · link
  I'm not sure but I think the table with the smallest standard deviation would form a bell curve if represented on a dot plot for example, since the frequency is the same for all values that would just form a flat line, I'm not super sure this is what I got from Gemini
• u/GamingZI6 · 1 · link
  I chose that but I asked Claude apparently smth evenly spread mean the standard deviation is more spread out smth like that
• u/Lanky_Success_4225 · 1 · link
  I had the SD question: p-5p,p,p,p+5 and so on. I think it was like that, but the question asked for the biggest difference or sm I frogot
• u/nxsji · 1 · link
  Basically stdev means how spread out from the mean it is- so the more values closer to the mean the less [2,3,3,4] the stdev, the more no of values always from the mean the more the deviation[2,3,3,4,5,6,6] (i.e difference from the mean)

What students concluded: Students disagreed. Some said frequencies piled in the middle give the smallest spread; others thought equal frequencies did, after checking with Gemini or Claude.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Standard deviation measures how far the data sits from the mean.
2. Frequencies stacked in the middle values put most data close to the mean, so the standard deviation is small.
3. Frequencies stacked at the two ends (1 and 4) put most data far from the mean, so it is large.
4. Equal frequencies sit between those two cases.

Trap: Thinking "even" means "small". A flat table still spreads the data across every value.

Desmos tip: Type each table as a list with repeats, for example [1,2,2,2,3,3,3,4], and compare stdevp() for each list.

More replies (7), oldest first:

• u/AdvantageOk5520 · 2 · link
  anyone got a question asking you to find the probability of smth belonging to group B (or something along the lines of that) given that it travels up to 20 miles? there was a table given and this was in maths module 2. i got 0.254 smth so it was 13/51
• u/IamFrosty333 · 1 · link
  the group B was something 16/63
• u/Ready-Letterhead8040 · 2 · link
  what questions yall struggle in in mod 2??? i had a probability questionn of direction a b and c with diff speeds and i was js lost in that one tbh.
• u/Ready-Letterhead8040 · 1 · link
  broo it was a long list, ill say what i remember tho.
  
  -76 objects had diff speeds and travled in diff direcetions
  - 3 columns were speed less than 10, 10-20 and greater than 20,
  
  - 3 rows were direction and a, b and c,
  
  -total was 76(i think)
  
  -i was asked for probability of an object in direction b, given that speed is at most 20
  -direction b had 9, 11,and 10 in its column summing up to 30
• u/Born_Huckleberry_775 · 1 · link
  im a bit confused abt the wording does the n(s) include objects 20m/s and above or not??
• u/Ready-Letterhead8040 · 1 · link
  if ur talking abt the questions wording it would mean less than 10 and 10-20
• u/RealClassroom9701 · 1 · link
  What about probability in the first module it say that at most 25 something anyone remember what is the answer

What students concluded: One student listed the B row as 9, 11 and 10. Another asked whether "at most 20" includes the 10 to 20 column.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. "Given" tells you the group you divide by. Here: all objects with speed at most 20.
2. Add the first two speed columns (less than 10, and 10 to 20) for every direction. That sum is the denominator.
3. Add direction B's entries in those same two columns. With 9 and 11, the numerator is 20.
4. Divide the numerator by the denominator.

Trap: Dividing by the whole table, or by B's row total, instead of the "given" group.

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• u/Educational_Dog_4142 · 2 · link
  Guys!!!!
  
  Who got the one with the ai painting (logical completion) ? It was smth like: they showed the humans a video of the ai painting and yeah something like that.
  
  Also what did you guys put for the Grande Terre Claude text 1 and 2 one?
  
  Did you guys get the two fractions with constant r and it asked for the value when w(x) is 0?
  
  Also I remember putting convoluted, Inequitable, supplement, dearth, and anything else I’m missing guys? Were these right
  
  Also what about the module 1 math Muhammad question? He was driving his car from his house and it was either increasing or constant slope. Do you guys remember what it was?
• u/Educational_Dog_4142 · 2 · link
  Who got the MUHAMMED INCREASING/CONSTANT SLOPE ONE THIS IS STRESSING ME OUT
• u/OpenJob2602 · 1 · link
  I got tha one is it constant speed???
• u/Many_Instance_7722 · 1 · link
  Was it increasing or constant?
• u/Square_Sell8326 · 1 · link
  yes it is. the derivative is constant, hence the speed is as well

What students concluded: Students chose "drove away at a constant speed, stayed, then returned at a constant speed".

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. A straight rising segment means distance grows at a constant rate: he drives away at a constant speed.
2. A flat segment means distance does not change: he stays in one place.
3. A falling segment means he gets closer to home: he drives back.

Trap: Reading a flat segment as constant speed. Flat means zero speed.

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• u/Competitive_Rule2711 · 2 · link
  I only had median lol
• u/Ok-Yak4 · 1 · link
  what was the answer of histogram data analysis question on math module 2?
• u/Opposite_Whole4749 · 1 · link
  I selected that the mean changed but median stayed same. Idk i think maybe im wrong
• u/Tough_Gate_2908 · 1 · link
  In module q there was a question about median and mean where they become lower by adding 23 pounds of fish, do both the median and mean decrease?
• u/Particular-Draw-2834 · 1 · link
  only mean HAS to decrease, the median is unkown because the values are ranges (f.E 70-75)

What students concluded: The top reply in this group, "only mean", has a score of 14. u/Particular-Draw-2834 explained that the median is unknown because the data is grouped in ranges.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Adding a value below the mean (or lowering a value) pulls the mean down every time.
2. The median depends on the middle position. With grouped ranges you cannot tell whether the middle value moves.
3. So only the mean must decrease.

Trap: Assuming the median moves with the mean. It may stay in the same range.

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• u/No_Kaleidoscope_2063 · 1 · link
  what was the quadilateral, trapezoidal and standart deviations answers on math mod2?
• u/Fant_oM · 1 · link
  What was the answer tot he quadrilatral one bro it gave a single angle right?
• u/Fant_oM · 1 · link
  For rhe trapizoid it was something like 64 and length of 5 so i got aoemthing as 64•25
• u/Tough_Gate_2908 · 1 · link
  What did u guys get for the area of the trapezoid that has its length 9x of the other trapezoid
• u/No_Kaleidoscope_2063 · 1 · link
  trapezoidal i did it 4455 prolly wrong tho and for the quadiliteral i dont remember 😭😭 maybe its 6 idk
• u/Square_Sell8326 · 1 · link
  if you were asked to find the area of the bigger one given k of dilation and area of the smaller, then the answer would be Sk2; in my case i got 9254=4 374

What students concluded: Students posted 64 × 25 and 4,455. u/koooogel called it "the trapezoid curveball".

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. When lengths scale by k, areas scale by k².
2. Bigger area = smaller area × k².
3. With a scale of 5 and an area of 64: 64 × 25 = 1,600. With a scale of 9, multiply by 81.

Trap: Multiplying the area by k instead of k².

Replies (7), oldest first:

• u/Tough_Gate_2908 · 2 · link
  In module 2 there was a question about W(x)= 2x+40 and it asked what the total amount of mins was needed to mow the grass or something, what did u guys get
• u/14ProfHyuuga88forTND · 1 · link
  it was just the same as the y intercept 60 iirc
• u/AdvantageOk5520 · 1 · link
  i thought it was asking us to interpret the slope in this context i thought it asked for the minutes taken to mow each acre of grass no? i don’t remember them giving us a number to plug in
• u/AdvantageOk5520 · 1 · link
  guys do you remember what the mowing grass question with the function w(x)=6x+40 was asking/what the answer was? i remember 6 and 40 being the answer choices. it was the first question of maths module 2
• u/AdvantageOk5520 · 1 · link
  i thought 6x represented the time required to cut x acres of grass (or something like that) and then 40 was the time required to mow the lawn which is done separately?
• u/Termod24 · 1 · link
  It's gonna be 40 cause mowing the grass is fixed ie 40 what x represented was like the area or smth i dont remember but it was like for x smth the total mowing, so for mowing grass it's the independent term 40
• u/AdvantageOk5520 · 1 · link
  but i swear 40 was the time taken to mow the lawn and 6 (6x) represented the time taken to cut x acres of grass

What students concluded: Students debated whether 40 was the answer and what x stood for.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. In W(x) = mx + b, b is the value when x = 0. Here 40 minutes is the fixed time that does not depend on x.
2. The slope m is the extra minutes for each 1 unit of x.
3. Match each number to the words in the question. If it asks for the time that does not change with x, the answer is 40.

Trap: Swapping the slope and the intercept meanings.

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• u/GlumScholar1330 · 1 · link
  what was the last question in mod 2 for math
• u/Own_Stress_683 · 2 · link
  the triangle one?
• u/Smooth-Bumblebee-785 · 1 · link
  What’s the answer to the last math question? The triangle with 99 as a side length
• u/Guilty_Pumpkin2981 · 1 · link
  What was the area of triangle with AC as 180 or something
• u/King_Master281 · 1 · link
  I remember AB being 132. Also, was it given that the triangle is equilateral? Because I don't remember that. It was way harder than usual SAT questions. Do you think it was an experimental one?
• u/CheekOld8845 · 1 · link
  I do think it was an experimental one, and I assumed the triangle was equilateral but since it wasn't mentioned, I dropped that thread. And about 132, I think we got different values but the same question.

What students concluded: Two students thought it was an experimental question. Nobody posted a full answer.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Students did not post enough of the figure to solve it.
2. For setups like this: a segment parallel to one side cuts off a similar triangle, so matching sides keep the same ratio.
3. Use the given angles to decide whether a special right triangle (30-60-90) appears, then set up the ratio.

Replies (6), oldest first:

• u/TurnipCommercial2370 · 1 · link
  Was there anything like increased 50% and project it in minutes?
• u/rijoe55 · 1 · link
  the exponential growth one?
• u/Tough_Gate_2908 · 1 · link
  What did u guys get for the 2nd module question about the model of bacteria that increases by 50% and it asked to find the value of k
• u/Objective_Baby9090 · 1 · link
  I got 48 too cause it as 5/4 as a power and to make it into you multiply with 4/5. So the value of t increases every 4/5 hours. Prolly got it wrong
• u/itsastrangeparadiise · 1 · link
  y=a(2)6t/5 where t was the hour. I got 72 when converting to minutes.
• u/Solid_Aspect_1986 · 1 · link
  Did anyone has the bacteria multiplies by 50% every k minutes exponential question what did u guys choose

What students concluded: Students posted 48 minutes and 72 minutes for their versions.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Write the model as P = a(1.5)^(t/k). The count grows 50% each time t/k rises by 1.
2. If the model has an exponent like (5/4)t with t in hours, the growth step is 4/5 of an hour.
3. Convert: 4/5 × 60 = 48 minutes.

Trap: Leaving the answer in hours, or using 5/4 instead of 4/5.

Replies (5), oldest first:

• u/send_help247 · 0 · link
  a -> 3900% of c
  c -> 25% of b
  a - b = wc find w
  i got 35
• u/blockeatblock101 · 2 · link
  The percentages were different for me
• u/InevitableCause47 · 1 · link
  same mine was a is 2700 percent of c and c is 20 percent of b, a-b=wc, find w, I got 22
• u/Guilty_Pumpkin2981 · 1 · link
  what was b in the percentage sum question
• u/Traditional-Bug-730 · 1 · link
  680 is 1120% of b+c one and then b 55% of c that one?

What students concluded: The two students who posted full numbers both found w with the same pattern.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Write a = (N/100)c.
2. Write c = (M/100)b, so b = (100/M)c.
3. Then a − b = (N/100 − 100/M)c, so w = N/100 − 100/M.
4. Check: 3,900% and 25% give 39 − 4 = 35. 2,700% and 20% give 27 − 5 = 22.

Trap: Writing b = (M/100)c, which flips the second statement.

Replies (4), oldest first:

• u/AdvantageOk5520 · 1 · link
  for me it was 132pi
• u/aliawesome05 · 1 · link
  Did anyone else get the if an angle in radians measures 36 pi something something .. then what is it in degrees? Something like that
• u/Tough_Gate_2908 · 1 · link
  There was a question saying convert the following from radians to degrees, the given was (95)(90)(2pi) what did y’all get
• u/Rkmaster25367 · 1 · link
  I had 2x and i got an answer of 12pi?

What students concluded: Students picked (65)(360).

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. 2π radians equals 360 degrees.
2. So (k)(2π) radians = (k)(360) degrees.
3. For (65)(2π), the answer is (65)(360).

Trap: Multiplying by 180 instead of 360 for a 2π factor.

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• u/Own_Stress_683 · 1 · link
  guys math mod 1 had this qs of exponential growth was it 154(2)^t/4 or 218(2)^t/4
• u/inieveyd · 1 · link
  Anyone got the math question like 7000(3/2)4/3t where t is the hours and it asled how many minutes for 50% change. What do you think is the score of this problem too
• u/Tough_Gate_2908 · 1 · link
  Ye cuz It said it doubled in 2 years so it’s why I picked 152

What students concluded: One student picked 152(2)^(t/4) because the quantity doubled and the starting value had to be smaller.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. In a(2)^(t/4), a is the value when t = 0, and the quantity doubles every 4 units of t.
2. Pick the a that matches the value at the time the question calls t = 0.
3. For 7,000(3/2)^((4/3)t), the quantity grows 50% every 3/4 hour, which is 45 minutes.

Trap: Using a value from a later year as the starting value a.

Replies (4), oldest first:

• u/Neither-Average-2721 · 0 · link
  What'd you get for that vx= tx-3 find x coordinate of x intercept question
• u/Neither-Average-2721 · 1 · link
  what'd you get for that vx=tx-3 find x intercept question
• u/Neither-Average-2721 · 2 · link
  Did anyone get the math question which was like v(x) = T(X)-3 find the x intercept?
• u/Potential-Middle-383 · 1 · link
  But it’s quite easy (if I’m right). Just type t(x) into desmos and -3 then you got the answer. (Hope I’m right)

What students concluded: One student solved it in Desmos by typing t(x) − 3.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. v(x) = 0 exactly where t(x) = 3.
2. Find the x-value where t equals 3 (from the graph or table of t).
3. That x-value is the x-intercept of v.

Desmos tip: Graph t(x) − 3 and click where it crosses the x-axis.

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• u/Solid_Aspect_1986 · 1 · link
  Did anyone get the polar bear was it just y=36
• u/Solid_Aspect_1986 · 1 · link
  The polar bear ate 36 something something fat during 9 days which equation represents this situstion

What students concluded: Students asked whether the answer was y = 36. Nobody posted the full question.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Students did not post enough of this question to rebuild it.
2. For a rate setup, find the amount per day first (total ÷ days), then write y = (rate)x.

Replies (3), oldest first:

• u/Jazzlike-Cash-1598 · 1 · link
  Did anyone get a qs in math module two with conditions. I chose condition two and three were true.
• u/Honest_Situation_460 · 1 · link
  f(x)=6(x-a)(x-b)(x-c) smth?
• u/Mysterious_Common298 · 1 · link
  Did someone have the question in mod 2 math about the polynomial function SMT(X-A)(X-B)(X-C) and it is a positive function, there were also points of that function (r,s) r is 5

What students concluded: Students posted the form but no final answer.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. The zeros are a, b and c. The sign of the polynomial can change only at those zeros.
2. Test one x-value in each interval to see where the product is positive.
3. Use the given point: s = f(5), so plug x = 5 into the factored form.

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• u/Lanky_Success_4225 · 1 · link
  The density question was experimental u guys reckon?

What students concluded: One student asked whether it was experimental; nobody posted the numbers.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Density = mass ÷ volume.
2. Keep the units the question uses, for example grams per cubic centimeter.

Trap: Dividing volume by mass.

Replies (2), oldest first:

• u/OkGeologist4061 · 1 · link
  Did anyone get a question in mod2 where they say that in a bookstore 24% of all books are fiction. Of the remaining, 69% are mystery, the remaining are romance. If there are 2354 romance books, how many total books are there?
  
  The numbers arent the most accurate but similar enough, also is this question considered harder or easier bcz I def got it wrong so I hope it won't affect my score by that much
• u/Rkmaster25367 · 1 · link
  I got cars in a dealership
  
  22% of them were sedans and if 22 cars were there smth how much was total

What students concluded: The student said the numbers were not exact. Nobody posted an answer.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. After fiction, 76% of the books are left.
2. Romance is 31% of that remainder, so romance = 0.76 × 0.31 × total.
3. Total = romance ÷ (0.76 × 0.31). With the numbers as remembered the result is not a whole number, which matches the student's note that the numbers were off.

Trap: Taking 31% of the whole store instead of 31% of the remainder.

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• u/Disastrous-Count-746 · 1 · link
  Math ?
• u/Abject-Top2516 · 2 · link
  How did you guys feel about the math in comparison to august or october?
• u/Guilty_Pumpkin2981 · 2 · link
  What was 1/ sin f
• u/No-Marionberry2134 · 1 · link
  Did anyone ge t apercentage question last question of mod 1 math that was like 27.smth for a and u had to find times the percentage to get b
• u/Guilty_Pumpkin2981 · 1 · link
  17/514 underroot?
• u/Acidaliaplantatia · 1 · link
  I don’t remember I did it lengthy way by cos^-1 the first one using triangle rule and doing the other,
• u/TriggeredWPOPS · 1 · link
  Did anyone have a question where the answer was like the fourth root of 7 and p raised to the third was it module 2 or 1 and if it was module 2 what difficulty was it
• u/Grand_Tailor_3974 · 1 · link
  bro I feel like my math went s***ty idkUFSUUFI
• u/AdvantageOk5520 · 1 · link
  yes i js graphed them out
• u/Own_Stress_683 · 1 · link
  math mod 2:
  10 additional days and blah blah rent
  420x+235
  235x+235
  420x-235
  smtg along these lines, what was the ans?
• u/altsoofi · 1 · link
  did anyone get that indices question with x to the power of n in math module 1
• u/Ralolsei · 1 · link
  that was math module 2 and im pretty sure the ans was 10
• u/Relative_Witness_979 · 1 · link
  SAME SAME
  AND ALSO WAS SO CONFUSED ABOUT WHICH EQUATIONS HAVE INFINITE SOLUTIONS SMTH
• u/Pineappleonpizzaman · 1 · link
  Did anyone get a math question in m2 about 1/k or something and they ask to find the x intercept of the x coordinate?
• u/GamingZI6 · 1 · link
  Which one was this? The one in the second module where you had to find the x-intercept of k or smth like that?
• u/Educational_Dog_4142 · 1 · link
  Yessir I put that too. What else do you remember from rw/math
• u/OkGeologist4061 · 1 · link
  U mean in desmos? Wouldn't that take forever?
• u/asimkanal · 1 · link
  If somebody remembers the actual wording of the question we will be able to figure it out but the wording was kinda odd
• u/nxsji · 1 · link
  Yess maths module I think it was two system of equations and then they ask for x in (x,y) intersection point
• u/Own_Stress_683 · 1 · link
  what kind of qs did u get in math second mod
• u/InevitableCause47 · 1 · link
  it was the x coordinate in a system of equations
• u/Sad_Department_7068 · 2 · link
  Hard module 2 math
  What was the answer for the second last question i think the answer choice where u had to tell two equations
  The ratio of something was 2/5 i think
  With the s=c
  And i think 2s +3c =760 or some
• u/Fragrant-Opening8276 · 1 · link
  Did anyone get in module math 2
  About fuction j is defined by something and something like k is defined by something…..
  And also the increasing quantity of something
• u/Objective_Baby9090 · 1 · link
  Yes and the total volume was 4000+ so defo different values
• u/bangercutiefulgoogoo · 1 · link
  uhh sorry I totally forget. My head is empty because of math mod2 lol
• u/christiahayek · 1 · link
  math, yes. rw, no way
• u/Otherwise_Shame5367 · 2 · link
  howd u do on math?
• u/i_get_no_play · 1 · link
  Math has 22 questions?
• u/Wise-End-815 · 1 · link
  how was math mod 2? compared to last few months
• u/Fabulous_Air2182 · 1 · link
  was there a lot of geometry

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More replies (41), oldest first:

• u/Icy_Conclusion_445 · 1 · link
  Did anyone get like a question in Math mod2 where it’s like an equation but the answer was like a decimal?
• u/HotCorner205 · 1 · link
  High 1300s ig cause I completed maths very easily both were hard sets but I missed 4 questions in module 2 like my time's up so i just guessed the answers but left the response type answer and in english same my time's up my time management is s*** in module 2 I got very little time so same guessed some answers but I done module 1 effortlessly.lol let's hope I get 1600 in dec
• u/Alive_Obligation_409 · 1 · link
  No not really I got math hard module and it didn’t feel like it was hard
• u/forthemoontorise · 1 · link
  bro i was sweating it was horrible😭😭😭 but i think both maths were easier than all the sats i took
• u/WillingnessTotal7412 · 1 · link
  Is the math harder or easier? Where can i find accurate math?
• u/WillingnessTotal7412 · 1 · link
  Is the math the thing where if you do well on mod1 you get hard questions on mod2 or something
• u/redridingpony · 1 · link
  Imo eng was easier than oct but math was a bit difficult compared to oct but i had enough of time. I think i js left the last geo q blank
• u/Ok-Drawer-3309 · 1 · link
  yeah math was lowk so easy, i did an unschedules bathroom break and was still left with 5 minutes
• u/logicsweb · 2 · link
  Man module 1 for math was smooth but module 2, got cooked
• u/sandwitchsunn · 1 · link
  i thought it was easier and honestly I don't really know where to fins accurate math other than the bluebook tests or the student question bank
• u/Dry_Umpire_1672 · 1 · link
  If you get 1-2 wrong on module one of math does that give you an easier module of math?(I'm guessing I might've gotten one wrong)
  
  I think I got the difficult module but I'm skeptical cause some hard questions discussed here I definitely got it but some I didn't get
• u/riceeater333 · 1 · link
  MODULE 2 MATH WAS CRAZYYYYY
• u/PANPIZZAisawesome · 1 · link
  I don’t think so because math module 2 was easy as f***, just a little tedious. I highly doubt I got easy module 2 owing to the fact that I have never in any of my previous attempts nor any of my practice tests not gotten hard math module 2
• u/Pecorinoa1 · 1 · link
  Is it just me but the math problems on 2m math was just like paragraphs genuinely may have gotten 3 digit score
• u/Mother_Ask6956 · 1 · link
  math mod 2 was challenging but not as hard as what i expected and all the free response questions were very easy
• u/hashirutookutodoku · 1 · link
  Both module 1s were easier for sure. English module 2 was about the same as June and Math module 2 was like nothing I'd ever seen before but not necessarily harder than June
• u/Potential_Song3742 · 1 · link
  yeah for math defo i felt that eng was horrid tho
• u/Professional_Hour445 · 1 · link
  This is what I hate about the new SAT. Everyone wants to do everything using the calculator. Some things shouldn't require a calculator to complete. This is one of them.
• u/Boss-fight601 · 1 · link
  I got no circle questions in the math module, am I cooked?
• u/dumpyfrog · 1 · link
  Bro so much bullshit in the second english module… Insurance policy and tax forms and all these shenanigans. And the math stg you think youre doing good until youre on question 15 with 10 mins left
• u/QuickCartographer105 · 2 · link
  Didn't feel this way at all. All of RW seemed pretty simple. Though you are correct with the math. M2 had really weird formatting for some questions.
• u/PuplKirbs3 · 2 · link
  The Math was def easier than the October one. The October one felt much harder than this.
• u/Dazzling_Egg_2519 · 2 · link
  Yeah fr I thought it was js me but mod 1 math was also kinda hard at the end
• u/mysticmind_407 · 2 · link
  most of the test was alright. just some english module 2 graphs were killing me, so much complicated reading. There was 1 geo question that tripped me up. can someone tell me why there was a concert going on right next to my test building 😭😭
• u/tsiming_in · 1 · link
  Yes i got the rectangle question, dyk if thats the easy or hard math mod???
• u/lueY- · 0 · link
  I felt like mod 1 for reading was so hard, mod 2 felt less harder not really easy so I’m not sure if I got the easy or hard module since I did have a few longer questions on mod 1. On mod 1 for math I had to do a double take because it felt too easy. But I think I may have gotten the easy mod 2 because it felt the same smh
• u/marsai1 · 2 · link
  I agree. The math section was mind blowingly easy.
• u/thefallen-fruit · 1 · link
  same my mod 2 math was 1000x more easier even though i felt like i did pretty good on mod 1
• u/lueY- · 0 · link
  Sorry just correcting myself here: I got the longer questions on mod 2 I meant, not mod 1
• u/illusion0410 · 1 · link
  nah it was easy, s+c = total and i thnk it was 4s = c or it might been the othr way around. as long as u got the ratio right
• u/OneBlacksmith7021 · 2 · link
  Bro I do terrible in math every time and both seemed easy
• u/imyoungever · 1 · link
  I feel like this too, whole math section was easier than sat practice test
• u/Rich_Construction891 · 2 · link
  i think i got the easy math module can anyone who knows they got the hard one drop questions they god
• u/ashwinchati · 1 · link
  gasp this was my first sat and it was bad 🧍 I think I did so bad on the first reading to the point where I unlocked the easy second 😪 math was easy for me throughout aside from a few questions though
• u/PsychologicalYak8818 · 1 · link
  Was math easy with desmos
• u/jasper504 · 2 · link
  i had the same thing... hopefully a shared experience means we all got a good module and not a easy one.
• u/ContributionLow1177 · 1 · link
  Lowk there was some hard geometry questions on mod 2 desmos mod 2 was so light work pls grind out geometry
• u/Yuna-58 · 1 · link
  Does that mean I didn’t get the hard one or is there a question bank and people get different questions?
• u/Putrid-Strike-3681 · 1 · link
  Honestly math was harder than English this time around
• u/Fit_Worldliness_9412 · 2 · link
  what questions where on the easier math module?
• u/Own-Telephone1721 · 1 · link
  really? i got like only a couple geometry questions and they were easy. 1 hard one on the last part of module 2 i couldnt answer cause 15 seconds of time lol

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• u/Aggravating_Way2985 · 2 · link
  i had the same questions. i thought the book one for mod 2 was especially hard and the sand cement one
• u/CirruSkyl · 2 · link
  Yeah I chose the answer that switched the first equation coefficients like a dumbass. Couldn't even go back when I realized last ten sec.
• u/c0demaine · 2 · link
  i think i messed it up i picked 7s=3c; there goes my 800m💔
• u/shipawn · 1 · link
  I got the similar qs but my ratio was sand to cement ratio 2:3 so the and become 3s =2c / s + c =1450? right right?
• u/shipawn · 1 · link
  YES, I THINK WE GOT THE SAME MODULE.! I didn't solve the trapezoid one because I don't k what the f*** that was but I guess n2 can be solved by discriminant. Like you don't have to take the square root of n2, because you get the exact value of it by solving with formula (b2 - 4ac) and then just puld the value of n in n2/ 36 (I guess) and you got the ans? I hope it is right?
  
  And also in my question, the the sand : cement ratio was 2:3 so it eventually became 3s = 2c and s + c = 1450
  
  and yeah they were many discriminant/ geometry qs in.ñ module 2
• u/CirruSkyl · 1 · link
  Yes I got 7:3 too I guess they switched up ratio and value of volume.
• u/shipawn · 1 · link
  about sand and cement ratio, Tapezoid area, a lot of geometry like if cos (B) = sq root of something / 25, then find 1/ sin(F), n2 / 36 one, calories one whose ans was 260(t +1), and many geometry/ discriminant ones
• u/Stalker6155 · 1 · link
  Bro bro, how tf you solved the similar trapezium one , it was hard asf plus the non linear function one and sand and cement
• u/IvyDestroyer · 2 · link
  Module 1 was disgustingly easy... I was horrified when I saw the first question of Module 2 because it was easy and I thought I messed up Module 1. I also had the sand-ratio question thingy, the n^2/28 question (I think) and I can't remember more tbf
• u/Blade_Choi · 1 · link
  Oh wait f***, I messed up the ratio
• u/hashirutookutodoku · 1 · link
  I also got the sand ratio question and I think I did well on the first math module but the second module felt weirdly very easy but also I didn't know any of the answers
• u/Dry-Economics1004 · 1 · link
  1: Mean is non resistant median is resistant so i put mean only for the histogram.
  2 Did you guys get 200K or the lower option answer c for the volume question?
  3: What was the sand one also if anyone remember?
  4: did anyone get answer choice C for the the one about the width being - 2 of the length. I tried
  
  Overall i thought it was pretty easy I wish I had prepared more because I doubt the December one will be as free as this. but i don’t think I did super well because I ran out of time so I guessed C on at least 4 of them
• u/BetOdd2879 · 1 · link
  what did you get for the sand cement ratio question
• u/IamFrosty333 · 2 · link
  sand cement? yea that was a weird question bro i js did A
• u/Jealous-Respond-3826 · 1 · link
  1 is correct 3. I said 3:2 or smth starting with 3 for cement
• u/TITAN_FN · 2 · link
  Sand was like opposite numbers for equation 1 and s+c=given volume
  
  The bee question was that people in australia should consider if bees are even invasive anymore or something like that
• u/NoDelay200299 · 2 · link
  wasnt the sand ratio one like 3s=7d
• u/Zealousideal-Pass831 · 1 · link
  i chose 3s=2c or smth with the equation s+c = whatever the total was
• u/NoDelay200299 · 1 · link
  what was the answer to sand and cement question on math m2?
• u/Mother_Ask6956 · 1 · link
  for the sand ratio qusetion i got c = 4s although i prob got a different variatino than yours
  
  I also got a qeustion about bees but it was about promoting growth of population of bees with canopy or sum liek that
• u/NoDelay200299 · 1 · link
  what was the answer tho? was it s=d or 3s=7d
• u/Effective-Board1357 · 1 · link
  I put 3s=7d
• u/NoDelay200299 · 1 · link
  so the ratio of sand to cement was 7:3, but it was 3s=7d right
• u/AJ_Devvvy · 2 · link
  It’s wrong it’s 7s=3c because 3/7 =s/c right.
• u/Fantastic_Arm9017 · 1 · link
  7s = 3c
  s + c = 4810
• u/shenyixuan · 1 · link
  any chance the sand and cement question is experimental
• u/Immediate_Baby_7710 · 2 · link
  Did I miss anything on the sand and cement?? I thought it was easy
• u/BetOdd2879 · 2 · link
  what was the soil and cement one
• u/Character_Rain3325 · 2 · link
  for sand: cement question did yall get 3:7 option c? If not do you think it was experimental cause i haven’t seen much like that in QB
• u/imyoungever · 1 · link
  you mean sand and cement? s=c, s+4c=number
• u/Which_Explanation_72 · 1 · link
  I put whichever one had 3s=7c for the first eq
• u/quickpenguin123 · 2 · link
  i think so the ratios were like reversed im p sure its like if its 3:7 its 7x=3y
• u/Yuna-58 · 2 · link
  Wait did only people in the hard module get the sand and cement one? I didn’t get that question 😭 there was so much science on the whole test I think like 80% of English and like one question on math that chem one 🥀
• u/Comfortable-King-761 · 1 · link
  It said the ratio of sand to cement was 4:1 so how can s equal 4c
• u/Yuna-58 · 1 · link
  How many version are there because I know I got the hard module for English but I didn’t get the sand and cement or a few of the other ones yall said. I got a werid rhyme one other I think you had to use like the ABCD thing for the sentence and it was like all science with black holes and birds singing ect… the first one was so light but the second was buns how cooked am I this is my first one 😭
• u/Character-Context-79 · 1 · link
  i did get that sand one but also yes this sat was certainly the most science-y and statistic/data based than any others so far imo
• u/DivineOryx3 · 1 · link
  I had a different ratio, numbers arent always the same. But I mean the concept of there being a constant infront of s/c instead of s=c
• u/Sasssp1741 · 1 · link
  What do you guys get for math module 2 where it was brick composition with sand and cement?
• u/Artistic_Project1219 · 1 · link
  thats what i put i think it was 3:2 ration so it was 3c=2s and then s+c=4100
• u/Ok_Depth_9149 · 1 · link
  yea i relaized cuz ratio 3:7 means s/c = 3/7 cross mutlply 7s=3c
• u/Adorable_Till1207 · 2 · link
  wait so it’s 7s=3c?
• u/Live_Orchid_8925 · 1 · link
  thats the correct answer since for example if you have 10units sand you should have 15 cement by the ratio to set these equal you would need to do sand*3 = 2*cement
• u/Otherwise-Tank8000 · 1 · link
  no the ratio of s to c was 2/3 so by the use of cross multiplication 3s=2c and s+c= whatever
• u/HotAioli586 · 1 · link
  It was the one that was s+4c=4100 and s=c because s=4c means that the cement takes up more volume but they both take the same amount it was jsut you put more of the cement
• u/ExaminationWide745 · 1 · link
  I got the sand and cement one. It was tricky but there were many trap answers that lurked
• u/BigAldrin · 1 · link
  i thought it said 1:4 ratio sand and cement

What students reported: Students split between 3s = 7c, 7s = 3c, s = c paired with s + 4c, and c = 4s. Their ratios differed (7:3, 3:7, 2:3, 3:2, 4:1 and 1:4), and several posters said the equation's coefficients sit on the opposite letters from the ratio.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Write the ratio as a fraction: sand/cement = 7/3, so s/c = 7/3.
2. Cross-multiply: 3s = 7c.
3. Add the total-volume equation the question gives: s + c = total.
4. Check with numbers: s = 7 and c = 3 makes 3(7) = 7(3), so the equation is right.

Trap: Writing 7s = 3c because 7 "goes with" sand. Plug in s = 7, c = 3 to catch it.

More replies (27), oldest first:

• u/eclipse5750 · 2 · link
  for the histogram, did the mean and median change?
• u/Effective-Board1357 · 2 · link
  Only the mean
• u/Intelligent-Home-418 · 2 · link
  only the mean
• u/Dazzling_Egg_2519 · 2 · link
  The mean decreased bc 36 was less than the other numbers but the median stayed the sane
• u/Due-Difficulty3574 · 1 · link
  Evidently there was more than one histogram question, mine had the number being added as like 730
• u/Consistent-Second818 · 1 · link
  I got that too and mine had intervals. I said both increased but idk bc it was intervals of duration but they were asking abt the value of duration
• u/Fantastic_Sail_8130 · 1 · link
  For the mod 2 math w histogram. If 700 was added to interval, did mean and median both change or only mean
• u/Ill_Exchange_487 · 1 · link
  Mine was like 44 data points 1 more of 774 was added. The answer I think was only mean increased
• u/Which_Explanation_72 · 1 · link
  I put only mean because median would stay the same for both
• u/Over-Back4019 · 1 · link
  it was both increase because the intervals of 700 added was more than what was on the histogram
• u/Main_Gate_194 · 1 · link
  Only mean
• u/mangoakya · 1 · link
  i put that both were changed since mean is the avg and the median is the middle number. since 700 was an obvious positive outlier i assumed it would affect everything (i lowk ran out of time to calculate so i just answered quickly)
• u/mayflwrz · 2 · link
  only mean. if u use n+1/2 to approximate the median it doesnt change
• u/QuickCartographer105 · 1 · link
  I put both, because when you add another value wouldn't the average of the value (mean) and the middle value (median) change. Especially since there was 14 value, so adding another turns it into 15 values. Which changes the middle to that 8th value.
• u/OneBlacksmith7021 · 2 · link
  I had enough time to calculate each one and it was only mean since before addition median and mean were same but after mean was different while median stayed same
• u/Suspicious-Tone2877 · 1 · link
  Put put both, it was 44 numbers so if you add 45 that changes the median
• u/Putrid-Strike-3681 · 2 · link
  It didn’t change because it’s a historogram. 44 and 44 and 45 were in the same range so median stays the same and mean increases
• u/Suspicious-Tone2877 · 1 · link
  I dont really understand this, can u explain why median stays same. what is 44 and 44 stays same range
• u/No-Scar-4637 · 1 · link
  Who got one with median must change or mean with I only, II only, etc. 
  Was mean I or II
• u/OkComposer191 · 2 · link
  it was only mean, median stayed same bc of super tall bar in middle
• u/ContributionLow1177 · 1 · link
  Wait it was only mean because the new value doesn’t shift that big bucket enough for it to be certain that the median value also changes so like I drew it out but it’d be like accbbeeeeeeeff where the median is still on the 6 values of the e bucket
• u/No-Scar-4637 · 1 · link
  Was mean 1 only, or 2 only I can’t remember
• u/No-Scar-4637 · 1 · link
  Was mean 1 only or 2 only because I think I meant to choose mean only but I can’t remember what number it was
• u/ContributionLow1177 · 1 · link
  Mean 2 only think
• u/No-Scar-4637 · 1 · link
  Do you remember if mean was labeled as 1 or 2, I meant to pick mean but I’m afraid I may have chosen the wrong number
• u/Consistent-Second818 · 1 · link
  But they were asking for the value specifically of duration not the interval
• u/Fit_Worldliness_9412 · 1 · link
  did anyone get the standard deviation histogram on math module 2?

What students reported: Most replies said only the mean changed. A few said both changed. Students remember a large value (700, 730 or 774) added to about 44 data points, and one student mentioned a very tall bar in the middle.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. A new value above all the data pulls the mean up every time. A new value below all the data pulls it down.
2. The median moves at most one position, toward the side of the new value, and it may not change at all.
3. With data grouped in intervals, you often cannot tell whether the median changes, so only the mean "must" change.

Trap: Assuming the median moves as much as the mean.

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• u/Purple_War_3179 · 2 · link
  -2101 for the f(x)+5 table question?
• u/Infinite-Worker3748 · 1 · link
  does anyone remember any regression questions
• u/QuickCartographer105 · 2 · link
  got that question but ha f(x)+7. I think I put like -2247 or something
• u/Over-Back4019 · 1 · link
  wait i didnt use regression for anything
• u/MegaGonnaTry · 1 · link
  Ggs 😭, I used regression im coookedddddd
• u/Key_Willingness8792 · 1 · link
  I had f(x)+2 like that and -1722
• u/ExtremeDog67 · 2 · link
  Did anyone get an open-ended math question where it was something like:
  
  y = f(x) - 7
  
  And u had to find the y-intercept?
• u/go3ha · 2 · link
  Yes it was f(x)+4 I believe
• u/Key_Willingness8792 · 1 · link
  Yeah and the quadratic function was -5(x-13)(x-11) + smth i cant remember
• u/Mindless-Eagle8386 · 1 · link
  Yeah I had f(x)+1 and it gave three points of a quadratic
• u/h4zel033 · 2 · link
  yea and the answer was a hella big negative number i got -1985
• u/yokairohwatch · 2 · link
  yeah it was f(26)=11, f(21)=-36, f(31)=-36, and it was a negative quadratic with a negative number in the 4 digits right??
• u/suuuuupur · 1 · link
  I did Scott Robinson’s question predictions he put up on YouTube and the free desmos guide from his site. I used desmos on 90+% of mod2 and finished with 5 minutes left.
  
  I think practicing the specific hard questions with list regressions was huge
• u/Which_Explanation_72 · 1 · link
  For the table one, I just plugged into desmos and subtracted 7 from each point because it said y=f(x)+7, so I found what y=mx+b was and used the quadratic option,, I got -850 something..
• u/RecordingSimilar867 · 1 · link
  I had f(x)+ 7 and got -3636
• u/Own-Telephone1721 · 1 · link
  learning regressions the night before SAVED me. 3 questions would have been just miserable if not for them.

What students reported: Students had f(x) + 1, + 2, + 4, + 5, + 7 and − 7, and posted answers such as −1557, −1722, −1985, −2101, −2247 and −3636. One student listed the points f(26) = 11, f(21) = −36 and f(31) = −36.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Decide which function the table describes. If the table gives points of f, the regression gives f. If it gives points of g = f + k, the regression gives g.
2. Fit a quadratic y = ax² + bx + c to the points. The y-intercept of that curve is c.
3. Shift by k in the right direction. The y-intercept of f + k is c + k. If the table was for f + k and the question asks about f, use c − k.
4. Check the sign once more. A shift of +k moves every point up k units, including the y-intercept.

Trap: Adding k when the table already includes the shift (or the reverse). That single sign choice produced the -1144 versus -1146 split in the thread.

Desmos tip: Type the table into Desmos (x₁, y₁ columns), then on a new line type y₁ ~ a x₁² + b x₁ + c. Desmos returns a, b and c. Read c, then add or subtract k.

More replies (14), oldest first:

• u/blxssomxx · 1 · link
  For the two special triangles stacked on top of each other would it have been the given x value but divided by 2 instead of rt2
• u/Efficient_Cod_4168 · 1 · link
  Did you guys get a question abt 2 right triangles and X= 111/sqrt2? I forgot how I got A but I did the Hypotnuse * sin 30
• u/Wide_Resolution8277 · 2 · link
  I got like 57.5 for that since my hypotenuse was sqrt115/2
• u/Darkmage5247 · 1 · link
  I got 454590 tri and sin=1/2 in the other triangle, a side =147/sqrt2 so my answer was like 147/2
• u/Infinite-Worker3748 · 1 · link
  what did u guys get for the 4-k sqrt2 all over 8 one, i got k = 32 i think
• u/Gandu_009 · 1 · link
  Correct, I got 145/2.. because a degrees was 30 degrees and it was a 30-60-90 triangle so the short side is half of the hypotenuse
• u/Real-Emergency2310 · 1 · link
  was that the 117/sqrt(2) one? I got 117/2 for it...
• u/kennyrespawnagain · 1 · link
  the answer is js the number over the sqrt 2 divided by 2
• u/GradeProfessional999 · 2 · link
  Did anyone get a math question on Module 2 that had 2 right triangles that weren't similar but they were put together to make a quadrilateral and it asked what is the value of y if x = the square root of something over something and sin a = 1/2>\
• u/jasper504 · 1 · link
  sin is opposite over hypotenuse and it asked for the length of the opposite side. so i think the answer was just 1
• u/Adept_Persimmon_1233 · 1 · link
  It was 71.5 I am pretty sure cuz u had to do 45-45-90 triangle and find hyp
• u/TallPositive6844 · 1 · link
  Mine was with sqrt(147)/2, and since the angle is 45 then the hypotenuse has to be 147. So if sin(a) = 1/2, then y has to be half of 147 for mine, so I put 73.5
• u/Artistic_Project1219 · 2 · link
  it was 31.5 i pretty sure because the hyp to opp ration was 2:1 so the hyp was 63 so the opp in this case y was 31.5 not 1
• u/Puzzleheaded-Foot826 · 1 · link
  you didn't, you made the same mistake as me if you used desmos unless we both got it right and i'm a brick, we typed it in wrong i got the same answer was yours 157/root 2

What students reported: Students posted 145/2, 147/2, 143/2, 117/2, 71.5 and 31.5 for their versions. Several said the last step is halving the hypotenuse in the 30-60-90 triangle.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Find the side the two triangles share. That side carries the length from one triangle into the other.
2. In a 45-45-90 triangle, each leg = hypotenuse ÷ √2, and the hypotenuse = leg × √2.
3. In a 30-60-90 triangle (sin 30° = 1/2), the side opposite 30° = hypotenuse ÷ 2.
4. Work from the triangle where you know a length, through the shared side, to the side the question asks for.

Trap: Dividing by √2 in the 30-60-90 triangle, or by 2 in the 45-45-90 triangle. Students posted 147/2, 145/2 and 157/√2 for this exact mix-up.

Replies (15), oldest first:

• u/Dry-Economics1004 · 1 · link
  For the triangle thing with 3 lines being parallel did and where it was w-x or w-z or smthn did anyone put not enough information
• u/JMMatKurek · 2 · link
  did you guys get that one question about the sum of x y z angles being in between 201 and 212? if so what did yall put for the answer?
• u/water148 · 2 · link
  what did ygs get for the question with the 3 parallel lines and 3 of the angles had to be less than 200 something and greater than 209?
  
  and for mod 1, what did ygs get for the question that had something to the 5th degree plus something to the 4th degree and it asked what was a+b+c+d
• u/mangoakya · 1 · link
  was the question with the three parallel lines that asked what w+y equaled to experimental???
• u/mangoakya · 1 · link
  wait how would that be possible? adding two angles wouldnt result in two different results
• u/marsai1 · 1 · link
  It’s not experimental for the question x+y+z = range x+y = w so you sub that for x+ y and then 180- z = y so you sub that for z so your new equation is now w - y + 180 = range and then you are given 2 options for w- y and you sub those in and the first option was lower than the range but option 2 fit into the range
• u/AbleProfession1234 · 1 · link
  What did you guys get for that one question with angles with x, y, z and w. The figure looked like a Z. Did you guys get no information.
• u/Ok-Clothes-8904 · 1 · link
  Did anyone get a question with the three parallel lines and angles x y z and w? Answer I was 25, answer II was 30
• u/No-Singer-3083 · 1 · link
  I think i got the same type by mine was asking for w-y and answers were I. 28 and II. 31
• u/Ok-Clothes-8904 · 1 · link
  The range of values was 205 < x+y+z<211. Is it possible that this one could have a different answer from the alternate versions of the question or is both just the answer for all variants depending on the numbers
• u/No-Singer-3083 · 1 · link
  Yea it was just II only because 205 < 205 is not right
• u/metallicPROD · 2 · link
  there was this stupid geometry question at the end of mod 2 with 3 parallel lines with angles w, x, y, and z, and it said that the sum of x, y, and z wth between 206 to 211, it said that w=x+y ad it said with is the closest value of x. I had no f***ing idea what I was doing and I chose that there is not enough information for that
• u/Big_Ad4912 · 2 · link
  zig zag Z question with the parallel lines + angles on math mod 2, was it I only, II only, I and II, or not enough info?
  
  I believe I only was 35
  And II only was 26 or something
  
  And you were subtracting one of the angles from something or whatever
• u/No-Sail-8581 · 1 · link
  because you solve for them: x=w-y and y+z=180 and then you plug it back into the inequality with the value of x and see if it is true
• u/Purple_War_3179 · 1 · link
  sorry i meant >

What students reported: Students remember a Z-shaped figure, a range such as 205 < x + y + z < 211, and options I and II. One student argued "II only" because 205 < 205 is false; another substituted x = w − y and y + z = 180.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Mark every pair of equal angles: alternate interior angles between parallel lines are equal, and angles on a straight line add to 180°.
2. Rewrite the given sum with one substitution, for example w = x + y.
3. Plug in each option and see which one keeps the sum inside the given range.

Trap: Picking "not enough information" before trying both given values in the inequality.

More replies (9), oldest first:

• u/Other-Ambition2354 · 1 · link
  Yea, different numbers but mine was 240 mL, 85% DI, 40% of remaining being Sodium Cholride, and a 0.5 g to mL ratio so I got (240)(0.15)(0.4)(0.5)=7.2
• u/shrubdoesstuff · 1 · link
  I had the same but 220 mils and you had to take a percent of a percentage
• u/Dazzling_Egg_2519 · 1 · link
  I think it was a system of equations but idk how to do the actual problem i lowk just guessed
• u/faeriefldr · 1 · link
  i basically put each thing into desmos like the full solution (m) = 220 or whatever, then distilled (d) = 80% of m, then i found what was left by putting what’s left (l) = m-d, then sodium chloride (s) = 30% of l, then did 0.5 times s and that’s the answer. hopefully that makes sense you basically just set each piece of information equal to a variable to make it less confusing and it’ll solve for u
• u/water148 · 2 · link
  i got 5.2 or 5.7. idk if im right but i solved it by taking the percentage of a percentage and theb multiplying it by .5 at the end
• u/Key_Willingness8792 · 1 · link
  Mine said 250 ml and 70% distilled and the 45% of the rest of rhe liquid was NaCl solution and the NaCl solid was 0.5 g per ml . so 250(3/10)(45/100)(0.5)=16.875
  The answer was a for me
• u/CoffeeCodes · 1 · link
  I’m pretty sure for my question I had 260mL and 75 percent water with 45 percent being the sodium chloride. I got something in the 30s I think.
• u/metallicPROD · 1 · link
  it was like 75%(260) and then with the remaining 25%(260) was 30%(25%(260)), I don't remember the percentage values but it was something like that, and then I applied a proportion for each millimeter with 0.5 of solution
• u/Ok-Piglet-8590 · 1 · link
  I got like 8.3 or sum, you had to multiply the 2 percentages which got you 7 point something percent, and then you had to find the total volume, times .07, and then you had to half it from that cuz it was .500, I got a 800 3 times (everytime I took the SAT for math) but I was honestly a little worried too about that question, I def know I messed up on module 2 on one of the math questions for sure

What students reported: Students had 220, 240, 250 or 260 mL. Most multiplied the total by the remaining percent, then by the sodium chloride percent, then by 0.5. Posted results include 7.2 and 16.875.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Start with the total volume, for example 240 mL.
2. Take out the first part: if 85% is distilled water, 15% (0.15 × 240) is left.
3. Take the second percent of what is left, not of the whole: 40% of the remainder is 0.40 × 0.15 × 240.
4. Apply the rate last. At 0.5 gram per mL: 240 × 0.15 × 0.40 × 0.5 = 7.2 grams, the number one student posted for that version.

Trap: Taking the second percent of the full volume. The question says "of the remaining".

Desmos tip: Chain it on one line, for example 240*(1-0.85)*0.4*0.5, so you can swap in your own numbers.

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• u/Consistent-Second818 · 0 · link
  Moving mine from the international since I’m east coast:
  
  Anyone else get these questions? East coast Us
  
  4 lateral sides of a rectangular prison had a total surface area given like 3000 something. You had to solve for total volume and keep in mind each dimension was over 1 at least. I guessed like 18000 something?
  
  There was an equation that was f(x) = ab^x. You had to calculate for b. You knew f(n) = p Bd f(n+1) had a value 27% less than p. I guessed 0.73??
  
  My vocab answers were like: dissonance, incipient
  
  Frugal meant inexpensive in context?
• u/Ok_Fan_6200 · 2 · link
  I got 310k for the lateral one bc the 20k answer for me yielded a decimal and it said whole while the 310k one lined up with all the values
• u/Intelligent-Home-418 · 1 · link
  I chose the answer around 20 K because I think there is no way the surface area for the 4 sides could be that low to give a total volume of around 300K
• u/Single-Ninja2077 · 1 · link
  I got like 123,245 for the volume kne
• u/True-Writing-5401 · 1 · link
  I got the largest one: x^2 times y = answer choice and 4xy = 3000 ( I don’t remember the number) then system of equations
• u/Purple_War_3179 · 2 · link
  was the lateral sides of prism question experimental?
• u/New-Grand726 · 2 · link
  Did anyone get a question like:
  
  A rectangular prism has two congruent square faces and four congruent rectangle faces. The base is not equal to the height. The surface area of the prism is 4820. What could be the volume of this shape?
  
  I was trying to graph it in desmos like graph 2x^2 + 4xy = 4820 and then also graph (x^2)y= and then input the answer choices but i didnt know what to look for on the graph. I just picked the one thats was twenty thousand something.
• u/AccomplishedYard6118 · 2 · link
  Did anyone get a question that had 3 parallel lines and asked which could be the value of x? It also said something like 208 < x + y + w < 223. It gave two values (28 and 33). What was the answer to that? Also for the lateral sides of prism questions, where theres 4 values, which value was it? Highest second highest third highest or lowest?
• u/TallPositive6844 · 1 · link
  The prism one I’m pretty sure you can just divide by 4 and then you can set values (like height and length) to get the area of one singular rectangle. Afterwards, you just do (area of square x height) to get a volume. If the number is too big, you can keep dividing by two until you get a number that should be an answer choice. I got D (like close to 200k) for my question but I know the question is different for people

What students reported: Students remember surface areas such as 4,820 and 4,460 and lateral totals in the thousands, and debated a volume near 20,000 against one near 310,000.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Call the square side s and the other edge h. The four rectangles each have area s × h.
2. If the four lateral faces total L, then s × h = L ÷ 4. If the question gives the full surface area S, then 2s² + 4sh = S.
3. Volume = s² × h = s × (s × h).
4. Test each answer choice: divide the volume by (s × h) to get s, then check the area condition and that s and h differ.

Trap: Using 6 congruent faces (a cube) when the base and height are different.

Desmos tip: Make a slider for s, set h = (L/4)/s, and graph V = s²h to see which choice it can reach.

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• u/Wide_Resolution8277 · 2 · link
  Bro did anybody get that annoying question regarding distance where the answer choices said that the guy traveled to a destination from home, stopped for 4 hours, and then went back home? I selected the answer choice that said he traveled at a constant rate from home, stopped for 4 hours, and then traveled back home at a constant rate.
• u/Wide_Resolution8277 · 1 · link
  I was stuck between that and the increasing/decreasing rate
• u/Glad_Alfalfa4374 · 1 · link
  wait it was constant rate? not increasing rate?
• u/Dazzling_Egg_2519 · 2 · link
  It was constant rate bc the line was linear and was changing at a constant slope
• u/Putrid-Strike-3681 · 1 · link
  There was also this position time graph that required you to know the derivative of position is velocity or the slope is velocity but that’s probably common knowledge
• u/Snailsinthewind · 1 · link
  yeah the units for slope in that case are m/sec or mi/h or something, so that could be figured out without extra knowledge. though you need to know what velocity is... and i don't think that's on the list of official topics. This makes me think the SAT is trying stuff out before the new "STEM score"

What students reported: Students picked "traveled at a constant rate, stopped for 4 hours, then returned". One student added that the slope of a position-time graph is the velocity.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. On a graph of position against time, slope = change in position ÷ change in time = speed (velocity).
2. A straight segment means constant speed. A flat segment means the object is not moving.

Trap: Reading the height of the graph as speed. Speed is the slope.

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• u/agilepandaspam · 1 · link
  This test has more probability and statistical questions which means that the tests AFTER Nov will have more of those questions.
• u/tsiming_in · 1 · link
  How do i know if i got the easy or hard math module ? I had a question about a rectangular prims and one and one about the chance of choosing direction b under 30 sonething
• u/Training_Bonus_270 · 2 · link
  The number of armadillos that are over 90 over the total that are over 90 not the total animals, totall of over 90 only
• u/Kind_Ad_3035 · 1 · link
  You put the amount of armadillos over 90ib/all animals of 90ib. mine was 8/21
• u/Ordinary-Prior-8201 · 1 · link
  A lot of multi constant questions and abstract math. There was only 1 probability question but quite a few geometry problems

What students reported: For the armadillo version, replies said to divide by the animals over 90 pounds, not by every animal. One student posted 8/21.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. "Given" tells you the group you divide by. Here: all objects with speed at most 20.
2. Add the first two speed columns (less than 10, and 10 to 20) for every direction. That sum is the denominator.
3. Add direction B's entries in those same two columns. With 9 and 11, the numerator is 20.
4. Divide the numerator by the denominator.

Trap: Dividing by the whole table, or by B's row total, instead of the "given" group.

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• u/ReasonableBill1780 · 1 · link
  Can someone check some of my answers:
  
  Spikes in the summer, 90% …
  
  14 triangles (math question abt triangles + rectangles)
  
  C is a constant, only one solution, gave an eq like 3x^2 … C=-9
  
  X hits f(x)=0 once (i think there was a y=ab^x equation or something)
  
  For vocab :
  copious
  contingencies
  
  There was a transition question for me with options like:
  Additionally
  To that end
  That being said
  
  I picked to that end
• u/abercrombie6 · 2 · link
  Did anyone get a question like since f(x) = c^x, what is the value of c when f(5) = 4 • f(3)
• u/Darkmage5247 · 1 · link
  Yes but mine was like f(4)=9f(2) and the answer was like 3
• u/Sharp-Razzmatazz-645 · 1 · link
  i got that but mine was f(8)=49 times f(6)
• u/Top_Ad6450 · 2 · link
  what was the answer for that one question where f(x) = ab^x, if f(n) =p and f(n+1) = 40% less than p what is b
• u/Critical-Bus-6039 · 1 · link
  I gave the intl sat but i had the same question with 11% less instead of 40%, it should be 0.6 for b based on your question

What students reported: Students posted c = 3 for f(4) = 9·f(2) and gave f(8) = 49·f(6) as another version. For "40% less", a reply gave b = 0.6.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. For f(x) = a·b^x, each step of 1 in x multiplies the output by b.
2. "p% less" each step means b = 1 − p/100 (29% less gives 0.71).
3. For f(x) = c^x with f(5) = 4·f(3): c^5 = 4·c^3, so c² = 4 and c = 2 (c must be positive).

Trap: Using p/100 instead of 1 − p/100.

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• u/Infinite_Fee_7564 · 1 · link
  what was the math mod 2 question where it was like what could c not be and there were answers like 6, -6/11, 11/6, etc
• u/Significant_Idea_538 · 1 · link
  i got something similar but instead of like the sixes it was sevens and my answer was c cannot be -7 because it would make it infinite solutions
• u/kennyrespawnagain · 1 · link
  -c couldn’t be -6 because they would have the same slope and if their b was the same it would be infinite
• u/ThatOnlooker · 1 · link
  i had something similar to that c(x) = -8(x+ k) with different numbers. i put that c is not equal to -8 because if c = -8 and u graphed the LHS and RHS as their own lines then the lines would be parallel and either have 0 or infinitely many solutions
  
  the prism one im uncertain about but like i had something really similar
  essentially if the sum of lateral faces was 4460 then the area of one face was 4460/4 = 1115, but the area of the face = side length (of square base) * height (of the prism) so (s)(h) = 1115
  
  and volume = length * width * height = side length * side length * height. this is gonna sound so weird but i said h = 1115/s and rewrote volume as 1115s (working with one variable is easier than working with multiple). so i divided all the answer choices by 1115 and chose the one that gave me a whole number since side length was supposed to be a whole number
  
  for the table question i cant remember exactly what i did? i think i plugged the table into desmos and used the regression feature to give me the formula for y. idk remember if it was a quadratic or linear but desmos tables can do either one.... bro i got this one wrong 😭😭😭
  for this question i think after getting y, u solve for f(x) so in your case you subtract 2 from both sides, then find the y-intercept of y - 2, which you can plug in 0 for x.
  
  for sand and cement i had different numbers but if the ratio of sand to cement was 3 to 7, i set mine up as two fractions
  ratio of sand to cement = s/c
  ratio of 3 to 7 = 3/7
  s/c = 3/7. Cross multiply => 7s = 3c
  
  thank god superscores exist cuz my math score is definitely gonna drop after today 😭😭😭

What students reported: Students said c cannot be −6, −7 or −8 in their versions, because that value gives both sides the same slope.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Write both sides as lines in x: for example, cx on one side and −8x − 8k on the other.
2. Two lines cross exactly once unless they have the same slope.
3. Equal slopes give either no solution or infinitely many, so the equation has exactly one solution for every c except the one that matches the other slope (−8 in that version).

Trap: Solving for x and choosing the value that makes x = 0. The question is about slopes.

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• u/Wide_Resolution8277 · 1 · link
  Bro I literally blanked. I ended up locking in with 7 minutes left in the test 💀. Did anyone get that question with the table where the equation can be rewritten in ax + by = c form? I got 1/5 but it took me forever to solve that bs
• u/Wide_Resolution8277 · 1 · link
  Did anyone get the question with a table and the values being converted into ax + by = c form? It asked what b over a was. I got 1/5 for that
• u/Aggravating-Peace238 · 1 · link
  What was B/A

What students reported: Students posted b/a = 1/5, and 1/7 for a version with slope −7.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Find the slope from the table: when x rises by 1/5 (17/5 to 18/5), y falls by 1. Slope = −1 ÷ (1/5) = −5.
2. For ax + by = c, the slope is −a/b. So −a/b = −5 and a/b = 5.
3. Then b/a = 1/5, the answer one student posted.

Trap: Reporting a/b (5) when the question asks for b/a.

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• u/QuickCartographer105 · 2 · link
  Yea bc if the normal is m perpendicular is -1/m
• u/scrapta · 2 · link
  Score prediction please 27/27 rm1 22/27 rm2 22/22 mm1 21/22 mm2
  Rm2 q i got wrong
  
  Frugal - inexpensive vs stingy
  
  Galapagos clades - i put 15myago
  
  Edgar allen poe - put quintessential
  
  Architects’ vs architect’s -put s’
  
  Isolate language families - put geographical expansion
  
  M2 i got wrong
  Sin(40/41) perpendicular of right triangle
• u/Substantial_Sir_3619 · 1 · link
  I think it was -1/m and it was mod 2
• u/RecordingSimilar867 · 1 · link
  was your question about finding a specific point, I’m fairly certain it was mod 1 and it was about finding a specific point on a line perpendicular to another

What students reported: Students remembered a choice like (3, 5 − 1/m) and agreed the other line's slope is −1/m.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. The second line has slope −1/m, because perpendicular slopes multiply to −1.
2. It passes through the intersection point, for example (6, 2).
3. Move 1 unit right from that point. The y-value changes by the slope, −1/m.
4. So (7, 2 − 1/m) lies on the second line.

Trap: Using +1/m or −m. Only −1/m is the negative reciprocal.

Desmos tip: Add a slider for m, graph both lines through the point, and test each answer choice as a point.

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• u/jwmathtutoring · 1 · link
  Angles EAD & CAB are congruent because they are vertical angles. Therefore, the 2 triangles are congruent by SAS. Thus, x = 36 because corresponding angles in similar triangles are congruent, but you only know this AFTER you prove the triangles similar, not before.
• u/Chickqns · 1 · link
  if it says DC and EB are straight lines then yes these are identical triangles just flipped horizontally
• u/Resolve_Prep · 1 · link
  Yes, in this case. Side-Angle-Side congruency.
  
  Be careful, though! Diagrams that look similar to this are more often similar triangles than congruent triangles.
• u/Few-Vegetable-7108 · 1 · link
  Ohh I actually meant for similar triangles, didn't realize the ones in this photo are congruent.
  
  So, imagine these are similar triangles, would EA and AB always be equal in length? and DA and DC?
• u/Resolve_Prep · 2 · link
  OK. The standard similar triangle subtype has BC parallel to ED. You can see it in the official question bank many times, but this is one ID: b5d62bba
  
  In that situation, EA would be proportional to AB.... but this question is not that type obviously.
  
  I call this subtype within similar triangles "Bow Tie" because it vaguely resembles a bow tie.

What students reported: This was a practice question posted on test day. A math tutor and another reply in the thread explained the SAS step and the vertical angles.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Vertical angles are equal, so two triangles that meet at a point already share one equal angle.
2. If the two sides around that angle are also equal, the triangles are congruent (SAS). If those sides are only in the same ratio, the triangles are similar (SAS similarity).
3. In similar triangles, matching angles are equal and matching sides keep one ratio; equal side lengths need congruence.

Trap: Treating a diagram that looks symmetric as congruent without a stated equal side.

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• u/c0demaine · 2 · link
  why was there a ton of questions using the discriminant lmao
• u/Advanced-Dot-6494 · 1 · link
  which of the following did you get and what answers did you get?
  1) something like equation has only one solution and it have the term "n". Find solution of (n2)/32
  2) "some number"(it was something like 530 or something, I forgot) is 1350% of sum of b and c, where b is 54% of c. Find b.
  3) two perpendicular lines L and K intersect at some(3,9) or something, which point lies in equation L? And the options are like
  A) (4, -1/m),
  B) (4,1/m)
  and so on and on.
  4) there are two similar trapezoid. One's side is 8 times the other. The smaller one’s area is 74, so find the area of the big one?
  5) there was a graph of some stars or asteroids or some s*** like that and their masses, like a line graph. We have the find the individual mass of One or something like that?
  6) √some equation = x √11. Find the solution.
  A) 9/2 and 8
  B) 9/2 and -8
  C) 9/2
  D) I forgot D
• u/EarthPresent4583 · 1 · link
  Istg that n question was giving me n as -33 in desmos
  demos and I was genuinely rage baited af
• u/romanleal · 1 · link
  It had tone of find fx gx questions in a tricky way, and the fine k, n thing from the ‘one solution, two solution questions’. I’m international so might be different for me but I barely had geometry in there didn’t even need to open the reference sheet

What students reported: Students remember n²/28, n²/32 and n²/36 versions and said the test had many discriminant questions.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Move every term to one side: ax² + (b + n)x + c = 0.
2. One solution means the discriminant is zero: (b + n)² − 4ac = 0.
3. Solve for n, then answer what the question asks (for example n² ÷ 12).

Trap: Stopping at n when the question asks for an expression in n.

Desmos tip: Graph both sides with a slider for n and drag until the line touches the parabola at one point.

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• u/c0demaine · 0 · link
  i got the triangle inequality question wrong but i got every other maths question right. is that 790 or 800? was really hoping for 800
• u/Crash_FNF_Eddsworld · 1 · link
  Triangle PQR has sides PQ = 126 and QR = 128 and asks what side length PR cannot have
• u/Effective_Theme_5739 · 1 · link
  Sounds like 1400 range. The sides of the triangle one was weird was it that it couldn’t be two mm for the third side?
• u/TallPositive6844 · 2 · link
  If it’s the theorem question, then it should be # < x < #
  
  Mine asked for the third side if the other two sides are 5 and 9, so that means that the third side has to be between two points.
  
  If the theorem states that the two sides have to be greater than the third side, then it has to be third side<14
  
  Let’s say the third side is x:
  5 + 9 > x
  5 < x + 9
  9 < x + 5
  
  Using this, we can determine that the third side length has to be between 4 and 14

What students reported: Students remember sides 126 and 128, and asked whether the impossible side was 2.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Call the known sides a and b. The third side x must satisfy |a − b| < x < a + b.
2. For 107 and 109: 2 < x < 216.
3. A length of 2 equals the difference, so the three segments would lie flat on one line. That is not a triangle.
4. Every other choice (3, 109, 110) sits inside the range, so 2 is the answer.

Trap: Picking a big choice like 110 because it "looks" too long. The upper limit is the sum, 216.

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• u/RoofTop70 · 1 · link
  I confused a parallelogram and trapezoid so i might be cooked
• u/Advanced-Dot-6494 · 1 · link
  The second trapezoid area one? Wasn’t it something like 4736?
• u/shipawn · 1 · link
  no i didn't solve that, I told it was so hard so I skipped this, I did not even know the formula of its area. And I don't understand what you saying? that my other two qs you mentioned are wrong?

What students reported: Students called it a curveball. One reply said to multiply the area by 6², the square of the scale factor in that version.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. When lengths scale by k, areas scale by k².
2. Bigger area = smaller area × k².
3. With a scale of 5 and an area of 64: 64 × 25 = 1,600. With a scale of 9, multiply by 81.

Trap: Multiplying the area by k instead of k².

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• u/Rich_Construction891 · 1 · link
  for the first question all angles in a triangle add up to 180 so you can do x + (x+42)+90=180
• u/Pretend_Air_6952 · 1 · link
  for 1. it should have been hence. granted concedes something, hence shows cause and effect. 2. it was the answer that the underlined sentence explains something previously mentioned, as before she mentioned that she sees things in her her mother doesn’t. 3. for triangles one u could have used regression to find x, with it being equal to 180. 4. didn’t have that one
• u/Spirited_Peak1437 · 1 · link
  bro what just type 2x+42+90=180 into desmos and then find the x intercept in the graph by zooming out. you do not need to use regression. The only math you need to do is x+x or you can just type x+x+42+90=180

What students reported: Students wrote the equation x + (x + 42) + 90 = 180 and solved it in Desmos.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. The angles of a triangle add to 180°.
2. Write x + (x + 42) + 90 = 180, so 2x = 48 and x = 24.

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• u/Character_Rain3325 · 1 · link
  Did anyone get x(kx-88)=16? idk what that was I put -122. It looked easy cause of discriminant, no solutions and least possible value of k but like i was getting least possible as infinite😭
• u/Ill_Exchange_487 · 1 · link
  This one was so easy. Just use discriminant then AC + 1
• u/Character_Rain3325 · 1 · link
  anyone get -122 for x(kx-88)=16 question????

What students reported: One student answered −122; another said to use the discriminant.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Expand to standard form: kx² − 88x − 16 = 0.
2. Discriminant: (−88)² − 4(k)(−16) = 7,744 + 64k.
3. One real solution when 7,744 + 64k = 0, so k = −121. No real solution when k < −121.

Trap: Forgetting the sign of c (−16), which flips the inequality.

Desmos tip: Graph y = x(kx − 88) − 16 with a slider for k and watch when the parabola stops touching the x-axis.

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• u/eclipse5750 · 2 · link
  what was the answer to the question about 2020, 2021, 2022 percentage (it said smth abt 2020 being as much as 2022)
• u/Due-Sand2692 · 1 · link
  I multiplied the percentages but mine was from 2021-2023

What students reported: Students said they multiplied the two percent changes.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Turn each increase into a multiplier: 20% more is × 1.20, 18% more is × 1.18.
2. Multiply the multipliers: 1.20 × 1.18 = 1.416. So the 2021 population is 1.416 times the 2019 population.
3. If the question asks for the 2019 population as a multiple of 2021, take the reciprocal: 1 ÷ 1.416 ≈ 0.706.
4. With 20% and 17%, the same steps give 1 ÷ 1.404 ≈ 0.712, which shows how one changed percent explains the two answers.

Trap: Adding the percents (38%) instead of multiplying the factors.

Desmos tip: Type 1/(1.2*1.18) to check the reciprocal in one line.

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• u/RecordingSimilar867 · 1 · link
  Anyone have a question about a+b+c+d on first module of math about a equation translated into another form that including like x^c. I put 23 but 21 and 43 were also answer choices I think. Should I be worried that module 2 felt just as easy even though I’ve never scored below a 700 math.
• u/UravityGravity9 · 1 · link
  that was for sure 21. A was 6, b was 5, c was 2, and D was 8. That’s for the equation to come out to 150x^5 + 384xy^4.

What students reported: One student answered 21 (a = 6, b = 5, c = 2, d = 8, matching 150x⁵ + 384xy⁴); another picked 23.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Expand or simplify the given expression until it matches the target form term by term.
2. Match coefficients and exponents one at a time.
3. Add the four values. One student got a = 6, b = 5, c = 2, d = 8, so a + b + c + d = 21.

Trap: Adding exponents when you should multiply them (power of a power).

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• u/Fantastic_Sail_8130 · 1 · link
  Math mod 2. What was the one where it was like the sqrt of 356 + 44 sqrt 3 = R+p^1/2. And u had to find
  r + p
• u/LeagueWise7893 · 1 · link
  Was the integers of r and p positive

What students reported: One student asked whether r and p had to be positive integers. Nobody posted an answer.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Square both sides: (r + √p)² = r² + p + 2r√p.
2. Match parts: r² + p equals the whole-number part and 2r√p equals the radical part.
3. Solve the pair of equations for r and p, then add. With 356 and 44√3 as remembered, the equations have no whole-number solution, so the student's numbers were probably a little off.

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• u/Efficient_Cod_4168 · 1 · link
  It was R=7r and H=5h
  
  For the original cylinder I made r and h =1 so volume was just pi, then I just plug and chugged then divided by pi

What students reported: One student remembers R = 7r and H = 5h and solved it by setting r = h = 1.

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Volume of a cylinder: V = πr²h.
2. Scaling the radius by a and the height by b multiplies the volume by a²b.
3. If the second volume is a set amount more (one student remembers 252), write V·(a²b − 1) = that amount and solve.

Trap: Scaling the volume by a instead of a² for the radius.

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• u/Dry-Economics1004 · 1 · link
  I had standard deviation for module 1 I think and j picked the last one with the two dots on completely opposite sides of each other and nothing in the middle

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Standard deviation measures how far the data sits from the mean.
2. Frequencies stacked in the middle values put most data close to the mean, so the standard deviation is small.
3. Frequencies stacked at the two ends (1 and 4) put most data far from the mean, so it is large.
4. Equal frequencies sit between those two cases.

Trap: Thinking "even" means "small". A flat table still spreads the data across every value.

Desmos tip: Type each table as a list with repeats, for example [1,2,2,2,3,3,3,4], and compare stdevp() for each list.

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• u/ThatOnlooker · 1 · link
  my mod 1 rw today was as hard as my mod 2 rw back in april. this nov sat was crazy hard like in math mod 2 they kept spamming advanced math throughout the whole thing
  i saw product of roots (vieta's formula) as question 8 when its usually one of the last 4 questions 😭😭😭

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. For ax² + bx + c = 0, the product of the roots is c/a.
2. The sum of the roots is −b/a.
3. Write the quadratic in standard form first, then read a, b and c.

Trap: Forgetting the minus sign on the sum, or using the equation before moving every term to one side.

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• u/Fantastic_Sail_8130 · 1 · link
  Math mod 2: initially was 104 but every day it increased by 2. U had to make an equation and one of them was 4(x-4) blah blah. Which one did u choose

How to solve it (student recollection, not verified)

1. Start value + rate × days: y = 104 + 2x.
2. Equivalent forms can hide it, so expand each choice and compare (for example 2(x + 52) = 2x + 104).

Trap: Using 104x + 2, which swaps the start value and the rate.

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• u/hannahlesli · 1 · link
  Have you watched the James lu Desmos guide? Some of the questions he shows you how to solve literally showed up on my sat.
• u/Lowkey-ishowspeed- · 1 · link
  Isn’t that just solved by desmos
• u/Solid_Aspect_1986 · 1 · link
  Wow I didn't really think about that but yeah desmos had that function
• u/No_Kaleidoscope_2063 · 1 · link
  dude how tf could you solve it with desmos it has too many values
• u/Advanced-Dot-6494 · 1 · link
  How did you bomb the math m2?
• u/aahil8198 · 1 · link
  First, rearrange the second equation so the x’s, y’s, and constant terms all align. If there are infinite solutions, the pair of linear equations will be proportional to the other. Take for instance:
  
  2x+3y=6
  4x+6y=12
  
  This system of equations has infinite solutions. Since the bottom equation is merely the first one multiples by two, they are proportional. So, the ratio of a1/a2, or 2/4, is equivalent to b1/b2, or 3/6, is equivalent to c1/c2, or 6/12, which all equal 1/2.
• u/WillingnessTotal7412 · 1 · link
  Were they questions that can be solved on desmos
• u/EpicBOIM8 · 2 · link
  there is both in math and english and it says your classmates wont have the all of the same questions some same some different
• u/Glittering_Thing_891 · 1 · link
  what type of questions were the math ones?
• u/Training_Complex_919 · 2 · link
  Absolutely not bro the questions required you to know the concepts really well and even the ones where you could solve with desmos were slightly different, so you had to calculate it differently. Or maybe I'm just unlucky
• u/hashirutookutodoku · 1 · link
  Me too (for math at least) absolutely terrified
• u/deft0nesluvr · 1 · link
  yessss especially math i'm scared </3
• u/BigDaddyCupid · 1 · link
  Wait maths or English
• u/Aggravating-Peace238 · 1 · link
  The area of rectangle and it gave the answer choices as zeros
• u/lon3lys0ul · 1 · link
  i was only retaking the sat for the math section and i just felt like i had to look at something math to refresh my brain from english
• u/Adventurous-Pool8986 · 1 · link
  wait was it the one with that long expression? i got a = -6
• u/tashc44 · 1 · link
  Did anyone get 14 for a couple of the answers for the open ended math questions, I just remember getting 14 a lot or the 264pi/16pi which was just 14
• u/Puzzleheaded-Foot826 · 1 · link
  was this experimental my desmos sold me i swear i knew how to do it and got the wrong answer
• u/Reasonable-Floor475 · 2 · link
  did anyone get the rectangle question as the very last question, the one where it was like the length is x and the width is 23 more or less than the length, the total area is 1160, does anyone remember if the width was more or less than the length
• u/Which_Explanation_72 · 1 · link
  Did anyone get a question on math m1 about driving to the city vs highway
• u/Consistent-Second818 · 1 · link
  I used a slider and had diff values for the equation but I got 170
• u/AbilityZestyclose422 · 1 · link
  Mine was about midpoints on a triangle and the relationship was like 1.5 anyone else get this
• u/Dependent-Wallaby-66 · 2 · link
  Got multiple questions guys
  1. One RW Mod 2, that talked about opera singer and it was a transition question: was it granted or hence? What’s the difference between the two anyways?
  2. RW Mod 2: the question about the aunt and her niece dot, was it something about the previous paragraph or the next paragraph? I forgot the answer choices.
  3. Math Mod 2: a triangles angles x, (x+42), 90, what is x? I had a feeling to use one of the triangle rules but I was running out of time so my brain wasn’t working right 😭
  4. 
  X is raised by .4% the result is 2,558 what is x (Something like that) how would u solve this in Desmos.
• u/Decent_Ear_922 · 1 · link
  was the math section desmosable?
• u/OneBlacksmith7021 · 1 · link
  I did that math you're correct
• u/Putrid-Strike-3681 · 1 · link
  Pressure is force/ area. I know bc of AP physics 😭
• u/No-Sail-8581 · 2 · link
  I got it right but there was that disgusting question at the beginning of math m2 with the graph that did not match the inequalities 😭 even though I got it, it pissed me off so mich
• u/No_School_2635 · 1 · link
  i got that one too, i solve by creating two equations
• u/Snailsinthewind · 1 · link
  Did the question actually require you to know this or did it give you a subtle clue like the units were N/m^2 or something? (N/m^2 tells you it's force in newtons divided by area in m^2) Wild if it asked you to already know this.
• u/yokairohwatch · 1 · link
  when you graphed the equation out, did you get some cross looking thing? a vertical line and a horizontal line
• u/Substantial_Sir_3619 · 1 · link
  So many bullshit geometry questions
• u/Ok_Lecture_8001 · 1 · link
  anyone get one in math about like something costed 14.9 dollars in 2017 and something in 2019 what was USD y in 2022
• u/Fickle_Amphibian_223 · 1 · link
  good bit of geometry on this sat

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• u/Sure-Cheetah688 · 1 · link
  Bro I full scored on rw but my math didnt even move a little from 700 wtf do I do. The thing is I’m so prepared for hard questions but medium ones baffle me.
• u/Ok_Cardiologist3802 · 1 · link
  this time most rough estimate is
  
  26/27 in RW mod 1
  22/27 in RW mod 2
  22/22 in math mod 1
  20/22 in math mod 2
  
  whats likely my score
• u/AdviceSeekingTz · 1 · link
  How much could I get with (rough estimate):
  
  RW M1: 25/27
  RW M2: 21-24/27
  
  Math M1: 20/22
  Math M2: 16-18/22
• u/i_get_no_play · 2 · link
  The time at the end for math mod 2 was absolutely brutal. I, too, had to guess the final 3. Here's to 1500+ in december 🤝
• u/No_Philosophy2106 · 1 · link
  I confirm ! Especially maths m2 abt 3 questions I genuinely didn’t know what to do even thought I score 780+ on maths on practice with hard modules
• u/EpicBOIM8 · 1 · link
  I am aiming to increase my english score since it was 690 compared to my maths 770 I pray to god just 40 score increase would do wonders
• u/yaza_24 · 1 · link
  so i took the nov sat today and i scored 1500,1530,1510(pt 11) and so on in the practice tests so im confident with the content .
  
  eng module 1 was not that bad and i’m confident i got it fully right but in module 2 i lost a lotttt of time .
  
  like i had 13 mins left and 5-7 unanswered long passage questions and doubtful flagged ones.
  
  however i rushed through it and i ended up having to guess maybe the last 3-4 module 2 ques
  
  math module 2 was perfect. im confident i got it all right and i had plenty of time to recheck.
  
  math module 2 was confusing but i think i did well except for the sides of triangle ques and this one slope ques for which i ran out of time so i dont think i chose an option
  
  how much do yall think il score ?
• u/yaza_24 · 1 · link
  so i took the nov sat today and i scored 1500,1530,1510(pt 11) and so on in the practice tests so im confident with the content .
  
  eng module 1 was not that bad and i’m confident i got it fully right but in module 2 i lost a lotttt of time .
  
  like i had 13 mins left and 5-7 unanswered long passage questions and doubtful flagged ones.
  
  however i rushed through it and i ended up having to guess maybe the last 3-4 module 2 ques
  
  math module 2 was perfect. im confident i got it all right and i had plenty of time to recheck.
  
  math module 2 was confusing but i think i did well except for the sides of triangle ques and this one slope ques for which i ran out of time so i dont think i chose an option
  
  how much do yall think il score ?
• u/yaza_24 · 1 · link
  so i took the nov sat today and i scored 1500,1530,1510(pt 11) and so on in the practice tests so im confident with the content .
  
  eng module 1 was not that bad and i’m confident i got it fully right but in module 2 i lost a lotttt of time .
  
  like i had 13 mins left and 5-7 unanswered long passage questions and doubtful flagged ones.
  
  however i rushed through it and i ended up having to guess maybe the last 3-4 module 2 ques
  
  math module 2 was perfect. im confident i got it all right and i had plenty of time to recheck.
  
  math module 2 was confusing but i think i did well except for the sides of triangle ques and this one slope ques for which i ran out of time so i dont think i chose an option
  
  how much do yall think il score ?
• u/yaza_24 · 2 · link
  so i took the nov sat today and i scored 1500,1530,1510(pt 11) and so on in the practice tests so im confident with the content .
  
  eng module 1 was not that bad and i’m confident i got it fully right but in module 2 i lost a lotttt of time .
  
  like i had 13 mins left and 5-7 unanswered long passage questions and doubtful flagged ones.
  
  however i rushed through it and i ended up having to guess maybe the last 3-4 module 2 ques
  
  math module 2 was perfect. im confident i got it all right and i had plenty of time to recheck.
  
  math module 2 was confusing but i think i did well except for the sides of triangle ques and this one slope ques for which i ran out of time so i dont think i chose an option
  
  how much do yall think il score ?
• u/yaza_24 · 1 · link
  so i took the nov sat today and i scored 1500,1530,1510(pt 11) and so on in the practice tests so im confident with the content .
  
  eng module 1 was not that bad and i’m confident i got it fully right but in module 2 i lost a lotttt of time .
  
  like i had 13 mins left and 5-7 unanswered long passage questions and doubtful flagged ones.
  
  however i rushed through it and i ended up having to guess maybe the last 3-4 module 2 ques
  
  math module 2 was perfect. im confident i got it all right and i had plenty of time to recheck.
  
  math module 2 was confusing but i think i did well except for the sides of triangle ques and this one slope ques for which i ran out of time so i dont think i chose an option
  
  how much do yall think il score ?
• u/Zealousideal-Pass831 · 2 · link
  if i guess on 5 questions on math and get them all wrong but get everything else right what do u think my math score will be (hard module)
• u/Enough-Law1142 · 1 · link
  mind u i got a 710 on october R&W but this was just purely miserable. I had to guess on 5 of the questions, at least I think the Math was super easy
• u/Dazzling_Egg_2519 · 1 · link
  Exactly I think my rw score decreased by like 50 points this was actually atrocious. But for math the questions were so weird and I had some harder questions in mod1 and most of mod2 (from 15-22) were also really difficult for me it was sm worse than september
• u/OddSun1557 · 1 · link
  EBRW: 720-740
  Math: 760-780
  in my opinion
• u/Fantastic_Sail_8130 · 1 · link
  Guys can someone help. Idk if I should cancel or not. I was trying to break 1500 I’m at 1480 (710 RW and 770 M) and I bombed math today like I think I guessed on 3 and left 2 blank on mod 2. But reading i think I got all vocab right which never happens to me and I’ve been trying to get reading last 730 and I feel like this is my only chance for easy vocab, but I still guessed on like 3 reading passages so idk if I should cancel. I feel like I got in the 1300s
• u/Constant-Roof1730 · 2 · link
  both module 1s were easy enough although english was harder than expected full score both
  
  math module 2 wasn’t even that bad i maybe got a 19/22
  
  english module 2 was so much harder than anything ive ever taken before
  
  vocab i maybe got 3-4/4
  grammar i maybe got 11-12/2
  passages i got like 4-6/9 or sum
  
  is there any hope for a 1500+ for me
• u/Successful-Record962 · 1 · link
  Prob like a 780 math and 670 RW
• u/PRIMEVNL · 1 · link
  yo as someone who took sep and oct and got 1530 and 1550 respectively i think nov was much harder in terms of RW. math was ok
• u/Puzzled-Support-9712 · 1 · link
  I didn't get that question, but I was also panicking because the math mod 2 felt absurdly easy. I got a 770 for math on my last SAT and I've never gotten below 760 on any practice test so I'm hoping we both just did really well??
• u/Own-Telephone1721 · 1 · link
  i only got like 3 geometry questions on module 2, pretty sure i got all module 1 right and about 20/22 on module 2

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• u/SignificancePrize379 · 1 · link
  Maybe 730 or 740, math was difficult imo so maybe 1500 flat or 1470+
• u/InevitableCause47 · 1 · link
  did anyone else get a question asking to calculate force? I think it was experimental. RW 2 and math mod 2 f***ed me up so bad, I know mod 1 is 21/22, but im thinking mod 2 might be 20-18/22, RW mod 1 is probably 25-26/27, and mod 2 is probably 24 or even 23/27, im so f***ed
• u/h4zel033 · 1 · link
  wait really cuz i got 1400 oct 720 rw and 680 math u think its better ?
• u/M1nC0M · 2 · link
  rw module 1 26/27
  rw module 2 20/27
  math both 22/22
  
  can i get 1500 plus...
• u/hafizsdcard · 1 · link
  750rw 760 math
• u/Candid_Occasion_548 · 1 · link
  if i get like 3 wrong in mod 1 and 10 wrong in mod 2 of english. and 2 wrong in mod 2 of math. can i get a 1400
• u/Potential-Middle-383 · 1 · link
  Bruh me too, I didn’t have enough time tbh. Was hoping to have a perfect score in maths but module 2 really pushed me away
• u/Existing_Neck505 · 1 · link
  Predict me for
  RW
  M1:26or27/27 M2:22-24/27
  
  Math
  22/22 and 22/22
• u/Pitiful_Bet_7715 · 1 · link
  If I got 3 English wrong, 2 math wrong what score
• u/higuyshehe · 1 · link
  did you get the others correct? + whats ur math score?
• u/abdullahchillimilli · 1 · link
  Predict my score:
  Maths m1 = 20/22
  Maths m2=17/22
  English m1=24/27
  English m2= 20/27
  What are the odds i get 1350 or 1400?
• u/OpenJob2602 · 1 · link
  guyz I'm 100% sure I got lower module for math and even got 1 question wrong from there wha score can I get for math?
• u/Cautious-Bridge1339 · 1 · link
  R&W
  Mod 1:-27/27
  Mod 2:- 22-24/27
  
  Maths
  Mod 1:- 22/22
  Mod 2:- 20/22
  
  Score prediction please?
• u/Suspicious_Abies7822 · 1 · link
  27/27 mod 1 24/27 mod 2 full on math can i get 1550?
• u/OkGeologist4061 · 1 · link
  If I got 3 questions wrong in total for math, is that a 770?
• u/Few-Computer4148 · 1 · link
  Guys if I got 22/22 on both math modules and 25/27 RW Module 1 and 23/27 on RW module 2 do I have chances of getting 1500+??
• u/InevitableCause47 · 1 · link
  of course you can, there's a high possibility for an individual who's gotten five wrong on each section, math and writing to get above a 1500 given they got hard module 2 for both and most errors are there, SAT scores are not curved but they are scaled based on difficulty, its very likely if this is your score break down, even with 10 errors overall a person can be at a 1500-1520 range, dont stress too hard
• u/Tiny-Bottle-8437 · 1 · link
  Can someone please predict my score?
  
  RW mod 1: 24/27
  
  RW mod 2: 21/27
  
  Math mod 1: 21/22
  
  Math mod 2: 19/22
• u/Ready-Letterhead8040 · 1 · link
  math mod1 i got all 27/27 right, and mod 2 ik 1 is wrong for sure, and other 2 i gambled, so its looking like 23-25/27, what could that score be
• u/Suspicious_Abies7822 · 1 · link
  740-750 math and ~660 reading so low 1400/high 1300
• u/Livid_Mark7675 · 1 · link
  RW
  26/27
  21-23/27
  
  Math
  22/22
  22/22
  
  what is my expected score, please
• u/Quick-Situation7753 · 1 · link
  Can anyone tell a predicted score
  Eng24/27 Mod 1
  19/27 Mod 2
  Math
  22/22 Mod 1
  19/22 Mod 2
• u/antoniusunpelerini · 0 · link
  R&W Module 1 was tough and I might have 8 questions wrong and I’m pretty sure I dropped to the easy Module 2. It felt like a breeze and I might have aced it.
  Math Module 1 was easy, probably i got no wrong questions there, but the hard Module 2 cooked me. Probably i have 5 questions wrong. Im gonna take it again in December and i wasn’t December was my main date anyway. What should i expect as score guys?
• u/InevitableCause47 · 1 · link
  what? logically based on SAT grading even if you get an overall of 5 wrong in both math and reading you could still score above 1500 and even go to a 1560-1570 if they were majorly in module 2 and accounting for the possibility of experimentals, SAT scores aren't curved but they are scaled, so its based on the statistical difficulty of the test you receive
• u/s0NRAY- · 1 · link
  I’m new too, didn’t felt math at all, those youtube guides on SAT Math were much scarier xd
  But RW felt harder than tests from bluebook (RW is always hard for me as english is my second language and i have like B2-C1 level), i guess i got somewhere like 650 but hoping for 700
  Btw month ago I didn’t even know what SAT is and i think getting 1400+ with only one month of prep would be legendary
• u/Apprehensive_Bat8224 · 1 · link
  score prediction and breakdown please 25/27 eng mod 1 24/27 eng mod 2 22/22 math mod 1 21-22/22 math mod 2
• u/Due_Glass_4664 · 1 · link
  Like 800 Math and 690 eng. if u get lucky with curve or question could be to 1500 tho.
• u/Alone_Shoe2072 · 1 · link
  What score would I get here’s what my prediction is
  
  RW 1: 26/27
  
  RW2: 20/27
  
  Math 1: 22/22
  
  Math 2: 20/22
• u/pinkturtle33 · 1 · link
  Reading M1: 25/27 M2: 24/27
  Math M1: 21/22 M2: 21/22
  
  Pleaseee tell me my score
• u/nachobeeswax- · 1 · link
  Nope I definitely didn’t get the easier one, because the module 2 math was still noticeably harder than module 1, I’m just saying today’s module 2 math was generally easier than other module 2 math exams I’ve taken in the past, I’m not saying it was easier than module 1.
  
  For module 2 there were some questions about a triangle side being 120 and 122 and the option that can’t be the last side and for one question at the end I got -856 or -865 or smth where they gave us a table and asked for y intercept. I’m pretty confident I’ll get 800 this time as opposed to my usual 780. I’m also expecting like at least 750 in English
• u/milvinixx · 1 · link
  (asia)to be honest, both rw modules were so easy i had like 8 mins remaining on 1st and 3 in 2nd module😭. Although math was quite intricate, i haven’t stumbled upon those convoluted desmos questions, 50-60% of which i have seen in predictions
• u/AmbassadorFit7766 · 1 · link
  If accurate around 1520
• u/Mushi_gg · 1 · link
  I did m2 horribly can db predict my score..
  Rw m1 27/27
  M2 22/27
  Math m1 22/22
  M2 21/22
• u/Substantial_Tear8468 · 0 · link
  R&W Module 2 killed me. In the second module of the math section, as I remember, I guessed on 3 or 4 questions randomly because I ran out of time... I should get around 1370... but I don't know...
• u/No-Professional9623 · 1 · link
  Usually get straight 800 on math in practice, estimating prob a 780 but in my opinion English module 2 was BRUTAL like I genuinely think I’ve got sub 650 def gonna have to resit in December
• u/neilantonybenny · 0 · link
  In the UAE, Math was reassuringly easy for my first time. I think an 800's on the cards, but English was putting me through hell. In particular, there were more extended passages than I expected & certainly not straightforward. Fingers-crossed, a 1590 or higher is still on the cards.
• u/Working_Kangaroo_410 · 1 · link
  if i got like1 wrong first module and like 3 wrong second module in math what is my math score
• u/Training-Molasses388 · 2 · link
  Math was the hardest thing ever. I got 770 before. This was like math olympics questions.
• u/antoniusunpelerini · 0 · link
  Bro same happened to me too. I thought i did well in 1st module but the second module was like a joke. It was so easy. AI says that i can get max 600 from r&w but i did well in math hopefully i get over 1300 but idk. In your case it depends on your mistakes and math score.

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• u/Entity4114 · 0 · link
  I also got -115, but I was assuming that Negatives/Positives didn’t matter in angles, like how Hypotenuses are always positive, so when I get a negative result I might automatically make it positive
• u/Anonimithree · 1 · link
  You can’t say that the angles have to be acute, since the diagrams cannot be said to be drawn to scale
• u/just_kel_ · 1 · link
  maybe im dumb js tell me if i am but is this not a situation where you don’t even solve, just look at the figure and answer choices and realize that is has to be 49? 115 and 131 would be obtuse angles and 6 would be much smaller than the angle of p??? still annoying if the actual math is wrong.
• u/Entity4114 · 1 · link
  Looks like it should be 49, but I didn’t notice that we could have solved it that easily and did the math, which gave -115
• u/Dependent-Passion-51 · 1 · link
  Also got -115, but it's like, why would the angle be negative? We're not even dealing with quadrants here😢
• u/LegitimateBanana6120 · 1 · link
  Although it seems the angles were meant to be supplementary and there is an error in the diagram
• u/bryemye · 1 · link
  I am fairly certain that was meant to be +11, not -11. Then 49 makes sense. You solve for c then plug in.
• u/h4zel033 · 1 · link
  Yea the only way it could be 49 if r was like on the other side (the obtuse angle) instead of being the same angle as q, man idk thats hella wierd. Cuz u only get 49 if you set then both equal to 180 (10c-11+15c+41=180,, c= 6,, then plug in c into 10(6)-11 = 49) but yea the problem is they arent supplementary, is there no explanation in the book? s*** bro i have my sat literally in 10 hrs im so fried.

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• u/PetulantDude · 1 · link
  I would find the solution for g(x) by using desmos, using the table. Then with that function, I would time it by x-3. Then you should get the function for f(x). Then you just graph f(x) to find your answer
• u/jwmathtutoring · 2 · link
  This is the correct approach.
  
  Also, the y-int for any quadratic in standard form is the "c" value, so you don't need to type f(x) and then do f(0), just look at c.
• u/ziascuriosity · 1 · link
  ohhhh i think i misunderstood the question!! so when it says f(x) is a quadratic function, im literally just putting the formula for a quadratic function in the position of f(x) 😭 i thought i was supposed to somehow find out what the function was. now i feel a little dumb. thank you!!!
• u/jwmathtutoring · 1 · link
  i thought i was supposed to somehow find out what the function was.
  
  Yes that is what you are supposed to, but Desmos does the entire thing for you, i.e. it finds the a/b/c values for the quadratic function based on the given points.
• u/ziascuriosity · 1 · link
  https://www.savemedesmos.com
• u/Key-Citron-5993 · 1 · link
  can you please tell me how i can be good at desmos. i am studying the SAT for months and i still can't get 700 on math

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• u/Silent_Box_5211 · 1 · link
  this question was super weird! after messing w/ it a bit, the way I got the answer was by setting the 1st equation = to the 2nd (since there is infinitely many solutions) I basically simplified both until it was y=equation, so y=(16-1/2x1)/a for the first and 12-(bx1/4) for the 2nd, did a regression for setting them equal to e/o, and then in the 2nd box, I set x1=random(50). then, for a+b u should get 2.83333333
• u/aahil8198 · 1 · link
  For a pair of linear equations with infinitely many solutions, then a1/a2 = b1/b2 = c1/c2
• u/QuickCartographer105 · 1 · link
  get the equation of each line equal to y and make the x's x1. I made the top equation f(x1) and the bottom g(x1) then did a regression of just g(x1) ~ f(x1) then made a list of x1 values. U get a and b then just add.
• u/h4zel033 · 1 · link
  ok first set them both equal to y by js doing basic algebra, for first equation you should get y = 16/a - (1/2x)/a and for the second equation y = 48/4 - bx/5, then regress and set them equal to eachother (make sure u put x as x1), then MAKE SURE TO GIVE X1 A LIST like x1 = [1...5] (u gotta basically do this each time u regress and you have a x value). then u should get values for a and b then type a+b and boom u got 2.8333 or 17/6. also the reason youre doing this is cuz u want the equations to be equal. the reason yours doesnt work is bc u cant have x and y on same side, they gotta be in the same format with them both being in the y=mx+b form.
• u/dannyzaplings · 2 · link
  I don't use regression for anything beyond plotting points in a table, and this all seems like so much more work than the algebraic approach. I understand these regression methods can be faster and/or useful for a wider range of questions. But is this process more involved because it's an infinite solutions/no solutions question?
  
  The algebraic approach is so straightforward here that I struggle to see why you'd go through the hassle of regression. Set both equations to y=mx + b. m1 = m2 and b1 = b2. a is only unknown in y-int equation, so solve for that first.
• u/student931_ · 2 · link
  yeah i agree in this problem the algebraic approach is probably more convenient but i wanted to understand how to be able to do it with regressions in the future if there are harder numbers or so and also because i tend to make silly algaberiec mistakes a lot so just a tool

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• u/clockcy · 1 · link
  Why would it be 1/3 * 1/2 * b * h? Volume of pretty much most standard things are their dimensions multiplied together. Whatever variations cone and cylinder have are coincidental and part of how they're derived. Volume of cube isnt 1/3 a^3 now is it? Or that of a cuboid, it's just lbh. So yeah, also you don't need to memorise such lengthy names... any right triangular prism's volume is area * height. What the area is js depends on whether the triangle is equilateral ( in that case ur area is root3/4 multiplied by a^2), or a general triangle (its area being 1/2*b*h)
• u/OutrageousTale4118 · 2 · link
  Imagine it's not a prism like this , its a cuboid sliced through the middle . Let the side of the base of the cuboid (which is a square be a) . The diagonal is given to be 8 cm , use Pythagoras theorem and find the side length . 2a^2=8^2 , so the side length is 4 root 2 . Now find volume of cuboid , which will be base area into height , that is 4 root 2 X 4 root 2 X 9 which is equal to 32*9 which is equal to 288 . Remember , the shape we constructed is basically 2 of the shapes given in the figure so half the volume we calculated right now is volume of the prism . 288/2=144. Do not generalize formulas like you were like for ex if its an incomplete shape it will be multiplied by 1/3 , try understanding the logic , break it into further simpler solid .
• u/LunarOwl_88 · 0 · link
  The shape is basically just a bunch of those triangles stacked on top of each other. To make it make sense the number of such triangles is the height and so the combined areas of all of those 2D triangles gives u the volume
• u/jwmathtutoring · 1 · link
  1/3 * area of triangle * height
  
  This is the formula for area of a right triangular pyramid (not prism).
• u/oldstapler67 · 1 · link
  Would never be an actual question. Either it’ll be a volume formula on the reference sheet or you’ll use V=Bh — that’s all. Not sure the point of doing harder stuff that won’t ever be on there.

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• u/Southlander24 · 0 · link
  Joke answer: Take the 15th derivative of p(x), evaluate at zero, and divide by 15!
  
  Unfortunately, Desmos can't take 15 derivatives because that's too much for the system...
• u/atypicalreddituser42 · 2 · link
  is it too much to ask to do math by hand...
  
  i guess so
• u/BraveTaste4460 · 0 · link
  Like others said its way faster to do on paper, but if u really want desmos you can use regression like this
  
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• u/Adept-Committee2983 · 1 · link
  It should be A) 2/5 cause they asked to count the seniors
  
  The other info about morning thingy is irrelevant and is just to confuse u
  
  40 percent seniors mean 40/100 which is 2/5
• u/Extravalan · 2 · link
  You are simply incorrect. It's a conditional probability question.
  
  You need to first count how many of each are in the morning session.
  Juniors: 60% x 25% = 15%
  Seniors: 40% x 50% = 20%
  Total: 35%
  
  Then you need to calculate the proportion of seniors in the morning session.
  
  20% / 35% = 4/7

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• u/StraightSun2919 · 1 · link
  basically rstructure both equations so that they are saying y (itself)= something. Then whichver something you have regress it to the other something. Then do x1~random(10). a+b there bingo
• u/plentymelon · 1 · link
  Needing desmos for this? I feel like regression genuinely takes longer than just solving this…

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• u/Green_Till931 · 1 · link
  Small thing that might help: the digital SAT doesn't have long free response passages. The wordy math questions are either multiple choice or grid-ins (roughly a quarter of the math is grid-in), and the length is mostly setup you have to turn into an equation. On those, write down what your variable stands for before you do anything else, because the wrong choices are usually the answer to an intermediate step, like the value of x when they asked for 2x + 1.
  
  For hard M2 topics I'd skim the nonlinear stuff: quadratics (vertex form, and using the discriminant to count solutions), circle equations by completing the square, a linear and quadratic system, exponential growth, and similar triangles or right triangle trig. Open Desmos for anything with a graph or system, and if one question eats more than 2 to 3 minutes, guess and flag it since there's no penalty for wrong answers.

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• u/Special-Diet-8679 · 2 · link
  you and me same same 😭
  710 ebrw
  790 math
  lmao
• u/midnight_rain_07 · 2 · link
  ok that way of thinking about it makes sense to me. like my SAT had virtually no geometry, and i really struggle with geometry, so my SAT’s math section felt easier than some others. while i agree with you that there isn’t an objective “easiest” or “hardest” SAT month, i totally get what you’re saying
• u/Independent-Hall9394 · 2 · link
  Hi. I know you might not want to take advice from me because I only have a 1360 but my English was a 710 split. I used to be the same as you and the best way is just working under pressure. Especially craft and structure problems as well as expression of ideas. Do 5 question of craft and structure which should be in about 6 minutes and keep practicing till you get everything right. I also recommend if you haven’t started to start from the 27th question on the sat because those bullet point questions are the easiest. After that go to the very beginning because I think the first 5-7 are vocab. Then you should have adequate time to do the longer harder questions. For math I’m kinda in the same both, but I’m a senior so I can’t take it again😭. Again you don’t have to take advice from me because I’m not like the rest of the people on the sub with 1500+
• u/Independent-Hall9394 · 2 · link
  Hey! Scot doesn’t really have many YouTube videos as he mainly has shorts and TikTok videos but I would still recommend watching those. For James Lino would recommend his solving All of Problem Solving and Data Analysis on the
  SAT video and his solving All of Percentages on the SAT. Watching these videos with practice problems. For the English I think if u try to use the tips I suggested if you haven’t already can easily get u in the 700s range.
• u/Independent-Hall9394 · 2 · link
  However if it’s really Scott you want to watch there his videos that do like 8 hardest questions in each category such as the advanced math section can help tremendously as he is a very great guide on how to use desmos and learn it by hand if it’s faster for you. I also learned for math sometimes desmos is not the answer. There are some questions you might genuinely just have to solve by hand. I also liked watch Penguin SAT prep cause he solves some questions by hand.
• u/Standard-Cow-9727 · 2 · link
  Have you taken Algebra 2 and geometry yet? If you haven’t, wait until you take those, then take practice tests and go from there. I promise, you have time. The PSAT is a baseline indicator. It’s not used in admissions decisions. It is too early to tell what you’ll get junior and senior year. And, it’s not scored the same, and doesn’t include the same content. As for your actual question, time management- practice, practice, practice. Another helpful thing I did was learn the format. Generally reading has the vocabulary first, then short essay, then grammar, prepositions, then “pick the best option” ones. Generally math has easier first, then hardest in the middle, then easier last. If you can’t decide how to start on a question in thirty seconds, move on. Don’t check your work until the end of you have extra time, and if you have hard questions left that you equally don’t know how to solve, prioritize the one with the blank and not multiple choice.
• u/Standard-Cow-9727 · 2 · link
  Then my recc is to spend your time reviewing Geometry, take Algrebra next year, and then take the sat late in junior year or during summer/senior year. Theres nothing wrong with taking it later, it can only serve to help you. You can even get a prep book or smth and spend an hour or so a week on doing practice problems just to make sure your knowledge base is still sharp.
• u/Standard-Cow-9727 · 2 · link
  Congrats! PSAT is a baseline, it never gets sent anywhere or used for college (other than the one you take junior year, called the NMSQT, which qualifies you potentially for a scholarship.) Depending on the math you’re in right now, I would recommend you continue to just focus on your classes. You can begin studying for the SAT Junior year, when you have more a foundational knowledge of algebra and geometry.
• u/Large-Violinist-2146 · 2 · link
  He’s not a low scorer. It really depends on his unique skill set. I myself got 660 on SAT Math many years ago but 34 on ACT Math. ACT Math was just easier and showed my skills better.
• u/throwaway98919143 · 2 · link
  For the record, in elementary & middle school, I attended "accelerated math" courses which is why, I think, my algebra is so high. I absolutely do not consider myself as good at algebra as it shows... I mean, even my arithmetic sucks. I can hardly remember my multiplication tables lol.
• u/back_on_my_nonsense · 2 · link
  Yes, I was mocking 1560-1590 on the practices. I don't have lesson recommendations, I didn't use Desmos. The SAT is a fairly simple test and easier than the majority of AP exams.
• u/Rough_Insurance_7491 · 2 · link
  Tonight, you will have a nightmare.
  You will see the face in this photograph standing beside your bed. Its hollow eyes will stare into yours, and its teeth will slowly begin to separate.
  It will whisper your name in your own voice.
  Five wrong in Reading. Four in Math Module 1.
  You will wake up at 3:33 AM.
  Do not look toward the corner of your room.
  Anathema. Maranatha.
  
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• u/wagreN · 2 · link
  i have 99% on the sat math course on khan academy and 90% on the english part.
  afterwards i took a practice test and did s*** in english (mostly grammar and time management).
  watched ALL of james lu’s videos on r&w, watched some of mvp learner’s desmos videos on regression, and did another prac while trying to apply the techniques i learned.
  
  i feel drained and like a zombie honestly, i go to bed at around 12am and wake up at 7am each day (with bad insomnia)
  total around 9 hours atleast of studying, most of them are with no breaks in between other than eating and drinking.
  
  idk why it feels so important to me, i was studying originally for march and suddenly signed up for november treating it as a mock test but i really care about it now
• u/No_Kaleidoscope_2063 · 2 · link
  RW is annoying AS F***. i can do 750+ on math but im stuck on 650 and can easily get below 550 if im too frustruated and burnt out with the long questions. its literally js a gamble
• u/gong_kim · 2 · link
  I was actually in a very similar situation. Had done all the hard questions on CB and all the practice tests multiple times, but was struggling to break into 1500.
  
  The reason is basically that while CB has a great problem set for Math, their solutions aren't ideal for the test, and if you were to do it that way for each problem on the real test, you would definitely run out of time.
  
  I would recommend she learn the fundamentals of how to use Desmos. It takes maybe 15 minutes to learn on Youtube, and to encourage her to start using it for problems.
  
  I went from running out of time to finishing the test with more than 5 minutes left.
  
  For Reading, I would recommend she take a totally new practice test blind, and for her to see what type of mistakes she's making. With that info we could really pinpoint the weakness. There definitely is one whether that be vocabulary, grammar, or most likely the long passages.
• u/CanIndependent7763 · 2 · link
  thank you so much! i’ll do the math sat question bank on college board and will def watch those vids. Thank you!
• u/Potential-Middle-383 · 1 · link
  Ur math?
• u/Sai_89hi · 1 · link
  Ur math or Ur reading you having trouble??
• u/WishboneFair8137 · 1 · link
  640 math
  
  470 rw
• u/WishboneFair8137 · 1 · link
  640 math
  
  470 rw
• u/Potential-Middle-383 · 1 · link
  watch yt desmos guidlines if you haven't ig
• u/PhaseOwn8391 · 1 · link
  Hi! Can I DM you regarding the SAT? specifically i wanna know how I can improve my RW SEC and the Harder M2 Math Questions
• u/No_Wishbone_6120 · 1 · link
  grind desmos, just watch a s*** ton of desmos videos and j prac hard problems on question bank
• u/Independent-Hall9394 · 1 · link
  Actually sorry my math is in the 600’s(about 640-680) during practice tests, and what I can tell you is that I always get full points on algebra and advanced math. In the advanced math section it usually questions such as. A is 50% of B+C, B is 40% of C, what percent of C is A. Those questions I always recommend Desmos and if you can watch James Lu , his percentages videos really helped me. Additionally in the advanced math section it has a lot of these two systems of equations have one solution or two solution. Always remember the discriminate formula knowing that formula can help you easily get through these types of questions. Algebra it’s really simple. What is the value of X? What is the value Y? Again, I would recommend either just re-going over basic quadratic equations slope intercept form point slope form, and as well watching James Lu Desmos videos. Another person you can also watch Iz Scott Robinson I really like his videos. Just some tips that I learned.
• u/Federal-Broccoli-336 · 1 · link
  I just did a lot of practice for rw, math was always easy for me especially when i learnt how to use desmos
• u/Hot_Eagle5349 · 1 · link
  But maybe learn how to learn desmos if you haven't already and read the whole question cuz sometimes it says like "get the value of 5x + 5" instead of just the value of x
• u/F-N-C · 1 · link
  Yeah i know desmos but that question thing really trips me up.
  I guess im just in a hurry whenever i do these tests
• u/WillingnessTotal7412 · 1 · link
  Ive also been getting silly mistakes on math lol
  Watch james lu’s video on it how to avoid them, really helps
  And afterwards the only thing you can really do is grind the question bank until not making those silly mistakes comes naturally
• u/InternationalPen2427 · 1 · link
  The math is the one you can definitely cram. Watch like loads of videos. LearnSATmath, James Lu (i personally don't like him but some people do), etc and just spam Hard math questions. Multiple of them will appear on your test. I can guarantee you that
• u/InternationalPen2427 · 1 · link
  Honestly, I think it's better to just super cram the math for these 3 days since it's the one that you grow in the fastest.
  I doubt you can grow any real growth in the reading without it attributing to luck
• u/Sharp-Kiwi-8090 · 1 · link
  Hey I’m at a 550 math on my psat. Where should I begin? I’m signed up for Dec SAT
• u/VocabMonsterOfficial · 1 · link
  A 30-point increase is definitely within reach, although there's no guarantee. With so little time left, I'd focus on the easiest points to recover rather than trying to learn a bunch of new material.
  
  Your math is already strong at 740, so I'd look at your R&W mistakes first. Grammar and punctuation rules are especially worth reviewing because they're relatively straightforward to practice and apply consistently.
  
  I'd go through your last Bluebook practice test and categorize every missed question. If you're repeatedly missing the same type, spend your time drilling that specific skill using the College Board question bank.
  
  Also, don't underestimate reviewing questions you got right but guessed on. Those are potential mistakes on test day too.
  
  I'd rather spend two hours understanding 15 missed questions than two hours rushing through another full practice test.
• u/EggplantMaleficent52 · 1 · link
  You won’t get a label for it. Bluebook doesn’t show which version you’re in, and the time and question count are the same either way. The only tell is the questions themselves. In RW, the harder module tends to have denser, more academic passages and answer choices that are closer together. In math, the harder problems show up earlier in the module, and fewer of them can be solved in one step.
• u/Strong_Pool_6012 · 1 · link
  No, if applying STEM they largely look at math and 800 is more than fine, + for reading an english requirement would suffice if score is fine for that.
  
  1550-1580 is largely looked at the same range, a few ups and downs are possible. If you get rejected it won't be because your SAT was low.
• u/No-Professional9623 · 1 · link
  Yeah, to be honest I’m in a decent position for a Cambridge maths interview and will have to see how that goes, it’s just I would prefer to go to any of the Unis in the US I have applied to if you understand what I mean
• u/lsp2005 · 1 · link
  750 for just math. 1500+ for total score. But as an international student, the higher the better.
• u/h4zel033 · 1 · link
  lowk i js grinded qb questions and watched james lu, my breakdown is the exact same as yours but swapped, what did u do for math so i can improve? goodluck!
• u/MaizeOpen6042 · 1 · link
  alrr, how do u answer cross-text connection qs? i have a lot of trouble understanding the text +managing my time. i honestly focused on grinding too for the math! i use SATSlayer bcs it uses qs from the qb but a timer and desmos. watching yt math videos/predictions also helped me lots. goodluck to you too!
• u/braceskoala · 1 · link
  grind topicals using prepzy and learn desmos
• u/clockcy · 1 · link
  Learn desmos
• u/MarkthePark23988 · 1 · link
  For a day, focus on mastering the writing skills. Do some practice math problems (hard ones if you think you are already solid in this area). For reading, there is not practically much you can improve in one day, so make sure to solve couple of medium-hard difficulty questions to get you warmed up for the real exam.
• u/saifaldkay · 1 · link
  if u don’t know how to use Desmos then it’s the strongest push
• u/Sistarslays · 1 · link
  desmos!
• u/Sistarslays · 1 · link
  I dont know how to do the rest of the stuff without desmos :(
• u/Lemonwithmanface · 1 · link
  Dw man I got the same total but with 600 R&W and 590 Math
• u/ElizabethsVoice · 1 · link
  I got a lower score than you because I only took it once because I just couldn’t deal. I was a bad test taker. And we didn’t have Desmos 😂 I then went onto a well regarded private university and graduated summa cum laude with a business degree…the SAT isn’t measuring intelligence it’s measuring how well you can take a test or if your parents can afford a USD 5000 prep program that guarantees a 1500.
• u/test____account · 1 · link
  I have taken Geometry in my freshman year, however the curriculum at the school I went to in my freshman year was apparently not standard. Geometry was also the lowest grade I've ever gotten year-round (~82%). I haven't taken Algebra II yet, however I have been trying to do a lot of Algebra II on Khan Academy.
• u/Fine_Difficulty_3143 · 1 · link
  Hello. I am a 9th grader, but got all of the questions right on the reading and writing segment. What I really recommend is just incorporating reading into your daily habits. It works far faster and becomes more intuitive than studying grammar rules extensively. not an expert just a nerd though lol. I’m in the same boat as you, my math is your reading essentially.
• u/jwmathtutoring · 1 · link
  Learn how to use Desmos for solving equations, solving systems of equations, solving inequalities, finding max/min value of a quadratic, evaluating functions, and finding the slope/equation/y-int of a line given 2 points or point & slope.
• u/Own_One2696 · 1 · link
  do you have any video/guide recommendations for desmos? i honestly have no idea how it works and didn't use anything other than basic calculator functions during the sat
• u/Negative-Sky2510 · 1 · link
  Watch scott robinson desmos guide (2 hour long) also it seems you just dont know the math. I would use khan academy u til you feel you know the basics stuff tested and then how to use desmos to get those advanced test concepts right. Best of luck and i believe in you (but myself more of course)
• u/jwmathtutoring · 1 · link
  Go here -> https://www.reddit.com/r/Sat/comments/1kha66f/desmos_cheats/ and look at #3-#5 under Manuals & Tutorials.
• u/Murky_Insurance_4394 · 1 · link
  Getting a perfect rw score is really good, and math is easy to improve (easier than rw for most students).
  
  I would study for an SAT/11th grade PSAT (only 11th matters for college stuff). You're already in a good position and you never know where you might end up, so it's good to keep your options open. Ultimately it comes down to how much you care about pursing higher ed and where you want to do it.
  
  I will note that getting a good score on the 11th grade PSAT will get you a full ride or really good scholarships at several pretty good universities, if you want to look into that.
• u/Glass_Secret_1929 · 1 · link
  How good are you with Desmos? A lot of your scores will rest on your skill over that. Apart from that just study the concepts before spamming papers I’d say
• u/Crafty-Web9689 · 1 · link
  i can say that I know the basics but need help with geometry questions/trigonometry.
• u/Objective_Wheel_6191 · 1 · link
  I would learn Desmos and basic Grammer rules, take a practice sat, then see what you have to work on from there. Consistent studying could definitely get you to a 1500
• u/jdigitaltutoring · 1 · link
  You want to do all the practice tests and ar least do the hard questions in the question Bank. View YouTube channels JW Math Tutoring and Digital SAT 1600 because they go over recent questions.
• u/jdigitaltutoring · 1 · link
  Also learn Desmos
• u/EggplantMaleficent52 · 1 · link
  I’d save Tests 7 and 11 for your last two or three weeks. They were built from newer material and track real scores most closely, so they’re the ones to use when you want a number you can trust. Test 8’s math tends to score a little generous. Test 4 works fine as a first diagnostic.
• u/Right-Zucchini3360 · 1 · link
  nope question bank is NOT outdated. in fact, they aded 270 questions in august and i studied all 270 and got a 800 math with those exact style questions. and Practice tests are fine. some are easier than others BUT they are all curved to represent your ~X score range.
• u/EggplantMaleficent52 · 1 · link
  Since you’re going into humanities, start with the grammar and punctuation questions near the end of each RW module. They only test a few rules, so they’re the fastest points you can pick up. For punctuation, check whether there’s a full sentence on each side. For transitions, decide whether the second sentence continues or contrasts with the first before you look at the choices. For notes questions, read the goal in the question and cross out anything that misses it. On the reading questions, come up with your own answer before you look at the choices, and cross out anything the passage doesn’t actually back up.
  
  For math, don’t try to learn everything. Start at the foundations level of the Khan Academy SAT course and stick to linear equations, percentages, ratios and reading graphs. Learn to type equations into Desmos too, since it’ll do a lot of the algebra for you. Skip anything that feels totally out of reach and focus on getting the easy and medium ones right.
  
  Do about 20 questions a day from the Question Bank, mostly RW, and write down why you missed each one.
• u/Darkmage5247 · 1 · link
  A lot but not really: grinding through english will probably be boring, but it is what it is. Id imagine youre fine with math.
• u/WishboneFair8137 · 1 · link
  Since you scored a 1590, do you mind telling me if the Bluebook mocks were close to the actual score you got? I gave practice test 4, however I don't think the real SAT is that simple. Also, do you have any YouTube recommendations to learn Desmos?
• u/ssamrrahh · 1 · link
  if I got 1520, 760 eng and 760 maths in pt 11 and 1450, 650 800 in pt10 do u think I could score a 1500+ tmrw?
• u/Due_Glass_4664 · 1 · link
  I remember 11 was hard for english. I dont remember the math part. But it was the most realistic one for me.
• u/clockcy · 1 · link
  11 was rly hard man my score literally went from a consistent 740-760 range to 710 in rw. math was okay though? i havent even done a few topics still got 710 in math asw, someone who's done everything can prolly score great in math
• u/clockcy · 1 · link
  Would you say it's accurate wrt to the actual sat? I have my first sat tomorrow and i'm really anxious. I gave the 11th PT just this morning.. 710 in both rw and math, it sure was lengthy, and I felt like rw was especially tougher than usual
• u/higuyshehe · 1 · link
  First of all, learn the "test tips". For example, the SAT doesn't reward you for solving the difficult problems; it gives you more points for getting the easy ones. So practice focusing more on making fewer mistakes or at least getting the basics correct. Same for both English and math. This won't work if you are aiming for higher than 1450, but it should work if you need 1400. Another test tip (exclusively for English) would be changing the order. I solve all the writing questions before moving on to English; this way, I spend less time getting caught up with difficult passages and wasting my time. Secondly, just...study. Don't randomly spam tests, but be strategic. Collect the questions you got wrong into one notebook or file and see WHY you got them wrong. It's all about getting fewer questions wrong, so there's no point in wasting time on the questions you know you can solve. If you have more specific questions, I can answer them!! Of course, I'm not a professional, but I went from a 1440--> 1540 in two months, so hopefully I can help.
• u/Potential-Middle-383 · 1 · link
  Same, I got 1400 (670 Eng 730 math) in practice 5 yesterday but pretty low in practice 11 (English part and I did it on Tuesday). Just wanna know if 1500 is realistic for me🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
• u/Admirable_Pie_6609 · 1 · link
  honestly, low. Jumping 100 points overnight is very hard especially when you are already at a relatively strong score.
  
  Careless mistakes in math are easy to wright off, but they usually stem from either poor habits (reading the question too casually) or choosing a needlessly complex approach that involves many extra steps (more chance for mistakes). In my experience with students, "careless errors" tend to repeat themselves unless there is a clear process change.
  
  As for the reading and writing, the areas you are trying to fix IMO are actually some of the easier areas to improve on. Form, Structure, and Sense is a lot of subject verb stuff - not so much material, so relatively easy to master in a short amount of time. Bullet points I would just say to try to eliminate answers before reading the bullet points. Usually 2-3 answers flatly don't satisfy what the students/presenter is trying to do.
  
  Best of luck. And ultimately, you should try to do the best you possibly can, It doesn't matter if 1500 is a stretch goal - all you can do is give it your best shot.
• u/Potential-Middle-383 · 1 · link
  For maths careless mistakes, I had two in module 1 which I could actually reread them since I had 17 mins left, but I just didn’t want to waste time bc it was actually pretty late and I just wanted to do it faster.
• u/InternationalPen2427 · 1 · link
  Desmos just makes it faster and easier. And some questions are MUCH harder to solve without it.
  
  Solving -> use the official SAT College board question bank (only resource you'll need)
  
  YouTube -> many YouTubers but I haven't found anyone proper for the English especially. People just repeat the same 5 dumb*** tips and asks you to join their course.
  For the math people really like James Lu. I personally don't. But I give credit where credit is due
  
  There could be some good videos explaining the writing section in the English though. It'll be a pretty good explanation usually since it's much more methodical and clearer to understand than reading.
• u/jwmathtutoring · 1 · link
  I’ve seen people use Desmos for it. Why?
  
  Because it can solve questions in a quicker, more efficient manner than by hand and/or solve problems that you do not know how to solve manually.
  
  Can I solve the questions without Desmos?
  
  Yes. There are no problems that require the use of a calculator.
  
  Or do I NEED to use it?
  
  No, you do not need to use it. I strongly recommend using it, but you do not need to.
• u/Yillenel · 1 · link
  Thank you so much! I’m used to lots of algebra so I don’t think I’ll end up using Desmos but I’ll definitely try it out! 💗🙏🫶
• u/jdigitaltutoring · 1 · link
  You need to learn all the math concepts first
• u/Ajveronese · 1 · link
  https://skoon.io makes it as easy as possible.
  
  Start with the first test, then follow the study plan. It will have you record error logs for every question you missed, and it will give you a series of practice sets at an adaptive difficulty for you to work on your weaknesses. Then do another test and repeat!
  
  If you get stuck on any question, just leave a comment on the question and I’ll give you an explanation/drawing/Desmos snapshot that will clear it up for you.
  
  The tests themselves are all legit SAT exams, and they’re ordered in such a way that you will experience the least repeat questions if you follow them in order.
• u/EggplantMaleficent52 · 1 · link
  You haven’t plateaued in RW. 690, 700, 720 is a slow climb, and the only score that went down was math, which your 800 already covers in the superscore. So the real question is smaller than “keep studying for the SAT.” It’s whether you can find 30 RW points without it eating junior year.
  
  At 720, you’re usually missing somewhere around four to six RW questions across both modules, and 750 is often just two or three fewer misses. That doesn’t need your English to get drastically better. It needs a handful of specific questions fixed. Go back through the RW misses on your last two Bluebook tests and sort them by type. At this level they tend to cluster in one or two places, most often the hard inference and words-in-context questions in module 2, sometimes one punctuation rule you keep guessing on. Inference: if a choice claims more than the passage directly supports, cross it out, even if it’s the one you’d defend in English class. Words in context: cover the choices and put your own word in the blank before you look.
  
  Give it a fixed budget instead of an open timeline. Thirty to forty minutes, three times a week, RW only, hard questions from the Question Bank, and one more sitting, two at most. Decide the cutoff now: if 750 doesn’t show up by the spring date, you stop and put that time into your classes.
  
  Also check whether 1550 changes anything on your list. At most schools 1520 and 1550 fall in the same range, and your junior year grades will count for more than 30 points. If a school you care about has a median above 1520, that’s a reason to keep going. If not, stopping now is a perfectly reasonable call.
• u/apaintingofclouds · 1 · link
  Imo test 9 (and 8 and 10) is easier than 7 but not easier than 6. 11 is p similar to 7. This is all referring to reading/writing, btw. I think the math is about the same for tests 5–11.
• u/WillingnessTotal7412 · 1 · link
  So it goes 6 -> 8,9,10 -> 7, 11 in terms of difficulty for rw?
  
  Also math was my main bad area so im happy as long as its accurate for math lol
• u/ExitWitty3497 · 1 · link
  Honestly same here😭😭 I signed up for the exam late and barely had time to study but I banked on A level maths being able to help me and it def did not. Just hope for the best now, or squeeze in content you need to know even if you don't do a paper.
• u/sandwitchsunn · 1 · link
  i think english one the princeton ones are pretty accurate but math isn't
• u/muinegni · 1 · link
  Starting point - 1460 (750V,710M)
  Final - 1570 (780V,790M)
  
  I did prep in 3 sets of 4 days spread out across 2 months
  
  ~3-7 hours of prep for each of those days.
  ~6 full Mocks total
  3 math only mocks
  2 RW only mocks
  
  But keep in mind going from 1460->1570 is much harder than say 900->1350
• u/logicsweb · 1 · link
  what does it mean if i can do medium level questions of both english and math but stuggle for hard ones
• u/One_Chipmunk_1013 · 1 · link
  I mean, its the same studying as usual, except that you can be confident that she at least knows the basic materials
  
  Do lots of practice tests/questions, while reviewing what went wrong
  
  While the subsection bars may all be high, you can still do a practice test to see individual sections that need practice. My guess is that she's losing points on: Math- questions 19-22 on Mod 1, 15-22 on Mod 2
  
  English- questions 12-18 on Mod 1, questions 1-4(vocab)/10-18 on mod 2
  
  (exact question numbers may be wrong but those tend to be the areas that students tend to struggle with)
  
  (if she isn't getting perfect on the vocab sections she can also do some review there as well)
  
  Have them do some full practice tests over the weekend, then review their mistakes! Best of luck!
• u/RouquineCT · 1 · link
  <3 Thank you very much. On her full practice PSATs, she was getting full perfect module 1s and 1-2 problems wrong on each of Math and Reading module 2. It feels like the practice tests aren't hard enough! I will still have her start doing some SAT practice tests.
• u/Capital_Tomatillo775 · 1 · link
  learn james lu desmos, he has a 2 hour video. Sent me from a 680 ->800 on the math, that is the only thing I changed. Then do all the math questions you got wrong on practice tests ever and make sure you know all of them, if you can make a silly mistake once you can do it again, ensure you go over it even though you know what you did wrong
• u/AkkoisMe · 1 · link
  To be fair, that was the PSAT and it's out of 1520. It wouldn't be fair to compare the PSAT and SAT because they're graded on different scales. I got a 1410 on my PSAT this year but a 1520 on the SAT. So, if she was getting 1400s on her practice SATs, then being in the 1300 range for the PSAT makes sense. I'm not sure what her goals are, but if it's a 1400+ SAT then that's pretty achievable. At this point its more about pacing and techniques. I recommend watching SAT youtubers, they were really helpful for tips and tricks, and its a great way to be able to devote time to the SAT on days studying feels dreary. Also, a lot of the math section can be done in an instant mentally, or with a little calculator manipulation. James Lu's desmos guide is pretty good for this.
  
  Another tip- most SAT math questions can be done in under a minute, while the hard questions, (3-4 near the end) may require a few minutes to think through and work out. Pacing is really important.
• u/First-Fudge-3404 · 1 · link
  1340 practice means you’re missing out some foundational things. I’d adivse you to really drill through math questions.
  If you also haven’t started learning desmos, you should definetly start. James Lu has some great desmos tricks.
  Test 4 is fine. It’s on the easier side. Practice test 6 is the most difficult and perhaps the most accurate to the actual experience
  Even if it’s on the easier side, a 730 English is great and you’re in a decent position for a 1450+ if you really work on math:)
• u/Mediocre_Put_6748 · 1 · link
  If you’re already good at R&W and fairly good decent at math, a 1300 will be easy. Since you want to take it next summer, you have a lot of time to practice. You can start with the college board free question bank and once you have enough reps, do a practice exam to see where you stand ish.
  If you have problems with finding structure in studying, come try out lyceon for free
• u/FanCrazy1931 · 1 · link
  circle, every single time, exactly what you need to find out. Is it x/2 or x. Is it the height of cone or the slant height. This got me from 770 to 800
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  On the common data set you can see the breakdown for individual scores. Where do your scores lie? And what’s your potential major? That all has to be part of the equation too.
  
  It probably isn't good to submit if it’s below the 25% of a college unless your score is tippy top for your high school.
  
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• u/Important_Spring5817 · 0 · link
  if it is your first time then just try again because the format of the test matters more than your actual ability. try grinding desmos and pray for english
• u/EndSea2927 · 0 · link
  I can help you with math. Bascially js spam hard math questions in the question bank and if u can do it in like 2 minutes write down the solution and save it. Once your done with like 20 quesitons that day go back to the ones you couldn't solve and do it again.