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General Concepts
Remember, the test is about how well you can use what you know to solve
problems. It is difficult to expand substantially your
knowledge of math in the weeks( or
days) before you take your SATs, so make sure that you remember what you have already learned and
focus on using the math skills you already have.
There are four categories in the math test:
Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, and Miscellaneous.
Like the verbal
sections, the math sections have somewhat
different formats.
This is how they are organized:
<>25-Question Math Section
1-25 standard multiple-choice questions
<>25-Question Math Section
1-15 quantitative comparison questions
16-25 student-produced-response questions ( grid-in )
<>10-Question Math Section
1-10 standard multiple-choice questions
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Again, within each group of questions of the same type, the questions are arranged
in order of difficulty: The first-easy The second-medium
The
last-difficult
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You don't have to answer every question in math
to get the score you're shooting for. In the chart below you can look up the
number of questions you should be answering to get your target score.
What score do you need ?
You receive two scores on the SAT, one math and one verbal. Each subject is scored on a scale of 200 to 800. The
national average is approximately 500 in each subject (1000 combined). However, most competitive colleges will look for
significantly higher scores.
Here's a guide to incoming students'
average scores for some colleges:
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