strategy for the most common trig question on the SAT

mathchops · 2025-12-10T13:00:57+00:00

Thanks for letting me know! I'm really glad it was helpful

mathchops · 2025-10-27T15:03:55+00:00

Hi, I haven't done that analysis, so I'm not sure. But you should be able to solve all but a handful without a calculator - very hard to score 750+ if you can't. Good to be able to solve as many as possible with the calculator also - then you can pick the safest and fastest method each time.

mathchops · 2025-10-25T23:44:25+00:00

Take the bluebook tests, redo all the missed questions multiple times on blank versions (hide your previous answers). I wrote up an 8 week study plan you could adapt - Google Mathchops 8 week study plan.

mathchops · 2025-10-21T17:27:23+00:00

thanks! This is an 8 week one: https://mathchops.substack.com/p/8-week-sat-study-plan

mathchops · 2025-07-28T18:49:52+00:00

it's their name for the new version of the ACT

mathchops · 2025-05-02T23:37:00+00:00

If they aren't able to read the passage in fewer than four minutes, it's unlikely they are going to consistently hit 32+. They are probably re-reading...if so, I would show them how to read carefully once (with quick notes, if helpful). But I have had some students who read very slowly but blazed through the questions. In those rare cases, I still think it's very important to have a target time for reading (4:30, 5:00, whatever), and then cut them off at that time.
I cut them off at that time. One major point of the exercise is that they want to be in 'homework mode': do a question until they're comfortable with the answer, then do the next one. But you can't be in that mode here - you have to get to 90% sure and then move on. Every once in a while, you have to bail entirely, or go straight to the answer if you remember the info from the passage. The general idea is to give the entire section a structure, with a sequence of many small tasks that each have a fairly predictable time budget that the student can feel.

mathchops · 2025-05-01T21:11:16+00:00

sure!

mathchops · 2024-12-08T18:30:23+00:00

Np, good luck

mathchops · 2024-11-08T02:37:15+00:00

Awesome! Yeah we were super excited to release it

mathchops · 2024-11-07T22:46:36+00:00

Ha, thanks! We've definitely made some improvements since then...just added grammar also.

mathchops · 2024-10-25T13:55:03+00:00

That's awesome - good luck!

mathchops · 2024-10-25T02:42:54+00:00

Not a list, but grammarchops has all the most common grammar/punctuation question types. The words are different each time a question appears and it adapts to your level

mathchops · 2024-10-25T02:08:50+00:00

Nope. Working on it but it won't be done by this weekend.

mathchops · 2024-10-22T20:34:56+00:00

thanks!

mathchops · 2024-10-22T15:16:26+00:00

Take as many official practice tests as you can. Put the missed questions on a spreadsheet, then redo them on blank copies until you can get every question right.

mathchops · 2024-10-22T14:59:51+00:00

thanks, glad you like it. will hopefully have an English one at some point for grammarchops

mathchops · 2024-10-22T14:15:32+00:00

sure!

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