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How's your math? New SAT Math Sampler
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8/8.
It's been almost fifteen years, but that was pretty easy.
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Yea, when I saw it I thought they were making it harder. Seems easier than when i took it 14 years ago. They have a verbal one too. That one was a little harder than I remember.
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That was pathetic. How did I only get a 660 on the SAT I math part? I should take the whole thing again and see if I can do better.
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7/8.
the f(f(x)) I was not familiar with at all. Lats time I did that kind of test was 22 years ago.
I read a lot about math today, more than I ever did then though. I enjoy it more and more!
Guess it took me that long to really appreciate it!
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8/8, and i get to take that test (for real this time) next year. I took a practice version last school year and got something like a 780 in math (2200 or so total; suddenly, getting a 1600 on your SATs isn't so great )
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did someone say math...?
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Please keep in mind the ambiguously selective general understandings we've all agreed upon...
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"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." -Archimedes
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7/8
Its been a while since I had seen absolute value brackets.
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Does anyone remember what 1+1 equals? I'm stumped!
(But seriously I have not a clue what the answers are because unfortunately I'm way too stupid... sigh... )
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6/8. It's not that bad since I finished High School 20 years ago. I'm an old fart who still kind of remembers his math.
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8/8, though it hasn't been so long for me (about 8 years) since I took it and I majored in math
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"I think of lotteries as a tax on the mathematically challenged." -- Roger Jones
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Originally posted by demograph68:
Does anyone remember what 1+1 equals? ...
1+1=0 (mod 2)
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"I think of lotteries as a tax on the mathematically challenged." -- Roger Jones
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Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
8/8.
It's been almost fifteen years, but that was pretty easy.
I'd hate to see how long it would take you to solve eight difficult math problems.
Master race my ass...
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Originally posted by MaxPower2k3:
8/8, and i get to take that test (for real this time) next year. I took a practice version last school year and got something like a 780 in math (2200 or so total; suddenly, getting a 1600 on your SATs isn't so great )
the math is the easy part... it's those damn analogies
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8/8. 5 minutes. Not bad for an English major ten years removed from college. I suppose I could get accepted to Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, and UT Austin again. Getting out with something worthwhile is the hard part. I feel more confident now about tutoring 8th grade algebra this coming year. I've been wondering about this SAT essay as my 4th graders in Texas test for writing. Come to think of it, forums sort of wreak havoc on one's writing skills, don't they?
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4/8 not too bad considering I'm going into grade nine this fall(gawd that must have lowered my reputation)
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Originally posted by macaddict0001:
4/8 not too bad considering I'm going into grade nine this fall(gawd that must have lowered my reputation)
Don't worry, man/woman. No matter what you do, you'll have a better reputation than me.
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8/8. I thought it was pretty damn easy.
When I took the SAT's back in high school I got a 780 on the math section because I missed one easy question. Oh well.
What really scares me is that there are kids in this country who struggle to get 1000. The SAT's are really NOT that hard, and test pretty basic skills that every high school grad should know. I'm not saying everyone needs to get a 1500, but geez, what's wrong with our educational system that people are scoring sub-1000 scores?
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Originally posted by tavilach:
Don't worry, man/woman. No matter what you do, you'll have a better reputation than me.
That's a mathematical certainty.
Originally posted by Fyre4ce:
What really scares me is that there are kids in this country who struggle to get 1000. The SAT's are really NOT that hard, and test pretty basic skills that every high school grad should know. I'm not saying everyone needs to get a 1500, but geez, what's wrong with our educational system that people are scoring sub-1000 scores?
If those SAT's are exactly like the questions on that side, then yeah there is something wrong with your education system.
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Originally posted by f1000:
I'd hate to see how long it would take you to solve eight difficult math problems.
Master race my ass...
I see you didn't post YOUR score.
(P.S.: Am I the only German you've ever encountered who finds Nazi jokes offensive?)
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8/8 for me.
I remember my math quite well. It was a lot better than those English analogies.
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I got 3/8 without a brain by just guessing.
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7/8 - Thought the f(f(x)) question said normal, plian-old f(x) not fancy-pants f(f(x))
Should have learnt by now to read questions for content, not just scan them.
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8/8. I hope the real SAT Math section is that easy! (I take it this year)
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What the ****... is that how America is tested???
this is piss easy!
8/8 in like 2 minutes
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I did great on the SAT's 30 years ago...
Um, was the letter F in the alphabet back then? I guess not.
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7/8. I forgot that pipes mean "absolute value".
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Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
(P.S.: Am I the only German you've ever encountered who finds Nazi jokes offensive?)
Aw, cut me some slack. Social Democrat jokes just aren't as funny.
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Originally posted by hyperb0le:
8/8. Hope the real SAT Math section is that easy (I take it this year)
It is that easy, but even so, it's extremely hard to get an 800. Personally, I spent so much time dwelling over the easy ones (thinking that they must be trick questions), that I didn't have time for some questions, and was stuck with a 760 (which, granted, is not bad).
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/hi
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Originally posted by sworthy:
the math is the easy part... it's those damn analogies
i guess you'll be happy to know that they've removed the analogies from the new SAT
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7/8. Also going to 9th grade this fall. Like york, I missed the absolute value one... I knew the "pipes" meant absolute value, I just didn't see that the last term was supposed to be added and not subtracted...
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"You know, I don't think math is a science. I think it's a religion...All these equations are like miracles. You take two numbers and when you add them, they magically become one new number! No one can say how it happens. You either believe it or you don't. This whole book is full of things that have to be accepted on faith! It's a religion!
As a math atheist, I should be excused from class."
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Calvin, "Calvin and Hobbes"
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Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
I see you didn't post YOUR score.
(P.S.: Am I the only German you've ever encountered who finds Nazi jokes offensive?)
lest we forget
whoops too late
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hayesk
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8/8 - no calculator. Wow, that was easy.
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Originally posted by D. Hendrickson:
"You know, I don't think math is a science. I think it's a religion...All these equations are like miracles. You take two numbers and when you add them, they magically become one new number! No one can say how it happens. You either believe it or you don't. This whole book is full of things that have to be accepted on faith! It's a religion!
As a math atheist, I should be excused from class."
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Calvin, "Calvin and Hobbes"
Heh
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That was kinda simple... about the level of a 14-year-old I reckon. (Easeier than GCSE as I remember it...)
What age is that test for?
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Originally posted by Amorya:
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What age is that test for?
Amorya
Most people take it sophmore and/or junior year of high school. So, I'd say people take it when they're about 15-17 yo.
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Originally posted by Captain Obvious:
7/8
Its been a while since I had seen absolute value brackets.
I took grade 12 calculus and don't remember this "rule" that the signs don't matter. Maybe I missed it.
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Late to the game, but that was incredibly simple. Seriously. Definitely a hell of a lot easier than GCSE's (recently helped the missus' little sister with them).
Please say this isn't an indication of the schooling system over on the other side of the pond. Oh - and I'm not trying to be offensive, but I didn't see a question on there I couldn't've done at 14-15.
Saying that - I'm currently doing degree level maths (kinda necessary for engineering ), so I should find it that simple I suppose...
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I can't speak for all US schools, but it's not indicative of the schools around where we live. Although I got an 8/8 on that little test, I'd be struggling hard if I had to take my daughter's high school math class. I really have to wonder if the new SAT is that easy.
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8/8 but the i did get an 800 on the SAT (eat it tavi!) still, mad easy.
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Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
but the i did get an 800 on the SAT (eat it tavi!)
Don't feel too bad, at least you got half of the problems right!
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Easy. 8/8, no calculator. Thinking of becoming a math major.
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8/8 here too! never thought i'd be doing math on a friday night.
but this is bean counting compared to integrating discs, washers, and shells that i've been stressed out about as of late. oh and i can't wait for calc III in the fall.
21 posts to go...
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Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
8/8 but the i did get an 800 on the SAT (eat it tavi!) still, mad easy.
Oh damn...that hurts .
What'd you get on the IIC?
Wait...I don't care . I'm not very fond of standardized testing .
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