Time management SAT-practice math & RW Flashcards
Time management on Math SAT
(2 passes strategy?)
two passes strategy. With this technique, you’ll go through each module once to answer all the questions that you feel confident about. Make sure to mark any questions you don’t complete so you can come back to them during round two! After you’ve completed your first round and gotten all those easy points, head back to those skipped questions and get to work on them. This way, you prioritize spending time on the questions most likely to earn you points.
second-guess?
Don’t second-guess yourself! Go with your gut. Don’t worry if a question seems “too easy” or “obvious”. Your first instinct is usually correct—especially if you’ve been studying and doing plenty of practice questions!
Leave time at the end of each module to review your answers.
Math, mark questions for review?
Mark questions you’re not sure about for review. The Bluebook™ app contains a tool that lets you mark the question you’re on for review. This option appears right next to the question number. When you get to the end of the module, you’ll see a review page, and the questions you marked for review will be flagged. You can click back into these questions and re-read them and check your answer. Then, at the bottom of the question page, you can click back to the review page. Note that you can click back into any question until time is up—including the ones you didn’t mark—but it will be much easier to remember which questions you want to come back to if you do mark them for review.
Leaving any question blank
Don’t leave any questions blank! The SAT doesn’t penalize you for wrong answers, so no matter how stumped you feel on a given question, you should always take a guess. You should select a choice the first time you encounter the question, even if you mark it to come back to later—just in case you run out of time before you get back to it.
starting 2nd module early?
Don’t start the second module early on your practice tests! The practice tests give you the option to start the second module before the time allotted for your first module is up. However, on the real test, you won’t get this option—you’ll have to wait until those 35 minutes are over. So, when you finish the first module on your practice tests, we recommend that you use any leftover time just like you would on the real test: to review the questions you’re not sure about.
Leave time at the end?
If you find yourself stumped on a question or stuck between two or more choices, just take your best guess and move on. If you’ve followed the two passes strategy, you’ll be able to come back to the question later, once you’ve finished the rest of the module. Which brings us to…
(RW) Save time on easier questions.
You’ll find that some questions on the test require more reading than others, which can be a slow process. You may also find that while you can answer some question types quickly and easily, others consistently take you more time. If you can work quickly on the questions that feel easier, you can save more time for when you need it!
Make predictions.
Whenever you can, you should come up with a prediction in your mind for the correct answer, and select the choice that best matches your prediction. This will help you avoid spending too much time reading through the choices and comparing them against one another. This is the biggest time-saver for most Reading and Writing questions—and it can greatly improve your chances of getting the question right!
Use the process of elimination.
When you can’t make a prediction, or you can’t find a choice that matches your prediction, you should read the choices and rule them out one by one. If you can’t eliminate three choices, take your best guess between what’s left.
