SAT STRATEGIES

LESSON 1

ACTIVATE SLIDESHOW MODE NOW in order to hear the

voiceover
Know the SAT test

Sections 3 & 4
58 Questions

Section 3 Section 4
No Calculator Calculator Permitted
#1-15 Multiple choice #1-30 Multiple Choice
#16-20 Gridded Response #31-38 Gridded Response
Know the time limits

Section 3
No Calculator
20 Questions in 25
minutes
1.25 minutes per question

Section 4
Calculator Permitted
38 Questions in 55
minutes
1.45 minutes per question
Know the difficulty level

Most students recognize that the

test progresses in difficulty level.
However many people do not
know the test has 4 levels of
difficulty!
Know the difficulty level

Section #1-15
Multiple Choice
#16-20
Grid-ins

3 Easy to difficult
Easy to difficult

Section #1-30
Multiple Choice
#31-38
Grid-ins

4 Easy to difficult Easy to difficult

Know YOUR SAT Math test

What score do YOU want?

Knowing your desired test score

determines how many questions you
must get correct.
Know YOUR SAT Math test goal
What score are YOU aiming for?

800 • Perfect score!

• You must get 58/58 correct

700
• Approximately the 94th percentile
• You must get approximately 51/58 correct and
can afford to get up to approximately 7 incorrect

650
• Approximately the 87th percentile
• You must get approximately 45/58 correct and
can afford to get approximately 13 incorrect
Knowing your goal and the makeup of
the test allows you to change your attack
on the SAT Math test. You get to play a
game you can win!

Change your attack on each question

based on where the question is in the
sequence.
Section 3 #1 EASY
Section 3 #15 DIFFICULT
Section 3 #15 DIFFICULT
Section 3 #1 EASY
Section 3 #1 EASY
Section 3 #20 DIFFICULT
Section 3 #20 DIFFICULT