Monday, October 27, 2008

The dreaded partial answer in the SAT math section

So you do all the work and you've solved for x. You fill in the answer. Then you check, and it's wrong. You go over your work again, and again!
"This stupid answer sheet is wrong!" you yell out.
Then you realize your mistake. The question asked, "What is x - 2?"
You answered "What is x?"
Whenever you read math questions, you should underline the key part of the question, such as "What is x-2?"
Then, when you complete your work, go back to the underlined words, and make sure you answer the question.
Getting x was a lot of work. Don't ruin it by not subtracting 2 to get the right answer.

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