How difficult is the SAT?????

[DrFoamy]

I teach SAT prep. Random guessing gives you no statistical benefit, but no statistical penalty. You lose a quarter point for a wrong answer, and gain one point for a right answer. Since there are 5 options for each question, you would expect to get 4 wrong and 1 right for every 5 guesses.

1 right * 1 point = 1 point
4 wrong * -0.25 point = -1 point

Total = 0 points

If you can eliminate one answer as definitely wrong then RANDOMLY guess, you gain a statistical advantage.

MAKE SURE you answer all math problems that force you to grid a numerical answer. There is no penalty for a wrong answer. Grid in a common answer if you don't know. 0 or 1 are good choices.

Also... there is no trig. There is right triangle geometry, but it is limited to Pythagorean theorem and special triangles (30-60-90 degrees, 45-45-90 degrees).

Hope that helps ^_^