New sample questions: Math part 4

College Board released a bunch of sample questions this week for the new PSAT and SAT, which will make their debuts in October 2015 and March 2016, respectively. Over the next few days, I’ll be making posts working through each question, a few at a time, and commenting on them when I feel like I have (more…)

New sample questions: Math part 2

College Board released a bunch of sample questions this week for the new PSAT and SAT, which will make their debuts in October 2015 and March 2016, respectively. Over the next few days, I’ll be making posts working through each question, a few at a time, and commenting on them when I feel like I have (more…)

Fun with graphs: The sequel

Here we go, folks—another graphs quiz to entertain/torture you. Good luck! Note: This quiz will be available to everyone until 11/25/14. After that, it will be available only to registered Math Guide Owners. If you own a Math Guide, make sure you forward your receipt or other proof of purchase to mike@pwnthesat.com so that you can...

Digital deals and stickers

A few updates you might be interested in. First, if you like discounted digital SAT prep books, then you’re in luck! For the next week—11/17 through 11/24—there will be crazy promotional prices on the digital versions of the Math Guide and Essay Guide. (Why? No particular reason—it’s just something I figured out how to do, so (more…)

Have some fun with graphs

Note: This quiz will be available to everyone until 10/31/14. After that, it will be available only to registered Math Guide Owners. If you own a Math Guide, make sure you forward your receipt or other proof of purchase to mike@pwnthesat.com so that you can access all the exclusive Math Guide Owners stuff on this...

Math Guide, 3rd edition

This is just a quick post to let you know that finally, at long last, the 3rd edition of the Math Guide is available now at Amazon.com. It’s pretty cool—it contains two all new chapters, some new drill questions, and a bunch of other small updates that I think are cool but that no one else is likely to (more…)

A few helpful tips for dealing with remainders

It almost never fails when I’m working with a new student that the first time a question involving remainders rears its ugly head, we need to spend some time talking about what remainders are and how to find them. This happens fairly early in the process with me, intentionally. I always start with new students (more…)

Two-category Venn diagram problems

I made a video today that I hope will help you understand something I get asked about an awful lot. The SAT loves asking a particular kind of Venn diagram question—not so common that it appears on every test, but common enough that high scorers need to know it. The test writers keep coming back (more…)