SAT数学考试：Gessing and the Math IC.docVIP

SAT数学考试：Guessing and the Math IC 小马过河为大家准备了“SAT数学考试：Guessing and the Math IC”，供各位备考SAT的考生们参考使用，来提高自己的托福成绩！免费咨询电话：400-0123-267 　　Should you guess on SAT II Math IC? Well answer this question by posing a question of our own: 　　G. O. Metry is holding five cards, numbered 1–5. Without telling you, he has selected one of the numbers as the “correct” card. If you pick a single card, what is the probability that you will choose the correct card? 　　One out of 5, or 1?5, of course! And thats precisely the situation youre in when you blindly guess the answer on any SAT II Math IC question: you have a 1 in 5 chance of getting the question right. If you were to guess on 10 questions, probability says youll get two questions right and eight questions wrong. 　　Two right answers earns you 2 raw points. 　　Eight wrong answers gets you –2 raw points (8 – 1/4 points). 　　Those ten answers, therefore, net you a total of 0 points. And thats exactly what ETS wants. They designed the test to make blind guessing pointless. 　　Educated Guessing 　　But suppose you’re faced with this question: 　　If x + 2x = 6, what is the value of x? 　　(A) –2 　　(B) 2 　　(C) 3 　　(D) 0 　　(E) 1 　　Lets say you have no idea how to solve this problem. But you look at the answer choices, and realize that 0 multiplied by any number equals 0. If you plug that into the equation, cannot add up to 6. You can eliminate “0” as a possible answer, and now have four choices from which to choose. Now is it worth it to guess? Yes. Probability states that if you are guessing between four choices you will get one question right for every three you get wrong. For that one correct answer, youll get one point, and for the three incorrect answers, youll lose a total of 3/4 of a point: 1 – 3/4 = 1/4. If you can eliminate even one answer, the odds of guessing turn in your favor: you become more likely to gain points than to lose points. 　　The rule for guessing on the Math IC test is simple: if you can eliminate even one answer-choice on a