[December SAT Math] 5 Hardest SAT MATH Questions (2024)

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  • @Andrew-Tsegaye
    @Andrew-Tsegaye Місяць тому +29

    For the first question or like always use this trick
    Make r = 0 or 1 and then substitute that point to each equation and make sure it satisfies both cuz they are same line.

  • @Arpy-u9t
    @Arpy-u9t 2 місяці тому +98

    my DSAT exam is on 7th December. Thank you so much for such a helpful video.

    • @MuhammadHussain-q1i3g
      @MuhammadHussain-q1i3g 2 місяці тому +2

      booklist please

    • @javicamacho3855
      @javicamacho3855 2 місяці тому

      hey can I add you on instagram for some questions?

    • @malielanijoy
      @malielanijoy Місяць тому +4

      I'm taking it on December 7 too!

    • @Jay-Ninefcmobile
      @Jay-Ninefcmobile Місяць тому +4

      Same here 😢😢😢

    • @Arpy-u9t
      @Arpy-u9t Місяць тому +2

      @@MuhammadHussain-q1i3g 1. the official digital SAT study guide
      2.princeton review
      3.the college panda
      4.the ultimate guide to SAT by Erica L. Meltzer

  • @fjccommish
    @fjccommish Місяць тому +38

    6:37 Bad idea to round each value to a whole number first. That could lead to a wrong answer.
    For example, 5.4 rounded to 5 and 5.4 rounded to 5 added = 5 + 5 = 10
    However, 5.4 + 5.4 = 10.8, rounded to 11.
    Round after the final calculation.
    In this specific case rounding first didn't change the answer. But it could with other numbers.
    On this, you can add another function on Desmos with the a, b, and c.
    Then do f(-15)+f(-4)

    • @jwmathtutoring
      @jwmathtutoring Місяць тому +3

      I agree. A student should use the exact values of f(-4) and f(-15) to add them together especially since this is a student produced response question.

  • @Iguana-Marina
    @Iguana-Marina Місяць тому +18

    i didn't understand the explanation of the process for the second question but the rest i did understand. i rate this video 4/5 stars thank you

    • @HareemAliRana
      @HareemAliRana Місяць тому +3

      the formulas for the sum of roots when you've got a 2nd degree eq is -b/a, and product of roots is c/a, as we're given the sum of roots (20/3) we know that it's the sum of roots of the eq, we can find the factors by equating each of the bracket = 0 (everytime we get this type of eq), for the eq 2x^2-16x+6p, we can again use the sum of roots formula as it'll givve the sum of values of x without messing with the p, by adding all the values of p we got and the sum of roots of the third eq, we'll add them and equate them equal to the total sum of roots and find the value of p, hopr this helps, I'm not at explaining maths

  • @Prem-p9u8w
    @Prem-p9u8w Місяць тому +12

    I like the youtubers who use a little humor while teaching..............it's you.

  • @ammabadboy9962
    @ammabadboy9962 Місяць тому +10

    I was STRUGGLING so hard at Question 2 THANK YOU I hope this is my last time taking SAT

    • @kateyy.-.
      @kateyy.-. Місяць тому

      i didnt even use pencil lmao this shi is easy

    • @thundervolt97
      @thundervolt97 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@kateyy.-.Exactly I know the benefits of being an asian

    • @shivdesai-k6c
      @shivdesai-k6c Місяць тому +2

      @@kateyy.-. why are you trying to flex on people, just keep it to yourself?

    • @kateyy.-.
      @kateyy.-. Місяць тому

      @@shivdesai-k6c This is just a complaint about how you take such easy exams and we have to take exams that are 20 times harder

    • @baconheadhair6938
      @baconheadhair6938 Місяць тому

      @@kateyy.-. +sat gives you about 1min per question

  • @davidzevada9722
    @davidzevada9722 2 місяці тому +59

    Good video. I took the SAT and got 760 math, only recommendation is explaining more common less difficult questions because these questions are super obscure and have a next to nothing chance of showing up on the real test.

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  2 місяці тому +10

      Thanks, I have a different video going over 10 more common questions. But I wouldn’t say these have no chance at showing up since these questions came from real practice tests and from students who saw these on actual tests.

    • @davidzevada9722
      @davidzevada9722 2 місяці тому +6

      Yeah I recognize half of them that you pulled straight out of the college board blue book practice tests. I have taken the SAT three times(and over a dozen practice tests) and I feel like these questions are so obscure that you wouldn’t encounter them on the real test. They’re are so many crazy random questions that they can throw at you, so instead of studying each individual crazy obscure one I think that studying a bunch of Desmos tips would help a lot of people more. Just telling you what I think, you did a great job explaining them so keep it up.

    • @baconheadhair6938
      @baconheadhair6938 Місяць тому

      thank god

    • @Minion_daily
      @Minion_daily Місяць тому

      Just took December sat and all these questions were on it 😢

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому

      @@Minion_daily lol did you get them right?

  • @jonathanvadala
    @jonathanvadala 2 місяці тому +4

    underrated video

  • @rondondagoat8583
    @rondondagoat8583 20 днів тому

    great video. love the content.

  • @4saintchrist
    @4saintchrist 2 місяці тому +1

    Very helpful video ❤. I need more of these

  • @Arseniy-h7q
    @Arseniy-h7q 2 місяці тому

    pls do the 2nd part! this one was extremely helpful

  • @DangNguyenHai-xs4fy
    @DangNguyenHai-xs4fy Місяць тому

    so grateful for the video

  • @Andrew-Tsegaye
    @Andrew-Tsegaye Місяць тому +1

    Thank you man!

  • @akshaya_janga
    @akshaya_janga Місяць тому +3

    0:38 woahh can we actually use a digital graph in the exam?

    • @hiteshpatil8003
      @hiteshpatil8003 Місяць тому +2

      Yess you can on the online mode of SAT

    • @Prachikaarya
      @Prachikaarya Місяць тому

      So not in the real exam?​@hiteshpatil8003

  • @ayushaprasai6228
    @ayushaprasai6228 Місяць тому +6

    pleaseee solve the question 3 manually- without using desmos

    • @jwmathtutoring
      @jwmathtutoring Місяць тому

      Question 3 (the factoring one) did not use Desmos at all?

  • @chaitanyarathi1422
    @chaitanyarathi1422 Місяць тому +3

    how did u find the zeroe for 2x^2 - 16x + 6p
    using -b/a = 8? ive never seen that formula in my curriculum, is it widely used in America or sm shit?

    • @manhaagarwal2747
      @manhaagarwal2747 Місяць тому +1

      -b/a gives u the sum of the roots, so this gives u all the roots of 2x^2 - 16x + 6p added up.

    • @chaitanyarathi1422
      @chaitanyarathi1422 Місяць тому +2

      @@manhaagarwal2747 ohh i remember learning that in my junior year, thanks a lot

  • @Fraxx-69o
    @Fraxx-69o Місяць тому +3

    Can you make video about using desmos i couldn't get no 4

  • @Repak_
    @Repak_ Місяць тому +4

    Please make another one of these I NEED a 1500+
    1440 rn btw

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому +2

      Make sure to check out my other video going over 10 “hard” commonly tested questions

    • @umapuma2136
      @umapuma2136 Місяць тому +1

      bro i need a 1100 lol

    • @baconheadhair6938
      @baconheadhair6938 Місяць тому

      must be painful to be so damn close and have to retake it lol

  • @AizhanSpatay-rm7dp
    @AizhanSpatay-rm7dp Місяць тому +5

    There are actually two ways to solve the first problem. You need to plug in x and y, and if I plug in r as y and isolate x - I get x to see if it is the answer meaning if they match they lie on the infite number of solutions. The second doesn't really matther much, but when you write you should include all numbers like 20/3= -p/3 + 8 + 0. The third is to show how to find greatest common factor, don't just say 6. As a student, when I'll be solving these questions I'll get stuck by dividing all the numbers to get 6. Just show desmos gcf(54,216,210) = 6.

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks for the feedback.

  • @jesseryam1007
    @jesseryam1007 Місяць тому

    What if in question 2, the first part of the equation (3x+p) was not there, therfore leading to 20/3 = 8.

  • @maxquidity
    @maxquidity Місяць тому +4

    Can someone explain the factoring on Q3?

    • @IdrisKagalwala
      @IdrisKagalwala Місяць тому

      yes i have the same question

    • @jwmathtutoring
      @jwmathtutoring Місяць тому

      First, factor out the GCF of 6. Next, factor the trinomial either using trial & error (which is what is done here) or you can also use the AC method. Do you know how to factor trinomials?

    • @jwmathtutoring
      @jwmathtutoring Місяць тому

      @@IdrisKagalwala Which part are you confused about? The GCF in step 1 or the factoring of 9x^4 + 36x^2 + 35?

    • @IdrisKagalwala
      @IdrisKagalwala Місяць тому

      @@jwmathtutoring never mind i figured it out i just made the x^ 2 = y at the start

    • @IdrisKagalwala
      @IdrisKagalwala Місяць тому

      @@jwmathtutoring thanks tho

  • @limesoup7
    @limesoup7 Місяць тому

    very helpful. tysm!!

  • @infntelights
    @infntelights Місяць тому +2

    could someone explain the last question? i didnt understand it fully

    • @iam_kemialiu
      @iam_kemialiu Місяць тому +1

      Essentially, what the question means it that 48 (the base value) has to increase by a factor of 27. The way he did it is for complicated situations. The easy way is by simplifying what in the bracket and checking if it is a factor of 27, which in that case 3^3 is 27.

    • @infntelights
      @infntelights Місяць тому

      @iam_kemialiu oh i kind of get it now, thanks!

  • @дзетафункцияримана

    I wish our ЕНТ (UNT) math in Kazakhstan to be like SAT
    Aside from Calculus ЕНТ is still has harder questions at the same topics, while Desmos is abandoned

  • @YvetteAkosuahNNimo
    @YvetteAkosuahNNimo Місяць тому +1

    Why are we adding 8 to -3/P for Q2

    • @ensomosa5137
      @ensomosa5137 Місяць тому +1

      If you were to solve each equation for potential x values, you would get
      x=-p/3
      x=3
      x=-3
      x=8
      The question told you that the sum of all 4 of these numbers is 20/3, so you can set 20/3 equal to them
      20/3=8+(-p/3)+3-3
      The negative and positive 3 cancel out
      20/3=8-p/3
      20=24-p
      -4=-p
      p=4

  • @nizarka1999
    @nizarka1999 Місяць тому +1

    Can we solve question 4 without using desmos?

  • @thoriqrahmat
    @thoriqrahmat Місяць тому

    Does the online act also has a built in desmos calculator?

  • @tamil0re
    @tamil0re Місяць тому +1

    I dont understand the 3rd question

  • @elig2601
    @elig2601 Місяць тому +2

    Guys PLEASE drop some tips on how to factor big-degrees polynomials quickly and easily please please anything I'm begging🙏🙏🙏

    • @nicolej1001
      @nicolej1001 Місяць тому

      Well if you still need help just plug in the polynomial over x on your graphing calculator (like 230/x) and go to the table to find y-values that aren't fractions. Those will be your factors.

    • @elig2601
      @elig2601 Місяць тому +1

      @nicolej1001 wait that is actually such a great hack, thank you, but I already took my last ever SAT lmao. Still got a good score, but I'll tell my younger sis that

  • @gauravshrestha8963
    @gauravshrestha8963 Місяць тому

    where did you get these questions from?

  • @AlexCruz-so4cl
    @AlexCruz-so4cl Місяць тому +1

    would you be able to solve question 4 without desmos?

    • @jwmathtutoring
      @jwmathtutoring Місяць тому

      Typically the examples of that question that I've seen have it such that the two points you are given, the -7 point and the 0 point, are symmetric with the x values they ask you to calculate. In other words, plugging in -7 turns both ()'s into (2)^2 = 4. So one of the things they would ask you to find is f(-11) b/c plugging that in would make (-2)^2 = 4, so f(-7) = f(-11). You then wouldn't see (0, y) as one of the points b/c there's nothing you can make symmetric with that. So the point is, in other versions the two values to add (i.e. f(-4), f(-15)) both have x values that have the same y-values as the listed points, so you don't actually have to do any calculating. But for this specific problem, there is no easy way to solve without Desmos.

  • @YorkerEli
    @YorkerEli Місяць тому

    how to use 2nd question for desmos?

  • @cactus4509
    @cactus4509 21 день тому +1

    I got a 780 in maths 2nd try because i watched this video like 2 days before my exam.

  • @lmaolmao-oo4gu
    @lmaolmao-oo4gu 2 місяці тому

    how would you do 4 without desmos?

  • @dispirits
    @dispirits Місяць тому

    For question 4 what gave it away that you couild use a regression?

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому

      We were given the function and two points on it

  • @nirwanneupane427
    @nirwanneupane427 2 місяці тому

    is there a way to solve QN. 1 without desmos. easy yes, but tedious. is there an easier way?

    • @ayushaprasai6228
      @ayushaprasai6228 Місяць тому

      just plug in each values from the answer choice and check if lhs equals rhs

  • @Ysf-h2j
    @Ysf-h2j Місяць тому +2

    I dont get question 3

  • @ppeggy45
    @ppeggy45 Місяць тому

    last question, isnt 9 a factor of 27?

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому

      That’s not what the question is asking when it’s says by a factor. It’s saying the function increases by 27 times the base value.

  • @carpe5diem
    @carpe5diem Місяць тому +1

    hello can we do 2 th question with desmos

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому +1

      You can but in my opinion it is much more tedious and is easier with the method I showed.

    • @carpe5diem
      @carpe5diem Місяць тому +1

      @@JZTESTPrep can u show how can i do this question with desmos

  • @Sxepticalz
    @Sxepticalz Місяць тому

    Can u use desmos on the sat?

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому +1

      Yes for every question

  • @kruhh5019
    @kruhh5019 Місяць тому

    how can we calculate 4 without desmos?

    • @jwmathtutoring
      @jwmathtutoring Місяць тому +1

      Typically the examples of that question that I've seen have it such that the two points you are given, the -7 point and the 0 point, are symmetric with the x values they ask you to calculate. In other words, plugging in -7 turns both ()'s into (2)^2 = 4. So one of the things they would ask you to find is f(-11) b/c plugging that in would make (-2)^2 = 4, so f(-7) = f(-11). You then wouldn't see (0, y) as one of the points b/c there's nothing you can make symmetric with that. So the point is, in other versions the two values to add (i.e. f(-4), f(-15)) both have x values that have the same y-values as the listed points, so you don't actually have to do any calculating. But for this specific problem, there is no easy way to solve without Desmos.

  • @neglectfulunmindful9167
    @neglectfulunmindful9167 Місяць тому +2

    bro in question 5 u said the wording is pretty tricky and tried explaining it and u literally re read the question without explaining nothing

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому +1

      Well I basically explained that we are finding which of the equivalent forms displayed 1/c as a coefficient of x that makes the first statement true where when x increases by the value of c the function increases by a factor of 27.

  • @AKADIRIHanan
    @AKADIRIHanan Місяць тому

    U made an error on question 2 . -16/2 = -8 but u said it equal to 8

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому

      There are two negative signs so -(-16) is positive 16.

  • @Arnav2322
    @Arnav2322 Місяць тому

    All seem easy, i solved first two under lik 2mins both, i am preparing for iit jee, and for us in India this is not even lowest diffcult question asked

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому +1

      Yeah the SAT only goes up to algebra 2 concepts so it’s definitely much easier than the JEE test

    • @Arnav2322
      @Arnav2322 Місяць тому

      @@JZTESTPrep Thank for video btw

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому +1

      @Arnav2322 no problem

  • @miracfrr
    @miracfrr Місяць тому +1

    bro what kinda hardest questions are those we (turkish students) can almost solve those problems in our mind

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому +3

      Wow, that’s impressive. I didn’t realize everyone could visualize the functions I showed so effortlessly. I guess everyone in Turkey must be scoring perfect 800s on math.

    • @Cine95
      @Cine95 Місяць тому

      question 4 is not easy

    • @miracfrr
      @miracfrr Місяць тому +1

      @@Cine95 you can look to the ayt 2024 exam bro its harder than it

    • @Cine95
      @Cine95 Місяць тому

      @@miracfrr well yeah traditional country tests are hard but some questions on sat are really hard

    • @baconheadhair6938
      @baconheadhair6938 Місяць тому

      @@miracfrrayt is a university entrance exam.. youre maybe smart enough to solve the questions but evidently not enough to differentiate between different types of tests

  • @Fraxx-69o
    @Fraxx-69o Місяць тому

    Can anyone help me for no 4

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому

      Yeah what part of it are you struggling with?

    • @sohums.6107
      @sohums.6107 Місяць тому

      @@JZTESTPrep I'm having trouble with getting the same regression parameters you have. Triple checked my inputs with yours to make sure I entered them in right.
      Any way to do it without desmos?

    • @sohums.6107
      @sohums.6107 Місяць тому

      @@JZTESTPrep wait never mind I renetered it and it worked. Could we get a tut on doing it by hand- no desmos though?

  • @elcinseydayev4904
    @elcinseydayev4904 Місяць тому

    These videos are amazing, but for question 5, collegeboard's explanation more understanding than yours. Thanks a lot for this videos buddy.

  • @dylan_1313
    @dylan_1313 Місяць тому

    Bro the math section was a joke, got a perfect score on it on my first PSAT as a sophomore 😂

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому +2

      That’s awesome. The real SAT is usually a bit more challenging, so it’s still a good idea to keep studying but you’re definitely on right track.

  • @I_am_nooh
    @I_am_nooh 2 місяці тому +1

    How did you FOIL that @4:06?

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  2 місяці тому +3

      The only factors of 35 are 7 and 5 so just think of what the other factors need to be. 9 has factors 1,3 & 9 but only 3 works since we need the middle value to add up to 36.

    • @beyondhumanity7025
      @beyondhumanity7025 Місяць тому

      @@JZTESTPrep I'm lowkey lost, is there any video explaining this strat?

    • @tinyralph2531
      @tinyralph2531 Місяць тому

      @@beyondhumanity7025 me too tell me if u found a video @jztestprep

  • @dumhomie8656
    @dumhomie8656 Місяць тому

    please get a writing pad

  • @anythingatall1471
    @anythingatall1471 Місяць тому

    they need to remove the use of desmos so fast on the SAT, it's just plain stupid and abused for questions that definitely don't need it.

    • @baconheadhair6938
      @baconheadhair6938 Місяць тому

      the test is literally 30 minutes for 27 questions, you’re not solving any of these by hand and finishing the test

  • @andresmurillo4469
    @andresmurillo4469 Місяць тому

    yes dude the vid was terrible! just playin, whered u get those problems from? finally som1 with realistic stuff

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks. #1,2 and 5 came from blue book prac tests. #3 and 4 came from people who took the actual test in Novemeber and October and saw those questions

  • @pompill
    @pompill Місяць тому

    senior taking dec sat in 6 hours chat am i cooked

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому

      Nah u cooked on the SAT fs

  • @Arthur_BM
    @Arthur_BM 16 днів тому

    Are you kidding me? Its hardest? This is even below boards level in india

  • @suchiiswarpaudmanabhan3098
    @suchiiswarpaudmanabhan3098 Місяць тому +1

    I don’t wanna be mean but these questions are actually incredibly easy compared to smth even like jee mains(as opposed to jee advanced which is hell personified)

    • @JZTESTPrep
      @JZTESTPrep  Місяць тому

      SAT math questions aren’t overly difficult, as they only cover concepts up to Algebra 2, which most people have a solid grasp of.

    • @baconheadhair6938
      @baconheadhair6938 Місяць тому +1

      No shit you literally have like a minute per question max, they’re not gonna give „hard“ questions witg that little time

    • @rizk256
      @rizk256 Місяць тому

      Why did you redeem it? Why did you redeem it?

  • @kateyy.-.
    @kateyy.-. Місяць тому +3

    SAT is a joke

  • @ledburyjim3731
    @ledburyjim3731 Місяць тому

    terrible