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if you\u2019d never taken the sat before and hadn\u2019t practiced for it, you\u2019d have a choice on your sat: either read the instructions for bubbling in math grid-ins or don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

if you read the instructions, you\u2019d be spending valuable time that could be used to pick apart questions instead. on the other hand, if you skipped the instructions, there\u2019s a pretty good chance you\u2019d come to a question that you weren\u2019t sure how to bubble in correctly (and risk losing points there).<\/p>\n

but, clearly, that\u2019s not you; you\u2019re <\/i>at magoosh<\/a>, and you\u2019re going to go into your test ready for it.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

follow the grid-in instructions<\/h2>\n

some of the directions\u2014a lot, really\u2014are pretty obvious. bubble in only one circle per column, for example. and remember to fill in bubbles for every thing you write in (only the bubbles are checked!).<\/p>\n

but that\u2019s not true of everything.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

writing in fractions is okay (but not mixed numbers!)<\/h2>\n

you don\u2019t have to use decimals while bubbling in. even improper fractions are fine (e.g. \"9\/5\"), so take advantage of that. just remember that mixed numbers, like \"1{1\/2}\" aren\u2019t possible, since they\u2019d read like improper fractions (\"11\/2\").<\/p>\n

in fact, fractions are preferable. most of the time, your scratch work will get you to a fraction before a decimal, and being able to bubble that in just saves you the time of punching numbers into your calculator.<\/p>\n

you don\u2019t even need to reduce the fractions. did you get \"85\/5\" as an answer? that\u2019s fine as is. unless, that is, the fraction is too long to bubble in, like 185\/5. in that case you have to either reduce or use decimals.<\/p>\n

besides that, fractions keep you from having to worry about repeating decimals.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

repeating decimals<\/h2>\n

if you wanted to write \"2\/3\" as a decimal in an sat grid-in, you could. but just writing in .66 would be marked as incorrect\u2026. you need to stretch it out to fill all of the four boxes. either .666 or .667 would be fine, but why not just keep it as a fraction?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

write numbers left justified<\/h2>\n

if you want to write in the number 1, for example, you can write it either of two ways by the sat\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n

\"tabular{11}{1111}{1~~~}\"<\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

\"tabular{11}{1111}{~~1}\"<\/p>\n

but go with the first option. why? then you never get a question wrong for cutting the decimal too short, for one. if you round your answer too much, you\u2019ll lose points, so starting from the left helps you to remember to write it all out. besides that, it just makes life easier.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

don’t write in negative symbols<\/h2>\n

there\u2019s no negative symbol, so you can\u2019t answer with a negative. so what does that mean? if there\u2019s more than one possible answer to a question (say if it\u2019s a range from an inequality or one of two x values of a quadratic function), then make sure you take one of the positive options.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

answer every question<\/h2>\n

there are no points off for grid-in questions, unlike for other questions<\/a>, so answer every question. if you\u2019ve done some work on it but can\u2019t figure it out, make a reasonable guess and move on. if you really just don\u2019t understand it (or have only five seconds left in the section) bubble in a 1 or 0. since the sat makers love sneaky questions, those are relatively common answers. can\u2019t hurt.<\/p>\n

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