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[@runmeoverwithyourcar72]

“Are you taking the SAT soon?” Yeah, in less than 24 hours. Super late update: I don’t remember what I got but it was in the 1300s and am now going into my sophomore year of college ahahaha

[@kaih.3760]

run me over with your car im so scared😭

[@ninaray7805]

aye me too

[@Tenshii]

Yuhhhhh

[@saryrodriguez1425]

June 1st gang

[@efua9343]

@@saryrodriguez1425 Yes sir

[@rafiaahmed8444]

When teachers explain it, it looks so easy. However, on the SAT these questions are so frustrating.

[@THEKING-fm9mi]

@lmao yeah......Some of these tricks are learnt by JEE test takers ie.Indians in 9th- 10th grade

[@kdrbig2036]

No dude in 6 th standard well I have taken the course and iam about to write advance next month

[@maazali1595]

They are easy lmao

[@AlexandreSouza-ww6oo]

@@THEKING-fm9mi same in Brazil

[@nourelimane7839]

as an international the math sat is really easy, it's the reading part that confuses me

[@mariar9201]

any seniors taking the SAT again? oml October 5th

[@roav.2853]

Mar Harmonizer over here fam

[@MichelleAdu]

Here 🤚

[@ZoeAlexa11]

@Faiire Platt saaaame good luck

[@franca7039]

sameeeeeeeeeee

[@dewdropsbeforedawn]

me lol this is my last chance

[@oliviaarsenie]

Good luck to everyone taking it tomorrow!!

[@arielbennett1328]

Thank you

[@brayz1559]

!!!

[@JohnDavidGamez]

Thank you even though I’m taking on June 1st

[@aryachaudhari7283]

Thank you 🥰

[@itshunnybee7623]

I'm taking it tomorrow 😂

[@ordinarythings9864]

Just in time for some last minute studying...

[@calvingroenewold]

I’m bout to get clapped on the math sections tomorrow rip

[@kristelboop]

Calvin Groenewold same dawg

[@carmen-ib9ou]

Calvin Groenewold it’s been a year whatd u get lol

[@StephJ0seph]

F

[@lg4995]

update on your scores king 😤✊

[@calvingroenewold]

I got clapped boys

[@davidtu3045]

"you can make them easy if you just know a little bit more about math" *I don't know anything about math how am I supposed to do this*

[@malakghalb8280]

exactly what i'm feeling at the moment

[@vedanttiwary2419]

Any August 24th test takers? I am already freaking out

[@muhammadahmed3588]

I got u bro

[@jane-po4cq]

omg yesss

[@jaybali3079]

Dude I’m giving the October one and I’m stressed rn lol

[@jane-po4cq]

@@jaybali3079 lol why, you have 3 ish months, you have time, dont stress

[@sabrinamata48]

I have mine on August the 10

[@mathisanidioticsport6969]

When you learn more in a 10 minute video than a whole day of school

[@thecookingnerd8384]

Mathis Anidioticsport stupid

[@khushirajhere]

I feel so happy that I studied in CBSE school in India. I can literally solve these questions within seconds by applying easier concepts.

[@sizzz2307]

i swear im in icse ..i had the first few in like 8th and 9th

[@fatemakagzi4500]

Meanwhile icse students be like "Feel my presence mortal"

[@gaminghellfire]

I am in cbse 😂 I can solve these questions in my sleep 😂 and these people are calling it " frustrating "

[@zoegraziella5431]

Good luck to everyone whose taking it on August 24th

[@Showtube887]

Pray for me

[@Seiza25]

Yessss

[@peachywatercolor8987]

Another equation to expression hack that can be very helpful, for example the 3x-y= 12, you can give x a value and y a value so that the equation can be true . Ex: x=4 and y=0, the next step is to replace x and y with the previous values on the fraction and you’ll have 2 power 12 as a result

[@omololaolatunji9111]

Please elaborate on the second part after the example.

[@catbeans3257]

Guys, for the first hack.. my sat tutor taught me that when you get those types of questions don’t do any math! If it says 3x-y=12 then the answer will be the one to the power of 12! Quick, easy, and simple.

[@SupertutorTV]

I LOVE CAT TOES that might not work in all situations. I would be careful applying a rule like that as it seems a bit too specific. It works here but the SAT loves to throw curveballs

[@SupertutorTV]

For instance what if it said four to the power of 6? That would also be correct any it’s not to the power of 12.

[@peptobismolveins]

Whoops! Not the best hack I think 🤔(I meant his tutor’s no Brooke’s , hers is right)

[@chancockmusic90]

@@peptobismolveins clowned

[@chancockmusic90]

forgot your red nose and oversize shoes today huh

[@frosty_teacup]

I’m taking mine for the first time literally tomorrow omg

[@allinonemedia464]

Good luck

[@alperozturk3999]

"You too can solve these "hard questions if you know a little bit more about math" she said. I was wondering why I was failing.

[@genesisotuonye54]

You are very helpful. I take my SAT tomorrow and I'm just getting my last minute review in. I can tell you try hard to help your students. Greatly appreciated!

[@hey_you6789]

August 24th squad where you at?? Good luck everyone👍

[@charolettemarie719]

Benedicta Gyasi here!!! Good luck to you too!!

[@zaharaalling8199]

Ayeee

[@igame9204]

Smae tobya man

[@jaylen3068]

thanks boo

[@davidtu3045]

good luck to you all hopefully my dumb ass gets a 1300 or above

[@alwaysme_t]

I just want to get a good PSAT score to earn scholarships wish me luck today and thank you Brooke for these videos.

[@awasme]

I literally have mine in 7 hours

[@alwaysme_t]

@@awasme Good luck! I am sure you will do just fine.

[@awasme]

@@alwaysme_t Thanks! I think I did OK on it

[@hijimkyuu3123]

@@awasme what did you get ?

[@streak9010]

November 2nd SAT anyone?

[@kejsida4921]

Streak me lol i’m so nervous

[@streak9010]

@@kejsida4921 Yah same

[@warishahkhan5155]

My parents finna disown me if I don’t get a 1500+

[@cosmicko6319]

December 7th!! my second attempt to get a higher score T.T

[@user-mc4gq7ut8l]

Me tooooo~ two days left for me

[@cosmicko6319]

이민석 good luck!!!

[@user-mc4gq7ut8l]

@@cosmicko6319 THANK YOU!

[@abinayadinesh7941]

samee!! good luck guys

[@theabominableuwu5880]

Same lmao I put off studying until now and it’s in less than 12 hours

[@MusicalInquisit]

For the first question you showed us, question 13, you could have taken the expression (8^x)/(2^y) and simplified it such that (a^m)/(a^n) = a^(m-n). Since 2^3 = 8, substitute that value for all values of 8 in the expression. Finally, you get 2^(3x - y). Because 3x - y = 12, we know the final answer is A.

[@addictedtofamilyguy7627]

Yes that's what I do, I think that's what you're supposed to do anyway because they gave you 3x-y=12

[@kajol9098]

November 2019 gang... only 1600s

[@juliathomas4312]

If only

[@matchasketch8224]

Any seniors taking literally the last possible December SAT?

[@ExtremeSal]

For those of y’all who are stressing out, I’m 100% with y’all. However, you can take this exam more than once and study better for the next one since you know what you’re dealing with. Only downside is the $40 price tag for each exam.

[@birdplanelane7274]

ExtremeSalGamerz $40??? mine was $100!!

[@justnancy9666]

Mine was free lol

[@effy1347]

I get two free

[@ExtremeSal]

Bird Plane LANE I’ve never heard of the test price being that high

[@MY2MEDIA]

I take the exam in egypt for 100$. Is it cheaper for certain nations?

[@emilybrown6459]

okay i would've really appreciated this video having more math problems

[@SupertutorTV]

We have more videos if you want more! We try to keep our videos 10 minutes or so or less per our channel watch patterns

[@daniellafrancis8464]

deadass taking this tomorrow and haven't studied

[@maxksksksksks7803]

Daniella Francis ‘studying’ 30 mins before! LMFAOOOO

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[@iizzybella]

june 1st where y’all at??

[@user-jn2mc4pe6d]

isabella jordan here

[@carterneuman2699]

yuh 2 days out and i'm not feeling so hot

[@gabym781]

@@carterneuman2699 lmao same here praying some sort of miracle happens tomorrow

[@psychobigpapa942]

4th Mayyyyyyyy Sat takers where u at ???😂

[@freddyadongo5896]

Here!!! Trying to stay positive.

[@Hanyunaa22]

Oh my godddd I’m about to go to the test center! Good luck everyone!

[@melaniep4099]

Shinata Isagawa Good luck!!

[@ordinarythings9864]

Let's get it!!!!

[@kpinthehouse6887]

:((( here boiz

[@ordinarythings9864]

Swear I took that practice test last week and got 19 wrong. I didn't know about the equation to solve it without thinking a lot, and the explanation a teacher gave me didn't make much sense. My mind has literally been blown I feel so stupid now lmbo

[@ahmadyassin1955]

Ordinary Things your not alone, I don’t understand half the things this woman sais

[@generaltony6520]

@@ahmadyassin1955 I think you didn't understand when she placed a 3 in a side. She placed it there because 3-4-5 is a pythagorean triplet Im just saying this because I hope I can make math easier for everyone else.

[@pattymatty633]

Ordinary Things I still don't get it. Can you explain?

[@yasminebennis2520]

19 was too confusing, it made me cry

[@mr.techwhiz4407]

Ok, you're actually dumb. There's only going to be 2-3 trig questions on the SAT(very easy, not trig graphs and identities) and you're going to get this one confused?! smh

[@aamaravel2493]

@@mr.techwhiz4407 that's rude

[@daark3113]

@@mr.techwhiz4407 a bit rude, but not wrong. There are going to be way harder trig problems, you should not be getting confused on this one

[@anupamachoudhary]

Imagine giving JEE advanced maths exam you will want to die then

[@gaminghellfire]

​@@anupamachoudhary😂😂 these American idiots don't know indian standard bro

[@silviolacerda730]

I'm so happy because i have never done an SAT in my life, but now when i need, i discover it's not too difficult how i imagined. Thanks! I intend in few months a brazilian guy like me could stay in a american university!

[@Jenny-ed8fk]

Thank you so much! I’m stressing about my test so much. I’m blessed to have found your channel.🙏

[@zakaryan2004]

The first one has a much easier solution (which is mentioned for half a second on the video): Just make the bases the same FROM THE BEGINNING. So 8^x/2^x becomes 2^3x/2^y and then use the rule shown, so it becomes 2^(3x-y) and you can see that you have 3x-y=12, so the answer is 2¹²

[@princessvictoria3438]

omg thank u so much this was so useful

[@aliciab4676]

:))) im here because the sat is tomorrow...

[@ilovereadingwuxiaxianxiaat8994]

I remeber when I had these two question on my practice test and I was like "wtf..." *dies*

[@maysfaisal9113]

you made the questions look way harder than it should

[@salmaaladly688]

I’m taking the SAT October 5th and I need to catch up with all during this couple days. I take English and math classes, but what else can I do more?

[@elsa21st]

Where was this notification yesterday :( Thank you nonetheless @supertutortv and Brooke! Your channel in general is so awesome and has helped me so so much with the college process (international junior here) and the SAT videos helped me loads to prepare for today's exam!

[@shitlordflytrap1078]

I was so happy that I was able to solve both of these problems. I'm not very good at math, so this gave me some confidence.

[@isaacliu._.6899]

1:31 LOL I had this question on my practice test the other day and I was like "I'm overthinking this so hard." As it turns out, I was really overthinking it.

[@aytide4928]

first one is really easy : write the 8^x as (2^3)^x then use the fact that a^m/a^n = a^(m-n) then the expression becomes 2^3x-y = 2^12

[@judyngBRUH]

Aditya Badrinath oh wow! Thanks :)

[@jaybali3079]

Exactly what I did

[@therealwaseem]

You should never become a tutor because you missed so many steps that it took me 6 minutes to understand how you did it

[@therealwaseem]

You basically did what she did just substituted the y at a different time

[@asdasd-ho3mm]

@@therealwaseem sounds like a you problem. This is a much easier method. It's how I'd do it, and I got a 1590.

[@justin.2741]

Lol! Ughh I'm taking mine tomorrow.... please pray for me. I'm soooooooooooo nervous x0000

[@tiffastar09]

How did it go?

[@thedanielguy03]

How'd you do?

[@kobereyes1828]

Anyone here for October 5 and it’s the night before

[@derek7762]

Took last week, so nervous

[@leyen7210]

How was it?

[@derek7762]

lol lol 790 English, 760 math

[@audreye9465]

Thank you so much I’m cramming for tomorrow your videos are so helpful

[@unnervingibet117]

same

[@khanasfireza9515]

cos(90-x) = sin x That's simple rule, I learned it when I was in 9th Standard.

[@Claudia-ty5yr]

yes, most people do, but by the time you take the test as a junior or senior most people totally forget the rules they learn in 9th grade.

[@marillac7094]

You made example 1 so much more difficult and harder to understand then it had to be. On the SAT that would take 2-3 minutes tops, when you can get it done in 15 seconds.

[@sophiadelgado9754]

Had to check if my playback speed was 1.25! Thanks a lot for the video, I need all the help I can get

[@renewd]

I like your enthusiasm. Thank you.

[@mathsplus01]

Excellent and clear explanation

[@zombakiller]

Who else is taking it tom???

[@duncanwallace3044]

Wesley Stringer me

[@freddyadongo5896]

@@duncanwallace3044 Me too mate.

[@oliviaarsenie]

Good luck!!

[@raytara102]

me buddy! good luck tmr everyone who is taking it

[@nicholashenry5464]

Did it help

[@ryanoconnor8381]

What about the best SAT math and English books, what do you recommend

[@SunnyGamingMemes]

I needed the first one :)

[@ksnovember]

Good luck to all May 4th SAT test takers!

[@djermanydorval5376]

SAT .. tomorrow !!

[@student7e721]

For my colleagues procrastinators - video starts at 1:05

[@ayreseatsdubia]

thank you!!

[@Sophiek2221]

EXTREMELY useful.

[@seanclark79]

SAT tomorrow wya

[@ispeakbinary1518]

It's late at night around 1 am and I am just preparing for the exam starting at 8 am the same day. I hope this helps 🙏

[@ayesha1758]

December 7th 2019 gang

[@edwinrodriguez6441]

yuhhhh🤪

[@othnielletiegnon9930]

😭😭

[@user-mc4gq7ut8l]

Let's do it!

[@BowlofOsCodm]

Less gooo 😭

[@user-mc4gq7ut8l]

@@BowlofOsCodm you can do it bro

[@cindyyydankyiii7776]

OMG! I have SATS week starting tomorrow the 13th may 2019 .

[@youwhat488]

uh for the question on 4:36, I'm a freshman rn but that transferred from a different educated school. Will we have questions like that on the SAT if I plan to take it this year?

[@ihavenoidea4727]

This is pretty dumb that the test is made this way. The questions they teach around the world are completely different

[@yazanalnablsi9938]

I'm assuming you mean far harder?

[@marceloaugusto2335]

@@yazanalnablsi9938 Yes a hell lot harder, but this type of question is actually the ideal necessary in my opinion

[@arnabguha4673]

@@marceloaugusto2335 being an indian these questions are extremely easy

[@zoupsoup1463]

I’m taking it tomorrow and I know I’m gonna bomb the math section

[@Seiza25]

Same honestly

[@brandonchen317]

Same

[@TaliaJaed]

Zoe 🌊 same

[@carmenchen3588]

yes sat soon in few month but better to practice early then one month before

[@tired3869]

How many months should one give to prepare for SATs? I just signed up for the March session and it’s currently mid October

[@wiriestfever6585]

November 2nd SAT wya?

[@mrujwalnirala7188]

It's really incredible 😉😉😘😘

[@abhinavjakati8792]

for someone who didnt understand the first question, consider x = 1, and make a solution set, so u get x = 1, y = -9, substitute 2^y with -9, then use the exponents rule which is 2 ^3x+9, we know x = 1 so we get 2^3+9 = 2^12

[@oouh]

Supertutor , if I am trying to get into Princeton should I take the SAT with or with out the essay

[@dekomoon1741]

Bleh Comedy For the ivy leagues, it is an requirement to take the essay

[@mikerotunno4573]

Can you please do a video about the best test optional colleges?

[@_smile_1938]

I've seen some teachers explain math and make the students learn the long way(i.e multiplication etc.) when there are actually multiple things do it but they tend to teach only one

[@whitney5130]

I’m literally watching this while driving to take the sat IMMA FAIL THIS TEST SO BADDD

[@dhruvverma6460]

I am in class 9 and I got both of them right in under 3 minutes... Not bad!

[@kongmode]

Super duper fantastic , yeah good , very nice , happy wrappy

[@emreurey2443]

for people living in turkey like me, those type of questions are the ones that are the easiest we are dealing with

[@hobobobo5244]

I got 7 hours till test starts in making good life decisions

[@davidriha]

i'm with you bro

[@adnanazmi.]

for the math section is it wise to first do the free answer question first then do the multiple answer questions?

[@amrobaia5731]

Very useful tricks

[@justified04shorts44]

I’m a freshman and I have no life. This is very useful

[@GauravGRocks]

Hi Brooke! What would you recommend using to study sat if you already aced the math section and just need to work on the reading/writing?

[@SupertutorTV]

Gaurav G. Our prep course? I also have self study tips if that’s out of your $$$ in another KZbin video you can search for

[@kashyaptanuku]

I am taking the psat and both of those question were simple to me so theses question are bot the hardest?

[@SP.Learning]

so what's the answer to the second question?? is it sin(x) or 4/5 ?

[@cinnamonbun977]

@@stm4641 4/5

[@edu10th47]

Would you recommend buying the ACT math book to study for SAT Math?

[@alphagamer2864]

Ok I am a 9th grader, and she makes it look so easy and when you try it it is hard.

[@donttalktome365days]

These questions are super easy...

[@cuzzo9146]

Didn’t study for the first time I took this test and got a 1080(also cheated) here I am watching this video cause I’m retaking it in a month. Going to hopefully study and learn as much as I can

[@Sam_A2]

Everyone gansta till the English section comes lmfao

[@pixelmanminecraftplayerseenow]

Omfg your math is so fricking easy. I wish we had those in our version of the SAT as well.

[@cchsjchs12]

how did you determine where the 4 and 5 goes how did you come up with 3 from 90and whats x

[@casscat7]

Goodness... the second problem is still difficult for me, and I'm going to take the SATs in about 10 months from now as I type this. And I need to learn and relearn everything I can since I am aiming for Harvard... Thank you!

[@jiahuang6863]

Riøt the second one is asking for cos(90 - x) if u have sin x. No math is required, u just need to know that cos(90 - x) is always equal to sin x and sin (90 - x) is always equal to cos x. So if sin x is 4/5 then cos(90 - x) must also be 4/5. No math, 5 second problem.

[@casscat7]

@@jiahuang6863 Thank you. I didn't know this, I appreciate it. Way easier than I thought....

[@hellobruh4209]

did you get into Harvard??

[@iqraumar5570]

Is this for england year 6

[@Razplayz-ue5xg]

Iqra Umar nope don’t think so we haven’t studied these type of stuff they do there’s in America in yr7

[@alexsalazar7687]

Damn imma take it tmr😂

[@gurnectar2538]

Alex Salazar u right

[@hydragaming1249]

Do you give virtual classes?

[@unnervingibet117]

anyone taking the october 5th SAT? im taking it in some hours

[@kevynlub2655]

Isn’t substitution taught in basic algebra in systems of equation?

[@iZAPMath]

Students are under a lot of pressure during SAT. Good luck guys!

[@ameliajulipsingh4937]

Question: If you’re saying that sin a= cos b , is b always equal to 90 degrees MINUS a??? In other words if there was a different angle degree or plus instead of minus, would the concept be the same still?

[@oodon3220]

we get it, you know the question instantly