Top 10 SAT Traps to Avoid (and that drive me insane!)

10 SAT practice questions that show off the most common traps the SAT sets. These are original questions written by Mike, so they won’t spoil the practice tests or other College Board resources. Learn how the SAT tries to force errors. If you know the traps are coming, they’re easy to avoid!
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[@randomviewer8714]

Taking it tommorow , hopefully a 1500+. Good luck to everyone!

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[@taddersauce3672]

This is such a great video man. I was absolutely blindsided by a lot of these questions, but you explained them so thoroughly I'll make sure not to make such silly mistakes on the SAT tmrw. Thank you!!!

[@ZeyMighty]

taking the SAT in an hour from now. thanks for the final call on traps!

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[@SetteleTutoring]

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[@SetteleTutoring]

Me too! I hope the test went well!

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[@cozyhomeharmony]

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[@SetteleTutoring]

That’s so nice of you! I definitely try my best to convey a lot of information in an understandable way.

[@adelinebrusso2100]

Just took October DSAT. Wow, I just want to thank you Mike for helping me with the English section. I drank coffee before the test (never have done that) and through analyzing strong words and key phrases I somehow managed to finish m1 and m2 without having to guess for 5 unanswered questions at the end of modules! On math, I did not do as good as I liked cuz it felt really hard but after talking to some students I know I at least made the hard module. I’m feeling really conflicted right now and I just hope that I got a good score and all my studying wasn’t for nothing 😅

[@SetteleTutoring]

Thanks for the feedback! I’m so glad I could help with all of it. Any recommendations for math questions I should be making for the next group of testers? I feel like the math is always hard because the end is unpredictable. We know the topics are consistent, but there are infinite ways they can put them together, so we’re always trying to untwist what we get. I’m sure you did great, though! Harder modules means we can get more wrong and not lose as many points.

[@cookie14467]

@@SetteleTutoring There are always questions on algebra and multiple constants, could you try to make a video on that sometime soon? Those are easily the toughest problems on the test.

[@SetteleTutoring]

@@cookie14467 I think you’re talking about questions like these. Most of them are for paid channel members, but there’s one free video in the playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLlvPF6rDVN_vNGDN_gLi1GJAbHI2JE-r9

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[@SetteleTutoring]

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[@SetteleTutoring]

Glad I can help!

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[@thepetunia64]

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[@GabariNewPc]

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[@parzivalfowl994]

It was not as good as expected English was great but math last five questions got to me. Got 1490

[@trnl3313]

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[@SetteleTutoring]

I’m so glad I could help! Please share your scores when they come back so I can celebrate with you!

[@SATPrepTutoring]

Great topic! These kinds of things are why I got 790 on math three times haha

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[@SetteleTutoring]

Thank you!

[@jonthebob2159]

Thanks. Number 1 taught me something.

[@justinsiame2690]

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[@cubingpro9877]

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[@eliteark3828]

Gl

[@taddersauce3672]

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[@razonyt-07]

Same gl

[@lexislonely6749]

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[@abdullahwahla9374]

Ok buddy that’s bit too much

[@istiakawalantik8076]

For the math in 14:39 , what can be the other approach other than testing the options?

[@SetteleTutoring]

There is no other approach! Just plug in the points!

[@mertgurer7247]

⁠@@SetteleTutoringactually there is. I know because I’ve been using my method before seeing the video. I’ll give an example by resolving the question in the video. So yea the other choice is tricky in any case but imagine that you’re going to pay 120 for the first 3 days and later you’re going to pay 70 for each day. So let’s have 120 for the starting point and then for each day you’re going to pay 70. This is true but you already counted the first 3 days in 120 so you need do subtract the number of days you already counted for. We have 120+ (x-3)70 and by doing the math, you’ll find 70x-90. So you’re paying 70 for every day after the first 3. Hope I cleared some things up. P.S.This part can complicate it a little bit but it’s a technicality: the problem already told you that x is equal or greater then 3. That’s how we can subtract 3 out of the number of days. Otherwise it would’ve meant that there could actually be negative days, which is clearly not the case.

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[@SetteleTutoring]

I’m so glad I can help!

[@haiyen-laura365]

This video is helpful

[@homestudywastaken]

can you tell me the logic of the equation and how we can find it without testing the equations question 16:08

[@SetteleTutoring]

You really don’t find the equation without testing. That’s the point! Your logic is likely to be wrong, so it’s best to never go down that path. If the equation fits the points, that’s all that matters. There is no deeper logic beyond that.

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[@AaryanPandeya]

Hey in 3 of RNw you choose D but can't the answer be C too cuz SUCH AS can act as Non essential transition.14:18

[@SetteleTutoring]

No. “Such as” leads into a clause with examples. It would make no sense to remove it entirely from the sentence but leave the list it’s introducing.

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[@SetteleTutoring]

Thanks so much! This is a terrific endorsement!

[@yenvo2519]

How to review questions more effectively and faster ? I have watched your strategy playlist and done many practice questions from bluebook and Question bank but I don’t find myself improving much. When I watch u explain, it seems easy. But when I do it on my own, I still get lost in what I’m reading and fall for re-reading ( just in some few cases dumb summary / connotation help). It wastes my time and my energy. The more I read, I more discouraged I become. I don’t know what I should do now? My exam is in October , im kinda panicking. My score is 600-650, is it possible for me to get 700+ in English section?

[@SetteleTutoring]

Yes, 700+ is possible. You need to just keep chipping away, question by question. Improving the Reading score can be frustrating and slow. It takes a very conscious effort to try actually reading differently. Every vocabulary word you don’t know is another potential loss of points, so you can work to minimize that by memorizing new words. The passages are tough because there are so many words, and the sentences on the hard ones can be long and confusing, but I make it look easy because I have learned when to pay attention to the passages. I can read in such a way that only the very important Strong Words jump out. Most of what I read is going in one ear and out the other, but when I see a phrase that matters, it jumps off the page for me. Dumb Summaries force us to trim out details and think about the words that truly matter. When that fails, the choices have their own Strong Words that you can train yourself to notice. Just keep practicing with that goal in mind.

[@mouad0054]

Any last minute tips or advice ? Thanks Mike for everything

[@SetteleTutoring]

Just stick to the plan! Use the strategies, even when you’re nervous and don’t think they’ll work. You’re going to do great! Good luck!

[@savageboss4109]

I can safely say none of this came on the the test this August it felt too easy of a test. So either I studied everything(which I didnt) or the test was no made challenging those time😭👍

[@SetteleTutoring]

I bet you did great! You might have been using strategies that made a lot of the traps go away. That’s the point of the strategies!

[@JaynieDanohMessinaBomba]

God bless you!

[@SetteleTutoring]

Thanks!

[@YvetteAkosuahNNimo]

Would you say NEGATIVE IN OPTION C IS ALSO A TRAP

[@SetteleTutoring]

In question 6? But C was the answer.

[@idkwhy77]

TYSM!

[@AhmadMustafa-l2i]

Dear settele your youtube channel is the best but i think the only problem is there are so many videos there. if you delete videos of old format and use its contents in new format for your new videos it will be good for everybody. pleasssse think about it.

[@SetteleTutoring]

Yeah, this is a good idea. I don’t want to delete them because some of the old test questions are helpful if you run out of digital SAT practice tests, but I can make them unlisted, I think. Where are you running into the old questions? Do they show up as recommended?

[@AhmadMustafa-l2i]

@@SetteleTutoring no my dear. they don't show up as recommended but there are two reasons which i think you should delete them first you could refine their content and use their content in new videos for digital sat and second when first time someone visit your channel and see there are tons of videos they don't want to use your channel cause they think they couldn't find their way through as i thought first and just leave your channel. that is also i think the reason that you don't have lots of subscribers though you are the best while some other channels have more subscribers cause they just look good. thanks

[@lol-bc5sl]

My SAT is in 2 hours guys, GOODLUCK EVERYONE

[@a.meforyou]

An hour to my exam lets just hope i don't come out crying

[@haiyen-laura365]

How was it? Did u do well

[@miladmirgv2259]

i love ur vudeos

[@Didi_uuu]

August 24 guyss good luck

[@J77H]

I got them all true except for question #2 , man i am not getting its idea😢😢😢

[@SetteleTutoring]

I hope it made sense on the real test! The good news is that there’s nothing to get. They tell us a point, plug it into the equations. Don’t worry about how the equation got built. It’s not worth the mental energy.

[@lost-wd8em]

fire

[@oyeitsmilangaming7386]

Mike you had public your member videos yesterday for one day 💔.

[@Pixie12pac]

15:32 where tf he get 210 from

[@PsychoOcto]

Simplify the formula 3(x-70)+120, and we get 3x-210+120

[@SetteleTutoring]

I plugged in 3 for x. Plug Points Into Equations!

[@lukast2784]

why did #2 get me lol

[@SetteleTutoring]

Because you didn’t Plug Points Into Equations!

[@helena-gz4bh]

got ads every two minutes very distracting

[@Ayush-y7h]

i am having difficulties to understand why 16:04 D is wrong

[@SetteleTutoring]

You’re over-thinking it. Plug the point (3, 120) into the equation. It produces an invalid result: 120=330. You’re getting tricked into thinking that 120 is a y-intercept. It’s not. Y-intercepts are where x=0, but that’s not the case with that point.

[@Ayush-y7h]

@@SetteleTutoring Thank u for your explanation , i got it :)