3. Pacing & Strategy for Test Day

You have the math skills -- this lesson is about using your time well across 46 questions.

Pacing. A little over 2 minutes per question. If one stalls you, lock in your best guess, flag it, and move on. Coming back with a fresh eye is faster than grinding.

Backsolve. When the answer choices are numbers, plug them into the problem instead of doing all the algebra -- start with a middle value and adjust.

Estimate first. A quick estimate kills obviously-wrong choices and catches calculator typos (a decimal in the wrong place).

Mind the units. Length is plain units, area is square units, volume is cubic units. Re-read the last line of the question so you answer what's actually asked (price vs. discount, area vs. perimeter).

Never leave a blank. No penalty for wrong answers -- eliminate what you can, then guess.

Part 1 first. Get the 5 no-calculator questions done before you touch Part 2; you can't return to them.