SAT Exam question

Im fixing to take my SAT in a couple of moths and was wondering how to do the first problem in this

video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2tgicE23sI&feature=relate

He explains it good but I was wondering if anyone could explain it better?Like why does he show the number line?

Thnx

He shows you how to do it, besides I didn't study for the SAT and I don't you should waste your time studying for it either.Pittfan666

what did you get on it?

[QUOTE="Pittfan666"]He shows you how to do it, besides I didn't study for the SAT and I don't you should waste your time studying for it either.MythofSisyphus

what did you get on it?

510 verbal, 510 math, 530 essay...which is a 1550. But I had the mentality that the test was stupid to begin with in determining what colleges you get into. I got into the college I wanted to which is in the top 100 benedictine colleges in the US.

[QUOTE="MythofSisyphus"]

[QUOTE="Pittfan666"]He shows you how to do it, besides I didn't study for the SAT and I don't you should waste your time studying for it either.Pittfan666

what did you get on it?

510 verbal, 510 math, 530 essay...which is a 1550. But I had the mentality that the test was stupid to begin with in determining what colleges you get into. I got into the college I wanted to which is in the top 100 benedictine colleges in the US.

on the old 1600 point scale or new 2400 point scale? I agree, the SAT is a stupid way of determining who gets into college, but to get into a top 25 or so school you need to do damn good on it... so its not a waste to study for it.

[QUOTE="Pittfan666"][QUOTE="MythofSisyphus"]

[QUOTE="Pittfan666"]He shows you how to do it, besides I didn't study for the SAT and I don't you should waste your time studying for it either.MythofSisyphus

what did you get on it?

510 verbal, 510 math, 530 essay...which is a 1550. But I had the mentality that the test was stupid to begin with in determining what colleges you get into. I got into the college I wanted to which is in the top 100 benedictine colleges in the US.

on the old 1600 point scale or new 2400 point scale? I agree, the SAT is a stupid way of determining who gets into college, but to get into a top 25 or so school you need to do damn good on it... so its not a waste to study for it.

Dunno when did the new scale come out? I took it in 2006 sometime in November I believe.

[QUOTE="MythofSisyphus"][QUOTE="Pittfan666"][QUOTE="MythofSisyphus"]

[QUOTE="Pittfan666"]He shows you how to do it, besides I didn't study for the SAT and I don't you should waste your time studying for it either.Pittfan666

what did you get on it?

510 verbal, 510 math, 530 essay...which is a 1550. But I had the mentality that the test was stupid to begin with in determining what colleges you get into. I got into the college I wanted to which is in the top 100 benedictine colleges in the US.

on the old 1600 point scale or new 2400 point scale? I agree, the SAT is a stupid way of determining who gets into college, but to get into a top 25 or so school you need to do damn good on it... so its not a waste to study for it.

Dunno when did the new scale come out? I took it in 2006 sometime in November I believe.

Oh ok. I think that was the first year they had the new one... So out of 2400... I was gonna say... if you got 1550/1600 without studying.... wow. Thats the 99 percentile.

[QUOTE="Pittfan666"][QUOTE="MythofSisyphus"][QUOTE="Pittfan666"][QUOTE="MythofSisyphus"]

[QUOTE="Pittfan666"]He shows you how to do it, besides I didn't study for the SAT and I don't you should waste your time studying for it either.MythofSisyphus

what did you get on it?

510 verbal, 510 math, 530 essay...which is a 1550. But I had the mentality that the test was stupid to begin with in determining what colleges you get into. I got into the college I wanted to which is in the top 100 benedictine colleges in the US.

on the old 1600 point scale or new 2400 point scale? I agree, the SAT is a stupid way of determining who gets into college, but to get into a top 25 or so school you need to do damn good on it... so its not a waste to study for it.

Dunno when did the new scale come out? I took it in 2006 sometime in November I believe.

Oh ok. I think that was the first year they had the new one... So out of 2400... I was gonna say... if you got 1550/1600 without studying.... wow. Thats the 99 percentile.

As I remember now I took it at the perfect time because the college I'm in now didn't even look at the writing section back then until the year after I got here. I got accepted at Pitt and other places but sadly I mad the fateful decision to go to a benedictine college which I now hate.