Do you have to study your math test to do good?

How does one study for a Math Quiz/Test/Exam?

• I just need some great tips on how to study. To be honest, i don't know how to study for a math quiz/test/exam. The thing is, my teachers are all brown, I can't really ...show more

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  Try to enjoy math. Feel happy and satisfied when you manage to finish a problem and then proceed to the next sum. Have someone make up your problems and work them out. Have a friend make a practice test and see if you can do it. It helps to make your own problems because you are more likely to remember them...easy and fun but it does NOT replace good ole' working out homework twice. In all math tests, the toughest questions that you encounter while preparing are the ones asked in the test, prepare by reviewing study guides, other tests, homework, and other papers regarding the things covered before the test Do not rely on your teacher to make you understand a concept or a problem. You will never get it and you might feel that the teacher is being rude by not bringing down the question to your level of understanding. Instead, do it all by yourself, start to finish. Some questions are so tricky, they almost always have to be memorized, so mark them and revise them again and again before an exam so that it is well set in your mind. Start studying while you still have time to go to a professor or teacher for answers if you need to. If you start studying too late, you leave yourself with no options and opportunities to study. It is often useful to understand how a formula is derived rather than just memorizing it. Things will make more sense, and it is often easier to remember just a few simple formulas and how to derive more complicated ones from them. If you can, join a study group. Different people see concepts in different ways. Something that you have difficulty understanding may come easily to a study partner. Having his/her perspective on a concept may help you to comprehend it. Solve problems. In this way, you have the tendency to understand and realize the formulas and the given problems. You can solve the problems that have been given to you. Solve some problems even if you don't know the answer and let someone check it for you. Try to find out various ways to tackle a certain problem with systems of equations, you can solve them by either substitution, elimination, or graphing. Graphing is best used when you can utilize a calculator as you are more likely to get the correct answer. However, if you can't use one, then either use substitution or elimination based on the question (some are solved easier by x method than y), or determine which way is easier for you to do. This is better than becoming adept at one method, which may let you down when the time comes to take that test.