Do The Easy Questions First

Today's Question of the Day involved a series of mathematical combinations and permutations. While the mathematical calculations were simple (as they always are) understanding and setting up the problem would have taken a lot of time (as most difficult math questions take). SAT scoring does not reward more points for these difficult questions. The SAT is not like Olympic diving or figure skating or even AP classes, ie. there is no extra credit for degree of difficulty. So don't be a hero, get as many easy points as possible, then go on to the medium questions then after checking for careless mistakes, use any extra time to tackle the more difficult questions. A math question which takes 5 minutes to solve is clearly not worth the time and effort and omitting such a question will not adversely impact your score.