SAT Question of the Day

Backtracking to the post that I just posted a few hours ago, I want to expand on the whole analogy idea having just walked in on my sister studying for ... the SATs!

Those were definitely the days: Reading, Writing, and Math.

Today it's: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Global Health and Health Policy.

So after doing some analogy-thinking, I realized that Toothbrush and Tooth isn't that spectacular of a word-combination. It's actually surprisingly non-intuitive and linguistically awkward (in my opinion) to sync two words where the second word is contained within the first word.

For instance:

A) Bedsheets and Bed
B) Microsoft and Micro
C) Christmas and Christ
D) Breadcrumbs and Bread
E) Toothbrush and Tooth

Q: Which pair belongs in your mouth?

EXACTLY. The SATs were teeming with questions like this. Now go write an essay on "A wise man once said that 1 + 1 = 2" and be sure to take a clear stance, four paragraphs please! What is the answer that they're looking for?! Which one(s) am I supposed to bubble in?

Prince-Kap Review Answer: Like in any multiple choice question, the answer is right before your eyes. (oh really, Prince-Kap Review? I never knew multiple choice questions could be so intuitive!)

Also, keep in mind that because there are 5 answers, if you randomly guess, that's 1/5 or a 20% chance that you'll get this question right. (I'm studying this section because my verbal score needs improvement, not my quantitative reasoning!)

Let's go through the answers for those of you who don't know the answer. (...)

A) Bedsheets and Bed - does this belong in one's mouth? Not normally. So we can be safe to cross this out, for now. Actually, if the other answers don't make sense, keep this on your radar. Iffy mark.

B) Microsoft and Micro - do you see these things chilling in your roommate's mouth? (Wait, is 'Micro' even an object?)

C) Christmas and Christ - I was told that the SAT never talks about religion or faith. At all. So SKIP!

D) Breadcrumbs and Bread - hmmm, I think this is a reasonable answer, let's put a golden star next to it and come back later in case there are no other good answers.

E) Toothbrush and Tooth - hmmmmmmm, now THIS is also a reasonable answer.

Final answer: now that you've reduced your pool of 5 answers to 2 answers, you now have a 1/2 or 50-50 chance of guessing the correct answer. Congratulations!

(Dilemma! Don't leave me hanging, Prince-Kap Review! I paid all this money for a 50-50 chance?)

Well, because my name begins with an E (but more importantly I haven't bubbled in any E's since the first math section) I guess I'll pick E) Toothbrush and Tooth



Eric