针对SAT数学的这种特点，考生要复习好SAT数学，最好是强化训练一段时期的。在这段期间，考生一方面需要打好有关数学表述的英语基础，另一方面也亟需将SAT考查的数学范畴和出题形式掌握到一个娴熟的程度，从而确保考试中的准确读题和解题。此后，考生只需在后续冲刺阶段继续维持一定的练题数量，保持对题目的热度即可。
下面通过一个例子来具体说明面对这种带有图表的应用类型的SAT数学题，考生需要掌握什么样的读题技巧。由于中国考生的数学基础普遍较好，如果通过系统的强化复习，熟悉和掌握了诸如此类的SAT数学的考试形式和读题、解题技巧之后，考生往往能够在短期内大幅度提高SAT考试成绩。
SAT数学图表题
Figures I and II above show two stacks of identical pails and their heights. If n is the number of pails in a stack and n>1, the height of the stack , in inches, is given by h(n)=2n+8. The number 2 in the equation represents what quantity shown in Figure III?
(A) a, the height of one pain
(B) b, the height of the overlap of two pails
(C) c, the distance between the top of one pail and the top of the next pail in the stack.
(D) d, the diameter of the bottom of each pail
(E) e, the volume of the bottom pail that remains after the second pail is stack on top of it.