{"id":"study-sat-percent-hint-questions","audience":"high-school","category":"studying","technique":"constraints","track":"study","title":"Get hint questions on a missed SAT math problem","free":false,"task":"You missed an SAT practice word problem and want to find your own mistake, the way a tutor would make you. Get exactly 3 numbered hint questions, under 60 words total, plain text, with no answer, no correct number and no explanation. The first question should point you toward what your percent was taken of, and every question must be about this problem.","materialLabel":"The practice problem and your work (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"SAT Practice Test 3 - Math Module 2 - Question 14 (I got it WRONG)\n\nA store raised the price of a jacket by 25%. Later, during a sale, the new price was lowered by 20%. The sale price was $60. What was the original price of the jacket, in dollars?\n\nMY WORK:\nSale price = $60\nWent up 25% then down 20%, so overall it went up 5%.\nSo original = 60 - 5% of 60 = 60 - 3 = 57\nMy answer: $57\n\nAnswer key says I'm wrong, but I didn't look at the right answer yet. I want to figure it out myself.\n\nNotes from Ms. Huang's SAT prep class:\n- \"Percent OF WHAT?\" Always ask what number the percent is being taken of.\n- Percent changes in a row don't just add or subtract.\n- Work backward from the final number when the problem gives you the end.\n- Plug your answer back in to check.\n\nMy score on this module: 17/22. Test date is Dec 6.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":60},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking what you did wrong","why":"The AI's default is to solve the problem and show the right answer, so you read it instead of finding it.","fix":"Say: \"Don't solve it or give me the answer. Only ask questions.\"","checks":["r0","r1"]},{"title":"Not saying how many questions","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more questions than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 3 numbered questions.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each one: \"each question under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Not saying where to start","why":"The AI may open with a general tip instead of the mistake that matters most.","fix":"Add: \"The first question should make me think about what the percent is taken of.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it will be read","why":"AI formats for a screen, with bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in your notes.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText","r0"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many questions","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,25}question"]},{"label":"Says not to give the answer","patterns":["(don't|do not|never|no).{0,25}(answer|solution|solve|tell me|give)","only (ask|question|hint)"]},{"label":"Points to the key idea","patterns":["percent of","of what","taken of","first question"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"If you want to learn from a mistake, the AI must not fix it for you. Say you want only questions, how many, how short, and what the first one should make you think about.","rubricLabels":["Contains only questions: no statements, explanations, worked steps or encouragement before, between or after them","Never states the correct original price (60) or any correct intermediate value (such as 75), and never says what the right answer is","The first question points the student to what the percent is taken of (for example, whether the 20% is taken of the original price or the raised price), and all questions are about this jacket problem"]}