Reading and Writing vs Math: where should you focus?
Study hours are limited, so which section gets them is a real decision. Most of the time the answer is sitting in your own score report.
Both sections count the same toward your total, so a point of Math is worth a point of Reading and Writing, no more and no less. Which means the smart place to study is wherever the next point takes the least work to earn. Finding that spot is the whole exercise.
Start with the section gap
Look at your two section scores. If one clearly trails the other, you usually have your answer. Pulling a 560 up to a 620 is almost always easier than nudging a 720 to a 760, because the lower score has more reachable mistakes still sitting in it. The catch is that studying your strong section feels good, so that's quietly where a lot of students spend their time.
Then look at the skills, not just the section
A section score hides its own breakdown. A 600 in Math could be strong algebra held back by weak geometry, or the other way around. Picking a section only helps if you then go a level deeper and find which skills inside it are leaking the most points. A properly broken-down test review is what shows you that.
Watch for diminishing returns
Every section has a point where more study barely registers. A student at 760 in one and 610 in the other should put nearly everything into the 610. The top forty points of a section are the priciest ones on the test. Down in the middle of the range, an hour of work converts much more directly into score.
When to split your time
When the two sections are close and neither has an obvious hole, a roughly even split makes sense, tilted a little toward whichever holds more unfixed mistakes. As the test gets closer, lean toward the section where you can still find clear, correctable errors, and keep the strong one warm with lighter practice so it doesn't slide.
Most of the time the cheapest points are in your lower section, and inside it, in the one skill you keep getting wrong.
To make this call well you need two things a bare score won't give you: a trustworthy read on each section, and a skill-by-skill picture of where the points are leaking. With those in front of you, where to focus stops being a guess.