ACT/SAT prep Exam 44 Questions with Verified Answers
Reading method - CORRECT ANSWER 1.choose passage 4, then 3 or 2, then 1
Reading question -
... [Show More] CORRECT ANSWER 1.read question 2.strike through any ambiguous language in the question/add question words to make the question direct 3. go to the passage and find your restatements 4.match restatement with answer choices use yes/no
Reading question words - CORRECT ANSWER who, what, when, where
What does Humor mean in the ACT/SAT - CORRECT ANSWER When humor is used in a text it means that something being described cannot be literal. ACT-1572CPRE section 3 #32
What does metaphor mean in the ACT/SAT - CORRECT ANSWER any non-literal use of a term
What does irony mean in the ACT/SAT - CORRECT ANSWER The text describes some kind of contradiction.
When you see information repeated it does not make a statement correct. You still have to answer what the question is asking. - CORRECT ANSWER ACT-1572CPRE section 3 question #3
3 no's and a yes - CORRECT ANSWER Will not directly answer but it will be your best answer.
The test will always give you enough information to get the answer, there is no need to interpret or make things up. - CORRECT ANSWER Form 71A #30
Science path - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Do the entire test out of order. 2. Read the question 3. Clarify the question if needed. 4. Read the answer choices. (to get an idea of the question not to memorize them) 5. Go where the question tells you to go. If you can't find where to go read the blurb. 6. Choose your answer.
In the science section common sense is a viable option. - CORRECT ANSWER
HOMEWORK: - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Questions of the day. (If reading question on SAT skip.) 2. Practice test, 5 question science, 5 question reading. (for one hour).
English question types - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Grammar 2. Reading 3. Paragraph improvement (redundant, effective, irrelevant)
English path - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Do all the questions in order 2. When you reach the number do the question. 3. Identify the question type 4. Use the relevant approach. 5. Mark any questions that need to be revisited
Any information not underlined is not changeable - CORRECT ANSWER ..
em dash - CORRECT ANSWER Always begins and ends the phrase, the only time a phrase can start with an em dash and not end with an em dash is when it ends with a period. It's used as an interjection or to give a related thought, similar to how a semicolon is used.
The least amount of punctuation is preferred. - CORRECT ANSWER ..
Four rules of comma - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Comma sandwich 2. Dependent clause, independent clause or vice versa 3. Independent clause comma FANBOYS 4. List and it must keep the same structure
FANBOYS - CORRECT ANSWER for and nor but or yet so
Semicolon - CORRECT ANSWER Separates two independent clauses without fanboys and it separates categories of lists.
Math path - CORRECT ANSWER 1. do all of the questions out of order, including questions that refer to a chart 2. read the question 3. read the answer choices 4. diagram (write something) 5. find the answer 6. confirm (if not confirmed, go back to it). never stay too long
Special triangle ratios - CORRECT ANSWER 1. x,x, x, root 2 2. x, x, root 3, 2x
Pythagorean triplets - CORRECT ANSWER (3, 4, 5). (5, 12 ,13). (7, 24, 25). (8, 15, 17).
Sine law - CORRECT ANSWER side length/sine of angle across from that side = side length/sine of angle across from that side
Log formula - CORRECT ANSWER log₂8=3 2³=8
Variables in the question and variables in the answer means - CORRECT ANSWER You must pick numbers and find the matching answers. (avoid -2, -1, 0, 1, 2)
To get the inverse of a rational function, switch the x and y values and then solve again for y. - CORRECT ANSWER see 71G #60 section 2
If a question asks for an answer that it gives in the question - CORRECT ANSWER plug in the answer beginning with letter C and then work up or down depending if you need the right answer to be greater or less than what C gave you
When dealing with a "complicated" geometry question - CORRECT ANSWER Break the shape down into simpler shapes and rely on triangles and circles.
y=mx+b - CORRECT ANSWER x and y are possible points that can exist on the line
m = slope (leans to the right if positive, leans to the left if negative, undefined if vertical, =0 if horizontal -- x=2 is the slope intercept form of a vertical line/y=2 is the slope intercept form of a horizontal line)
b= y-intercept
when dealing with inequality questions - CORRECT ANSWER test the point 0,0 to help eliminate answers
Homework - CORRECT ANSWER 1. go over the ones i missed in each section from PDF 2.
sin, cos, tan - CORRECT ANSWER SOH, CAH, TOA
Slope of a formula if only given 2 points - CORRECT ANSWER y₂-y₁ ÷ x₂-x₁
∆y÷∆x
Slopes of 2 parallel lines are equal - CORRECT ANSWER ..
Slopes of 2 perpendicular lines are negative reciprocals of each other - CORRECT ANSWER ..
Slope intercept of a vertical line is - CORRECT ANSWER x= some number (slope is undefined)
Slope intercept of a horizontal line is - CORRECT ANSWER y= some number (slope is 0)
SIN COS Tan - CORRECT ANSWER 71G #56 sec. 2
Radian circle - CORRECT ANSWER
All diagrams are drawn to scale unless it says otherwise - CORRECT ANSWER ..
Varies directly - CORRECT ANSWER y=kx where k is constant
Varies inversely - CORRECT ANSWER k=xy
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