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SAT TEST
... [Show More] RESOURCES.......................................................................................................................4
SAT OVERVIEW.....................................................................................................................................5
MATH...........................................................................................................................................................9
MATHEMATICAL REASONING..................................................................................................................10
Standard Multiple-Choice..........................................................................................................10
Hand-calculated responses (with Grid-ins)........................................................................11
QUESTION TYPES....................................................................................................................................13
ARITHMETIC............................................................................................................................................13
DIVISIBILITY...........................................................................................................................................14
MULTIPLICATION.....................................................................................................................................16
ADDITION................................................................................................................................................16
SUBTRACTION.........................................................................................................................................17
EVENS AND ODDS..................................................................................................................................18
PRIME NUMBERS.....................................................................................................................................20
PERCENTS................................................................................................................................................22
SQUARE OF A NUMBER...........................................................................................................................25
EXPONENTS.............................................................................................................................................27
ROOTS.....................................................................................................................................................29
AVERAGES...............................................................................................................................................30
CRITICAL READING..........................................................................................................................32
READING PASSAGES........................................................................................................................32
FLYING OVER THE PASSAGE..................................................................................................................32
CREATING A TENTATIVE SUMMARY.......................................................................................................33
OPENINGS AND ENDINGS......................................................................................................................34
EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION..................................................................................................................34
USING KITCHEN LOGIC..........................................................................................................................35
GETTING INTO THE AUTHOR’S MIND....................................................................................................35
EMOTIONAL WORDS...............................................................................................................................36
FINDING THE KEY WORDS.....................................................................................................................37
MAKING PROPER INFERENCES...............................................................................................................39
APPLYING IDEAS FOR GENERALIZATIONS.............................................................................................39
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USING CONTEXT CLUES.........................................................................................................................40
BREAKING DOWN PASSAGE ORGANIZATION.......................................................................................41
FIRST WORD ANALYSIS.........................................................................................................................42
UNDERSTANDING THE INTIMIDATION...................................................................................................43
FINDING YOUR OPTIMAL PACE..............................................................................................................44
DON’T BE A PERFECTIONIST..................................................................................................................46
FACTUALLY CORRECT, BUT ACTUALLY WRONG....................................................................................46
DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS........................................................................................................................47
SENTENCE COMPLETIONS.............................................................................................................49
TRY EVERY CHOICE................................................................................................................................49
READ CAREFULLY....................................................................................................................................49
MULTIPLE BLANKS..................................................................................................................................50
FOCUS ON WHAT YOU KNOW................................................................................................................50
WRITING.................................................................................................................................................51
APOSTROPHES.........................................................................................................................................52
Possessive Nouns.........................................................................................................................52
Possessive Personal Pronouns vs. Contractions...............................................................53
COMMA ERRORS.....................................................................................................................................53
PROBLEMS WITH REFERENCES..............................................................................................................55
PROBLEMS WITH AGREEMENT...............................................................................................................57
LACK OF PARALLELISM...........................................................................................................................60
MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS..................................................................................................................61
WRITING AN ESSAY.........................................................................................................................66
PLANNING STAGE...................................................................................................................................66
STICKING TO THE PLAN..........................................................................................................................66
REVIEWING THE PLAN............................................................................................................................67
BRAINSTORMING SMART........................................................................................................................67
MAKING THE CUTS.................................................................................................................................69
ENDING AT THE START...........................................................................................................................70
STAYING CONSISTENT...........................................................................................................................71
MAINTAINING THE FLOW........................................................................................................................72
BACKING UP YOUR POINTS....................................................................................................................72
USING PROPER GRAMMAR.....................................................................................................................73 [Show Less]