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1
What strategy would you use to solve this problem?
Backsolve (plug in their numbers)
Ballpark
Plug in your numbers
2
Which problems should you put down an answer for your first time through?
Now and Never
Just Nevers
Just Nows
Now and Later
3
What strategy will help you save time by focusing on problems you can easily answer?
Now, Later, Never
Answer problems last to first
Calculator
Blind Guess
4
What strategy would you use to solve this problem?
Slope intercept form
Percent change
Ballpark
Plug in your numbers
5
What is a helpful strategy when answering word problems like this?
Use a variable
Underline the question
Break the question into smaller parts
6
What does PEMDAS mean?
Parenthesis, exponents, multiply, divide, add, subtract
Part 1 first Every Multiple Divides As Substitutes
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
7
What do you need to remember when solving -2x>10 ?
Change the sign when dividing by the side with x
Change the sign when dividing by negative numbers
Use your calculators
8
What strategy should you use to solve this problem?
Ballpark
Plug in your numbers
Order of operations (PEDMAS)
9
A radius is equal to
1/2*d
d*π
d2
10
What formula do you use to find the circumference of a circle?
C=2πrd
C=2π2r
C=2πr
11
What equation do you use to find the area of a triangle?
b*h
(b*h)/2
b*2π
12
What strategy should you use to solve geometry problems?
Order of operations
Use/make a picture
Ignore/don't trust the picture
13
What do you need to know to solve trigonometry problems?
SINCOSTAN
SOHCAHTOA
Tan = sin + cos
14
How many degrees is a right angle always equal to?
90
45
180
360
15
How would you solve this problem?
Draw a picture
Plugging in your numbers
Backsolving (plugging in their numbers)
Calculator
16
What equation do you use to find the average of several numbers?
Ave = # of things/total
Ave = total/# of things
Ave = total/2 * # of things
17
What is the formula you use to find the area of a circle?
A=2πr
A=dr2
A=πr2
18
What is the average also known as?
Marvelous
Mean
Medium
Mode
19
What should you
NEVER
do on the ACT Math test?
Letter of the Day
Round up/down
Blind Guess
20
What is the rule of thumb when answering variable (x) problems)
What you do to one side, do to the other
Ignore the sign
Do exponents last
Add y variables
21
What is slope intercept form?
y=mx+b
y=1/2mx-b
22
What is pythagorean theorem?
2a + 2b = c
(b*h)/2
a2 + b2 = c2
23
What should you do with ratio problems?
PEMDAS
Multiply by a common multiple
Plug in your own numbers
Calculator
24
What can help you answer graphing scale problems?
Use your calculator
Look for open or closed circles
Plug in their numbers
25
What number/s should you use when using the Plug in your numbers strategy?
1
2
1 then 2 if needed
3 then 2 if needed
26
What is a helpful strategy for the Math ACT test?
Stay up all night before studying
Solve every problem
Have a sense of humor
Use your calculator
27
The sum of a triangle's angles always equals how many degrees?
360
90
180
45
28
What strategy do you use to solve this kind of problem?
Draw a picture and pythagorean theorem
Draw a picture
PEMDAS
Pythagorean theorem
29
What strategy should you use when answering variable problems like this?
FOIL
Plug in your numbers
Backsolve (plug in their numbers)
Pythagorean theorem
30
The sum of a rectangle's angles always equals how many degrees?
360
45
90
180
