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Which is correct--
What is the first step in any math problem?
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What is the first step in any math problem?
PEMDAS
Choose the best strategy to answer the question
Read the question, identifying and organizing important info
Combine like terms
2
Which is correct--
The book lost its cover.
The book lost it's cover.
3
What should you do when you think a question will take you a lot of time?
Power through
Cry
Just pick anything
Skip it and only come back if you have time
4
What answer choices can you ALWAYS eliminate on the reading section?
Answers with grammatical errors
Answers with transition words in them
Answers that are too long
Answers with extreme words like "always" and "never"
5
What is the circumference of a circle?
πr2
2πr
πd
2πr2
6
Which is correct--
The group are very excited.
The group is very excited.
7
While you can always solve an SAT math question with what you've learned in school....
school is for fools
doing so won't always be the fastest way
it's better to just guess
that would be stupid
8
To see if a colon (the punctuation mark that looks like this : ) is right, what should you do?
Pretend someone is saying "you can do it!"
Pretend someone is saying "what?"
Pretend someone is saying "why?"
Pretend someone is saying "how can this be?"
9
In (x-h)
2
+ (y-k)
2
= r
2
, what does r represent?
the center of the circle
the circumference
the radius
the diameter
10
Which is correct--
It's cold outside.
Its cold outside.
11
Who is the best teacher ever, to whom you will be forever grateful?
Katherine Marie Leonard
Ms. Leonard
Katherina Leonardo
Ms. Katie Leonard
12
If you have actual numbers in the answer choices, which strategy works well?
Picking Numbers
Make a graph
Backsolving
Draw a picture
13
On the reading section, what should you skip (only come back to them if you have time)?
The literature passage
The social studies passage
The paired passages
The science passage
14
What should you do if you run out of time on a section?
Leave them blank
Rush through to answer everything
Just pick anything
Fill in your letter of the day
15
What is y=mx+b?
how to find the hypoteneuse
equation of a line
equation of a circle
quadratic equation
16
Which of the following is a linear equation?
x3=4x-y
y=3x+8
y=3x2+4x+10
y=x2
17
Which is correct--
One of the apples are rotten.
One of the apples is rotten.
18
Which is correct--
There is a simple reason I'm not going: I can't afford it
There is a simple reason-although-I can't afford it
There is a simple reason I'm not going, I can't afford it
There is a simple reason, although, I can't afford it
19
You should eliminate answer choices that are misused detail. What is a misused detail?
WAS mentioned in the paragraph; doesn't answer the question
It answers the question but uses negative words
An answer choice that has been treated wrongly
Something that was never mentioned in the passage
20
In (x-h)
2
+ (y-k)
2
= r
2
, what do h and k represent?
the diameter
the coordinates of the center of the circle
the circumference
the radius
21
Should you read the directions?
No
Yes
22
What is the last thing you should do before bubbling in your answer?
Check your hair
Check all of your math over
Check yourself before you wreck yourself
Check that you answered the right question
23
On the reading section, what should you read first, the passage, or the questions?
Passage
Questions
24
On the writing section, which answers are correct?
The ones with the most commas
The most correct, concise, and relevant answers
The ones with the fanciest words
The longest answers
25
If you have a variable in the question/answer choices, which strategy works well?
Make a graph
Draw a picture
Backsolving
Picking Numbers
26
Eliminate answer choices that are out of scope. How do you know if something is Out of Scope?
It mentions something not directly mentioned in the passage
It mentions something about outer space
It mentions something that is grammatically incorrect
It mentions something that is an insignificant detail
27
What is (x-h)
2
+ (y-k)
2
= r
2
?
quadratic equation
equation of a circle
equation of a line
equation of a parabola
28
If the question describes a shape or an object, what is a good strategy?
Picking numbers
Make a graph
Backsolving
Draw a picture
29
What should you do while you're reading the passage?
Fall asleep
Flip to the questions to answer as you read
Highlight details
Take notes and underline key details
30
After identifying/organizing info, and underlining the question, what should you do?
Choose the best strategy to answer the question
PEMDAS
Combine like terms
Do mental math
31
To answer a vocab in context question, choose the answer that is a synonym of the word AND...
Works within the context of the sentence
Is the shortest word
Has a negative connotation
Has a positive connotation
32
In y=mx+b, what are x and y?
coordinates on the line
x and y intercepts
slopes
33
In y=mx+b, what is m?
x intercept
slope
x coordinate
y intercept
34
In y=mx+b, what is b?
x intercept
slope
y coordinate
y intercept
35
Which is correct--
Their is too many problems.
There is too many problems.
Their are too many problems.
There are too many problems.
36
What is the area of a circle?
πr2
2πr
2πr2
πd
