SAT Math & Reading tips

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What order should you answer the Reading and Writing portion of the SAT?

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1. 1. Vocab 2. grammar 3. Reading

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What order should you answer the Math portion of the SAT?

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1. Go through test as is but make sure you:

1. 1. answer what you KNOW correctly

3. 2. don't waste your time on harder questions that you don't know

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What type of questions ask for "the conventions of standard English"?

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Grammar Questions

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What is FANBOYS ?

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Fanboys are the specific words you can follow with a period to have an independent clause/idea followed by a dependent clause/idea.

It includes:

F - for

A - and

N - nor

B - but

O - or

Y - yet

S - so

essentially they equivalent to a period (.) on the SAT, but only if they follow this rule.

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On the SAT, do periods and semicolons do the same thing?

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Yes, on the SAT... a period (.) = a semicolon (;)

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What is a parenthetical?

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a parenthetical is extra information that is NOT NECCESARY.

they are often separated by parentheses or commas but can also be separated by dashes

,example, (example) -example-

A sentence will sound fine or stay true with or without the parenthetical.

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No solutions

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Equation is never true & always false

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lines in the system are parallel!

same slope, different y -intercept

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Solutions

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where the lines (functions) intersect on a graph

also referred to as: X - intercepts, zeroes, or roots.

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What are the two methods used to solve a System of linear equations

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Substitution + Elimination

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Substitution

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method for solving systems of linear equations:

1. 1. isolate either x or y

3. 2. substitute the new value of x or y in the other equation

5. 3. solve for the remaining variable (x or y)

7. 4. use solution of step 3 to calculate the value of the original equation used in step 1