College Choice
Definitions
Percents/Ratios/Probability
Strategies/MMMR
Misc.
100
What are the three categories of schools you should apply to? 
Reach, target, safety 
100
What is a ratio? 
How we compare two or more things 

OR 

How we compare one part to another 

100
What percent of 55 is 32? 
58.2% 
100
Which strategy should be used for the following question: If n>0, and n^2 + 10n = 24, what is the value of n? 
Guess and Check
100
What is the date of the SAT this year? 
April 10 
200
What is a good number of schools to apply to? 
5-8 
200
Define probability. 
How likely something is to occur
200

A fruit basket is filled with 8 bananas, 3 oranges, 5 apples and 6 kiwis. There are 3 kiwis for 4 .....

Bananas
200
What is the median of this set of numbers? 


3,6,4,7,10,8,9,21


7.5
200
In what order do the questions in a particular section on the SAT go? 
They increase in difficulty, easiest to hardest 
300
What is the difference between a public school and a state school? 
Public schools are run by the state 
300
Describe the Backsolve strategy. When do we use it?  
The multiple choice answers contain numbers, not variables 


300
A fruit basket is filled with 8 bananas, 3 oranges, 5 apples and 6 kiwis. There are 3 kiwis for 4 .....
Bananas
300
What is the mode of the following numeric set? 


3,4,6,3,7,7,9,5

There is no mode. 
300
What is the Joe Bloggs strategy?
On hard questions, any answer that seems obvious to the average student is wrong. If it were obvious, it wouldn't be hard. So, avoid obvious answers and look for traps. 
400
True or false: Your major in college decides your future. 
False 
400
Define: mean, median, mode, and range 
Mean: Average 

Median: The middle number in a list of values in numerical order

Mode: Number that occurs most often in a list of values

Range: The difference between the largest number and the smallest number 

400
A bag contains 2 red marbles, 3 green marbles, and 2 blue marbles. Two marbles are pulled from the bag at random, what is the probability that neither will be blue? 
10/21
400
The mean weight of a group of people is 140 pounds. The individual weights of six of them are 120, 172, 150, 134, 186, and 113. What is the weight of the seventh person? 
105 pounds
400
What four math topics are on the SAT? 
Algebra, problem solving/data analysis, advanced math, other
500
List all the course requirements college admissions wants to see on your transcript. 
4 years english, 3+ years math, 3 years science, 3 years social studies, 2+ years language, 1 year fine arts
500
Define experimental probability. 
The probability of a future event based on observations of past events. 
500
Susan plans to plant seed on a field to plant grass. She has a map of the field in which the area is 180 square centimeters. The map scale says 1 cm = 20 ft. If Susan wants to cover 400 ft squared with one pound of seed, how many pounds will she need to cover the entire field? 
180 pounds
500
Backsolve: Traveling at a constant rate, Rico can ride his motorcycle to Waterville and back home in a total of 6 hours. If he averages 40 miles per hour going to Waterville and 20 miles per hour on the way home along the same route, how many miles is his home from Waterville? 

a) 120 b) 80 c) 60 d) 

B) 80 
500
When a robin flies, it beats its wings an average of 23 times in ten seconds. How many times will it beat its wings in two minutes? 
276 times
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