Reading Strategy
Every SAT reading question has its own text. So you should always read the question___ , so that you know what to focus on.
First
True or false? For every problem, we need to remember a long list of grammar rules.
False
A_____ is a whole number.
Integer
The built-in digital SAT calculator is identical to the _____ calculator.
Desmos
An Art of Translation problem is one where the test writers cloak math behind a bunch of ___.
After you’ve looked over the question, you should ____ the text with the question in mind.
In order to know what kinds of grammar the test asks about, we’re going to need lots of____.
Practice
Is 15 an integer?
To enter a division symbol in Desmos using your keyboard, which keyboard symbol should you select?
Which of the following problems looks like an Art of Translation problem?
Finally the last step is to eliminate ____ answers by looking for words not supported by the text.
Wrong
When you get to a grammar problem on the test, you can use ____ clues to narrow down that long list of grammar rules.
Context
A number that cannot be written as a fraction, like an infinite decimal, is called a ____ number.
Irrational
If you accidentally delete an entire field in Desmos, what Desmos button can you press to get back the deleted data?
Which of the math equations below could represent the sentence above?
The asp caterpillar can deliver a painful sting to anyone unlucky enough to graze across its spiny back. The reason its sting is so effective is that the venom contains a special protein that pokes holes in cells, which registers to the brain as pain. While asp caterpillars should be avoided, scientists are interested in this protein because it could be used to ______ medicine directly into cells.
D. Administer
A. NO CHANGE
B. toy trucks, model airplanes, and jumping on trampolines.
C. toy trucks, building model airplanes, and jumping on trampolines.
D. designing toy trucks, building model airplanes, and jumping on trampolines.
What grammar concept is being tested in this problem?
The number √5 is:
If you would like to compute 2 + 3 using Desmos, where should you type in the expression?
In wordy math problems, the word “is” usually translates into _.
=
As a motherless child, I always regarded my good grandmother as the wisest of guides and the best of protectors. It was not long before I began to realize her superiority to most of her contemporaries. This idea was not gained entirely from my own observation, but also from a knowledge of the high regard in which she was held by other women. Aside from her native talent and ingenuity, she was endowed with a truly wonderful memory. No other midwife in her day and tribe could compete with her in skill and judgment. Her observations in practice were all preserved in her mind for reference, as systematically as if they had been written upon the pages of a note-book.
According to the text, what is true about the author’s grandmother?
A. NO CHANGE
B. elephants, dancing eloquently across a crimson ballroom,
C. elephants dancing eloquently, across a crimson ballroom
D. elephants, dancing eloquently across, a crimson ballroom
What grammar concept is being tested in this problem?
Maynard is thinking of two numbers. One is a positive, irrational number. The other is a rational non-integer. Which of the following could be the two numbers?
To input the the multiplication symbol using a keyboard, type the symbol _.
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Translate: If a is 5 less than b…
a=b-5