SAT Overview
Name the four timed sections of the SAT
Reading, Writing, Math No Calculator, Math Calculator
What are the four reading passage types?
Literature, Social Science, Politics, Natural Science
Exaggerate the pause
9 and 3/5 (or 48/5)
36% of the seniors at Washington High School take AP Calculus. If there are 575 seniors, how many are taking AP Calculus?
207
Name the two section scores of the SAT
Math and Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
What are the four main types of Reading questions?
Content and Analysis, Evidence-Based Questions, Vocabulary in Context, Charts/Tables/Graphs
What verb tense shows a prior completed action?
Perfect
The line y=mx - 7, where m is a constant, is graphed in the xy-plane. If the line contains the point (6, -3), what is the value of m?
2/3
What is the formula for calculating percent change?
% Change = [ |new-old| / old ] x 100
What are the two Reading and Writing subscores?
Command of Evidence and Words in Context
What is the step-by-step strategy for answering reading questions?
Paraphrase the question and answer
Find evidence in the passage
Eliminate wrong answers
Is the word "whom" an object or a subject pronoun?
If f(x) = -7x - 4, what is f(-5x) equal to?
35x - 4
What is the formula for exponential growth?
f(t) = P(r)t
How many seconds do you have to answer each question in the reading section?
75 seconds
What are the key components of active reading?
Underline key info
Write short notes summarizing paragraphs
Circle key words
Star main ideas
What are brevity questions?
Questions that simply use too many words to say something that could be said in fewer words
What is the sum of the two solutions of the equation below?
x2 - 6x - 27 = 0
6
You can use factoring to rearrange a quadratic equation into one of three specific forms. Name those three forms.
Standard, Vertex, and Intercept
What are the two cross-test scores of the SAT?
Analysis in History/Social Studies
Analysis in Science
When thinking about the relationship between the two authors of a Comparison passage, what should you ask yourself?
If the two authors met in a coffee shop, what would they say to each other?
Name the three logical connectors that give examples.
For example
For instance
In fact
If (x, y) is a solution to the system of equations below, what is the value of 2x + y?
x + 2y = -11
5x + y = 8
-1
What is the discriminant in a quadratic formula?
b2 - 4ac