Target Numbers/Structure
Writing
Critical Reading
Plug-In
Backsolve
100
How many sections are there in the SAT?
What is 10 sections
100
What should I never use as evidence in my esay?
What is personal experience.
100
What are the two types of questions found in the Critical Reading section of that SAT?
What is Sentence Completion and Reading Comprehension
100
When do you use plug-in?
What is when you see variables in your answer choices
100
When do you use backsolve?
What is when you see a word problem with numerical answer choices in order.
200
How many points do you lose for not answering a question?
What is 0 points!
200
Which phrase in ALL CAPS is grammatically incorrect? Her carefully planned sales presentations and her INTUITIVE BUSINESS sense MAKES Diane a valuable employee, especially to supervisors ACCUSTOMED TO hiring LESS COMPETENT workers. NO ERROR.
What is MAKES
200
For Reading Comprehension questions you should use the strategy MTA. What does MTA stand for?
What is "is it mentioned, is it true, does it answer the question."
200
Pete picks b berries per hour for h hours. If he then gives one-third of the berries he picked in the first hour to Kristen, how many berries does Pete still have? A) bh B) 2/3bh C) 1/3bh D) b(h-1/3) E) bh-1/3
What is D) b(h-1/3)
200
At a bake sale, Jodi sold a total of 35 blueberry and corn muffins. If she sold four times as many blueberry muffins as corn muffins, how many corn muffins did she sell? A) 8 B) 7 C) 6 D) 5 E) 4
What is B)7
300
If I can eliminate three answer choices in a questions what should I do?
What is make an educated guess!
300
Which phrase in ALL CAPS is grammatically incorrect? The typical college applicant delays MAILING the forms UNTIL THE deadline unless THEY HOPE to gain A SUBSTANTIAL ADVANTAGE by submitting early. NO ERROR
What is THEY HOPE
300
In theory, the experiment was __________by a group of _________ scientists, but the task was often left in the hands of colleagues unfamiliar with the procedures involved. A) rescinded...revered B) performed...knowledgeable C) verified...novice D) overseen...careless E) advanced...eminent
What is B) performed...knowledgeable
300
If a and b are odd integers, which o the following must also be an odd integer? I. (a + 1)b II. (a + 1)+b III. (a + 1) –b A) I only B) II only C) III only D) I and II E) II and III
What is E) II and III
300
Tank A contains 23 liters of water and Tank B contains 1 liter of water. How many liters of water must be poured from Tank A to Tank B so that Tank B will contain exactly one-third the amount of water remaining in Tank A? A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8 E) 9
What is A) 5
400
What is the only section of the SAT that does not have questions ordered from easiest to hardest?
What is Reading Comprehension section.
400
Invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney, THE COURSE OF HISTORY WAS CHANGED BY THE COTTON GIN BECAUSE IT WAS SO IMPORTANT A DEVICE. A) the course of history was changed by the cotton gin, because it was so important a device B) was the cotton gin so important a device that it changed the course of history C) the considered the cotton gin so important a device because it changed the course of history D) the cotton gin was so important a device that it changed the course of history E) the course of history was change by the importance of the cotton gin
What is D) the cotton gin was so important a device that it changed the course of history
400
Many types of algae grow well in _______ ponds, where the water does not circulate. A) pretty B) aromatic C) natural D) stagnant E) freshwater
What is D) stagnant
400
How old was a person exactly 1 year ago if exactly x years ago the person was y years old? A) y – 1 B) y – x -1 C) x – y -1 D) y + x +1 E) y + x – 1
What is E) y + x – 1
400
A car wash charged $5 more for a truck than for a car. If it cost $90 to wash 3 trucks and 2 cars, what is the price, in dollars, to wash one car? A) $15 B) $16 C) $17 D) $18 E) $19
What is A) $15
500
There are three main reasons why it is important to use Target Numbers. Name two of them.
What is save time, build confidence, and don't lose points.
500
Many adult Americans admit that they would be healthier if EXERCISING WERE TO BE STARTED BY THEM. A) exercising were to be started by them B) they started exercising C) they were to have started exercising D) they would have started exercising E) exercising was started by them
What is B) they started exercising
500
There are five steps you should do before you attempt a Sentence Completion question you don't know the answer to. Name 4 of the 5 steps.
What is 1) Cover the answers 2) Look for clue words 3) Look for connectors 4) Anticipate 5) Process of elimination
500
On the first day of a bake sale, Beth sold b cupcakes and Lisa sold 7 times as many cupcakes as Beth. If Beth and Lisa each sell n cupcakes on the second day, Lisa will have sold 3 times as many cupcakes as Beth over the two days. What is n in terms of b? A) 2b B) b C) b / 3 D) b / 4 E) b + 3
What is A) 2b
500
When each side of a certain square is shortened by 4 meters, the area decreases by 88 square meters. What is the length, in meters, of a side of the original square? A) 12 B) 13 C) 14 D) 15 E) 16
What is B) 13
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