English
The separates a non-essential introduction from the independent clause (a.k.a sentence).
What is a comma?
These are supplementary angles.
What are two angles that added up to 180 degrees?
The numbers are 40, 35 and 4 in Reading
What is the number of questions, the length of time to do the reading section and the number of passages?
What are the colors of the rainbow?
ROY G BIV
Red Orange Yellow, Green Blue Indigo, Violet
12x = -8 ( 10 - x) Solve for x.
What is x = -20
This single item punctuation separates two independent clauses (sentences) which are related and creates a longer sentence.
What is a semicolon?
The three sides of a right triangle are 3, 4, 5
What is a Pythagorean triplet?
Approximately 15 lines
When starting a non-fiction passage, how should you read before going to the questions?
Which section is most like Science and why did you answer that way
Reading, 40 questions, 35 minutes and its just searching for the answer in the passage. (Other answers might be accepted)
The acronym is SOH
What is Sine = opposite over hypotenuse.
a r e
These numbers indicate the triangle is a right isosceles triangle.
What are any three numbers such that two are the same and the third is the same with a root two?
e.g. 5, 5, 5 sqrt(2)
INDIVIDUAL QUESTION!!! When you do the Reading Section what will be your approach in terms of getting your best score. (the first to ring in gets double points the second gets stated points)
Answers can include: Slow down, do only 3 passages, skip a particular passage, be willing to skip questions I don't understand, and other reasonable answers.
What are two things you should do when approaching the science test?
1) Use two hands 2) Read the first few lines or until the chemical formula 3) 85% of the test is relationships. Other answers may be accepted.
(2y - 3)(2y + 3)
What is the key word to pay attention to in this question? "Given that are the choices are true, which shows the unity of the people that are involved?"
Unity
What is the length of a rectangle that encloses 100 sq ft and one side 20 feet.
5 feet. (20 x X = 100)
What is the best approach to tackling the first passage in the Reading Section?
Read the whole passage before going to the questions.
Why is pH often used on a science test?
It has a negative correlation to the amount of acidity
5 times a number n is subtracted from 15, the result is negative. What are possible solutions?
n > 3
15 - 5n < 0 add 5n to both sides 15 < 5n divide both sides by 5 3 < n OR n > 3
Put this sentence about the building of the St Louis arch into active voice. "The crowd cheered as, welded to the two legs of the arch, the final section was hoisted up."
As the crowd cheered, the final section was hoisted up and welded to the two legs of the arch.
If a small circle has a diameter equal to the radius of a larger circle and the large circle has a circumference of 20pi, what is the area of the small circle?
C=pi D, C = 20pi so D = 20 and R = 10
d=10 so r = 5 and A = pi r squared = 25pi
This type of passage can appear any where in the Reading Section.
What is an A/B passage?
What are these prefixes and suffixes? telo-, iso-, cent, and ex-
Far away, the same, 100, out
What is this equation known as? For any triangle with sides abc and angles ABC ...
c2 = a2 + b2 - 2ab cos C
The law of cosines