Variables to Remember
What does B stand for in the volume and surface area formulas?
Area of the base
What sequence of buttons do you press to turn a fraction into a decimal?
What does proportional mean when using a graph?
Goes through the origin and is linear
How do you find the radius when given the diameter?
diameter/2
What are things I can ask for while testing?
Pencil, patty paper, scratch paper, graph paper, highlighters, tissue
What does P stand for in the surface area formulas?
Perimeter of the base
What sequence of buttons do you press to use Nsolve?
Menu, 3, 1
What does "same line, same slope" mean?
If 2 triangles are on the same line, they have the same slope
Put numbers in ascending order when there are negatives?
Negatives are always smaller so all negatives go first. When comparing all the negative values, the largest number is actually the smallest (REMEMBER - negatives are the opposite of positive numbers!).
What can I do if I feel sleepy?
Ask to get a drink of water and do SILENT jumping jacks/stretches/jog in place in the hallway
What does c stand for in the Pythagorean Theorem?
Hypotenuse or the longest side
(3 + 1/2)
What three word phrase represents slope on a graph?
Rise over run
From an equation? Give example of each.
Rise over run (do not count boxes!)
y2-y1/x2-x1
The value next to the x is the slope
What are things I can do at home to best prepare for my test?
Study your STAAR booklet
Go to bed a earlier then your usual time
Eat/drink SOMETHING in the morning with protein
What does P stand for in the simple and compound interest formulas?
principal or money you start with
What symbol is used to type an exponent?
^
What does "never write in red ink" mean?
It helps remember the sets of numbers: natural, whole, integer, rational, irrational
How do you find the y-intercept from a graph? From a table? From an equation? Give example of each.
Graph - where does the line cross the y-axis
Table - what is y when x=0
Equation - the number that is not next to x
How many questions do you need to pass?
19**
**There are extra questions on the test that do not count. They are trying them out for next year, so try to find 25!!
What does m and b stand for in the slope-intercept form?
slope and y-intercept
Describe how to graph a table of values and to get the equation.
Enter values in Lists and Spreadsheets. Menu, Statistics, Stat Calculations, Mx+b
What does scale factor mean?
It tells you how much bigger or smaller a shape gets when using a dilation
How do you find the scale factor from 2 shapes graphed on a coordinate plane
N/O
Take a side length from the new/ the corresponding side length of the old shape
Take a small mental break. Then GO BACK and check EVERY problem again!