What is FOIL?
First, Outside, Inside, Last.
The famous scientist who discovered and coined his three laws of motion
Sir Isaac Newton
This passage type is fictional writing and usually involves dialogue.
Prose
A group of words that does not have a subject-verb unit.
Phrase or incomplete sentence
The capitol of Louisiana.
What is Baton Rouge?
Whats the distance from the center to the edge of a circle?
Radius
Which one changes when you go to the moon? Mass or weight?
Weight, since it depends on gravity.
How many passages are on the reading test?
4
A complete sentence with a subordinator in it will be what type of sentence?
Complex
Kentrell DeSean Golden.
Two ratios that equal each other.
Proportion.
Newton's Law that explains why your hand hurts when you punch a wall
Newton's Third Law --> for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
How much time should you spend on each segment (passage and set of 10 questions) of the reading test?
8 min 45 sec
What test do we give the word "it's" to determine whether or not it needs an apostrophe?
Ask ourselves if it can be split up into "it is" and still make sense in the context of the sentence.
Most famous person out of New Orleans officially.
Who is Reese Witherspoon?
5+6*18-10=?
103
Which do you look at first: text or graph/charts/image?
(Think Batman and Robin)
Graph/chart/image
When speed reading, how can you use your body to keep your mind focused and speed steady?
Use your index finger to guide you as you read.
To connect two independent clauses with a coordinator such as "and" or "but," you must have what before the coordinator?
Comma
Top song of 2022.
What is Harry Styles As It Was?
What is PEMDAS?
Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication/division, addition/subtraction
Which way does the x-axis run?
Horizontally
What should you always be prepared to do when you see a question that begins "According to the passage" or "based on details in the passage"?
Go back and find the answer IN THE PASSAGE!
What does FANBOYS stand for?
Coordinating conjunctions FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET SO
The most popular Tik Tok Challenge of all time.
What is the Blackout Challenge?
Slope Formula
m= (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
What are the three types of passages on the science test?
Data representation, research summary, conflicting viewpoints
How many questions do we want to get right if we want to be in the "safe zone" of meeting benchmark?
At least 5 or 6 out of every set of 10 OR just over half.
What is a semi colon equivalent to?
a period
The highest paying job in the U.S.
What is a cardiologist at $353,970 a year?
Quadratic Formula
How much time should you spend on each science passage?
Approx. 5 minutes
TRUE OR FALSE: If we are reading a passage and we find that we have accidentally become distracted, we should begin reading from the beginning of the passage again.
FALSE! You should keep reading and trust your brain to retain!
On the ACT dashes should be treated as what?
commas
The most expensive car in the world.
What is the Bugatti La Voiture Noir at 18.7M?
How can you find the midpoint of a line when given two endpoints?
Midpoint Formula
Any factor that can be manipulated, controlled for, or measured in an experiment
Variable
What do "vocab word in context" questions require you to do?
Determine the meaning of the word as it is used in context.
What has to be before a colon?
a whole sentence
Who has the most followers on Tiktok?
What is @khaby.lame ? with 161.9 Million
The type of function that has the shape of a parabola.
Quadratic.
The speed of an object in a given direction.
Velocity
If you read a passage about lightening, which of the 4 reading categories would this subject matter fall under?
Science
a list OR a definition/explanation
The most played video game in 2023.
What is Player's Unknown Battle Ground?