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Reading Strategy
Grammar Strategy
Properties of Numbers
Desmos: Basics
Art of Translation
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Every SAT reading question has its own text. So you should always read the question___ , so that you know what to focus on.

First

100

True or false? For every problem, we need to remember a long list of grammar rules.

False

100

A_____ is a whole number.

Integer

100

The built-in digital SAT calculator is identical to the _____  calculator.

Desmos

100

An Art of Translation problem is one where the test writers cloak math behind a bunch of ___.

Words
200

After you’ve looked over the question, you should ____ the text with the question in mind.

Read
200

In order to know what kinds of grammar the test asks about, we’re going to need lots of____.

Practice

200



Is 15 an integer?

  1. A Yes
  2. B No
  • A Yes
200

To enter a division symbol in Desmos using your keyboard, which keyboard symbol should you select?

  1. A \
  2. B |
  3. C /
  4. D _
  • C /
200

Which of the following problems looks like an Art of Translation problem?

  1. A If f(x) = 3x2 + 7x + 4, then f(3) = ?
  2. B If x + y = 14 and xy = 45 then 15x = ?
  3. C What is the sum of x and y if their product is 45 and their difference is 4?
  • C What is the sum of x and y if their product is 45 and their difference is 4?
300

Finally the last step is to eliminate ____ answers by looking for words not supported by the text.

Wrong

300

When you get to a grammar problem on the test, you can use ____ clues to narrow down that long list of grammar rules.

Context

300

A number that cannot be written as a fraction, like an infinite decimal, is called a ____  number.

Irrational

300

If you accidentally delete an entire field in Desmos, what Desmos button can you press to get back the deleted data?

  1. A Delete
  2. B Clear
  3. C Redo
  4. D Undo
  • D Undo
300

Which of the math equations below could represent the sentence above?

  1. A s + c = 6
  2. B 6 = (s)(c)
  3. C c = s – 6
  4. D c = s + 6
  5. E c6 = s
  • D c = s + 6
400

The asp caterpillar can deliver a painful sting to anyone unlucky enough to graze across its spiny back. The reason its sting is so effective is that the venom contains a special protein that pokes holes in cells, which registers to the brain as pain. While asp caterpillars should be avoided, scientists are interested in this protein because it could be used to ______ medicine directly into cells.

  1. A inhibit
  2. B extract
  3. C resist
  4. D administer

D. Administer 

400

A. NO CHANGE
B. toy trucks, model airplanes, and jumping on trampolines.
C. toy trucks, building model airplanes, and jumping on trampolines.
D. designing toy trucks, building model airplanes, and jumping on trampolines.

What grammar concept is being tested in this problem?

  1. A adjectives and adverbs
  2. B logical connectors
  3. C commas
  4. D parallelism
  • D parallelism
400

The number √5 is:

  1. A an irrational, positive integer
  2. B a rational, positive integer
  3. C an irrational, positive non-integer
  4. D a rational, positive non-integer
  • C an irrational, positive non-integer


400

If you would like to compute 2 + 3 using Desmos, where should you type in the expression?

  1. A In an input field
  2. B In the Desmos keypad
  3. C Using the functions menu
  4. D Using the wrench menu
  • A In an input field
400

In wordy math problems, the word “is” usually translates into _.

=

500

As a motherless child, I always regarded my good grandmother as the wisest of guides and the best of protectors. It was not long before I began to realize her superiority to most of her contemporaries. This idea was not gained entirely from my own observation, but also from a knowledge of the high regard in which she was held by other women. Aside from her native talent and ingenuity, she was endowed with a truly wonderful memory. No other midwife in her day and tribe could compete with her in skill and judgment. Her observations in practice were all preserved in her mind for reference, as systematically as if they had been written upon the pages of a note-book.

According to the text, what is true about the author’s grandmother?

  1. A She is the only responsible woman in the tribe.
  2. B She is well respected by her community.
  3. C She remembers events that others around her would prefer to forget.
  4. D She was the only member of the tribe who could read and write.
  • B She is well respected by her community.
500

A. NO CHANGE
B. elephants, dancing eloquently across a crimson ballroom,
C. elephants dancing eloquently, across a crimson ballroom
D. elephants, dancing eloquently across, a crimson ballroom

What grammar concept is being tested in this problem?

  1. A verb tense
  2. B adverbs
  3. C pronouns
  4. D commas
  • D commas
500

Maynard is thinking of two numbers. One is a positive, irrational number. The other is a rational non-integer. Which of the following could be the two numbers?

  1. A232 and √100
  2. B√13.5 and 13.5
  3. C–√7 and 12
  4. D46 and 2
  • B√13.5 and 13.5



500

To input the the multiplication symbol using a keyboard, type the symbol _.

*

500

Translate: If a is 5 less than b…

a=b-5