Strategies
What you do with hard questions
What is "skip them"?
Paddy rides his electric scooter 4 miles in 15 minutes. His average speed is: a)1 mph b) 4 mph c)16 mph d)60 mph
What is "c - 16 mph"?
If Ty is solving a question involving something round, he will probably need this:
What is "pi"?
In math, "is" means this.
What is "equals"?
Area of a triangle.
What is "1/2*b*h"?
This strategy is helpful for confusing questions involving variables.
What is "plug in a real number"?
96,089/3,876 is closest to: a) 2.5 b) 25 c) 250 d) 2500
What is "25"?
This is the longest line segment that can be drawn within a circle.
What is a "diameter"?
We call angles that add up to 180 degrees this.
What is "supplementary"?
You should do this when the answers are far apart and there’s arithmetic involved.
What is “round and estimate”?
Sarah delivers p newspapers in 3 hours. She delivers this many in 10 hours: a)3p b)30p c) 10p d) 10p/3
What is "d - 10p/3"?
This is the method of how to go from circumference of a circle to area of the same circle.
What is "divide by pi to find diameter, divide by 2 to find radius, square radius and multiply by pi"?
In arithmetic, "of" usually means this.
What is "multiplied by" or "times"?
This equation is also a philosophy for a calm, happy life.
What is “slow=smooth, and smooth=fast”?
Jay has twice as much candy as Sofia, who has 10 more pieces than Fiona. In terms of Fiona, Jay has this much candy: a) 2(F+10) b) 2F+10 c) 24 d) 2(F-10)
What is "a - 2(F+10)"?
This describes the relationship between the circumference and the diameter of a circle.
What is "pi"?
"PEMDAS" stands for this.
What is "parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction"?
The two most important math strategies.
What are “don’t do math” and “seriously, don’t do math”?
The area of a right triangle with hypotenuse of 10 and a leg of 6 is: a) 4 b) 8 c) 24 d) 48
What is "c - 24"?
This formula will help you find the volume of a cylinder.
What is "V=pi*r^2*h" or V=B*h
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What does SSAT stand for?