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SAT Math Tricks 2

Subjects : sat, math

Instructions:

Answer 18 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Use New Definitions and Functions...
Carefully.
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer

2. Know How to Manipulate...
Carefully.
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer
Averages and Inequalities

3. Cancel Quantities to...
Easy but That Can Be Tricky - Beware of Choice A as a 'Lure Choice'
Make the Problem Simpler
R x T = D
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer

4. Translate English Words into...
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities
Carefully.
Mathematical Expressions

5. Remember Classic Expressions Such as...
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy
Make the Problem Simpler
Certain Choices
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)

6. Watch Out for Questions That Seem Very...

7. Draw or Extend Lines in a Diagrams to...
Certain Choices
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities
Carefully.
Averages and Inequalities

8. Know How to Find Unknown Expressions by...
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions
Certain Choices
Averages and Inequalities
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities

9. Know How to Use Units of...
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer
Easy but That Can Be Tricky - Beware of Choice A as a 'Lure Choice'
R x T = D
Averages and Inequalities

10. Use the Given Information
Averages and Inequalities
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Choice E and Work Backward
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)

11. When Calculating Answers...
Triangles
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First
Make the Problem Simpler
Carefully.

12. Use Specific Numerical Example to...
Mathematical Expressions
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy

13. Try Not to Make...
Averages and Inequalities
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First

14. Know How to Eliminate...
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Certain Choices
Prove or Disprove Your Guess

15. Know How to Find Unknown Quantities (Area - Length - Arc & Angle) from...
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer
Carefully.
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)

16. Know and Use Facts About...
Triangles
Certain Choices
Mathematical Expressions
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer

17. Know How to Solve Problems Using the Formula...
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)
R x T = D
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions

18. When Each Choice Must Be Tested - Start with...
Carefully.
Choice E and Work Backward
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions
Make the Problem Simpler