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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...
Triangles
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First
Carefully.
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way

2. Draw or Extend Lines in a Diagrams to...
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Easy but That Can Be Tricky - Beware of Choice A as a 'Lure Choice'
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer

3. Translate English Words into...
Mathematical Expressions
Certain Choices
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
R x T = D

4. Know How to Manipulate...
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Averages and Inequalities
Carefully.
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First

5. Know How to Solve Problems Using the Formula...
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions
R x T = D

6. Remember Classic Expressions Such as...
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Triangles
Make the Problem Simpler
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy

7. Know and Use Facts About...
Averages and Inequalities
Triangles
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions

8. Know How to Find Unknown Expressions by...
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions
Choice E and Work Backward
Mathematical Expressions
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way

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

10. When Each Choice Must Be Tested - Start with...
R x T = D
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way
Choice E and Work Backward

11. Use the Given Information
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer
Choice E and Work Backward

12. Try Not to Make...
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way
R x T = D
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities

13. Know How to Eliminate...
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions
Certain Choices
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer

14. Cancel Quantities to...
Triangles
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First
Make the Problem Simpler
Averages and Inequalities

15. Know How to Find Unknown Quantities (Area - Length - Arc & Angle) from...
Carefully.
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)
Prove or Disprove Your Guess

16. When Calculating Answers...
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First
Carefully.
Triangles
Averages and Inequalities

17. Know How to Use Units of...
R x T = D
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer
Carefully.
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way

18. Use Specific Numerical Example to...
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Choice E and Work Backward
Easy but That Can Be Tricky - Beware of Choice A as a 'Lure Choice'
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)