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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. Cancel Quantities to...
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Triangles
Make the Problem Simpler

2. Use the Given Information
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Certain Choices

3. Know How to Manipulate...
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
Certain Choices
Averages and Inequalities

4. Use Specific Numerical Example to...
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions
Triangles
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)

5. Know How to Use Units of...
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities
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

6. When Calculating Answers...
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First
Make the Problem Simpler
Easy but That Can Be Tricky - Beware of Choice A as a 'Lure Choice'

7. When Each Choice Must Be Tested - Start with...
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions
Choice E and Work Backward
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First

8. Use New Definitions and Functions...
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First
Make the Problem Simpler
Carefully.
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy

9. Know How to Solve Problems Using the Formula...
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
R x T = D
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities

10. Know How to Eliminate...
Carefully.
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Certain Choices

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

12. Translate English Words into...
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way
Carefully.
Averages and Inequalities
Mathematical Expressions

13. Know How to Find Unknown Expressions by...
Choice E and Work Backward
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions
Averages and Inequalities

14. Draw or Extend Lines in a Diagrams to...
Triangles
Make the Problem Simpler
Averages and Inequalities
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities

15. Know How to Find Unknown Quantities (Area - Length - Arc & Angle) from...
R x T = D
Triangles
Choice E and Work Backward
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)

16. Try Not to Make...
Mathematical Expressions
Certain Choices
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way

17. Remember Classic Expressions Such as...
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Triangles
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer

18. Know and Use Facts About...
Triangles
Carefully.
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Prove or Disprove Your Guess