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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. Know and Use Facts About...
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)
R x T = D
Triangles

2. Know How to Manipulate...
Averages and Inequalities
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities
Triangles
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)

3. Know How to Eliminate...
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer
Choice E and Work Backward
Easy but That Can Be Tricky - Beware of Choice A as a 'Lure Choice'
Certain Choices

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

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

6. Cancel Quantities to...
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Make the Problem Simpler
Choice E and Work Backward
R x T = D

7. 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
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions
Certain Choices

8. When Each Choice Must Be Tested - Start with...
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer
Choice E and Work Backward
Mathematical Expressions

9. Try Not to Make...
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer
Carefully.
Choice E and Work Backward

10. Draw or Extend Lines in a Diagrams to...
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First
Easy but That Can Be Tricky - Beware of Choice A as a 'Lure Choice'
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities

11. Know How to Solve Problems Using the Formula...
Choice E and Work Backward
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer
R x T = D
Prove or Disprove Your Guess

12. When Calculating Answers...
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Triangles

13. Translate English Words into...
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First
Choice E and Work Backward
Mathematical Expressions
R x T = D

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

15. Use Specific Numerical Example to...
Certain Choices
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Easy but That Can Be Tricky - Beware of Choice A as a 'Lure Choice'

16. Know How to Find Unknown Expressions by...
Make the Problem Simpler
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Choice E and Work Backward

17. Use New Definitions and Functions...
Carefully.
Easy but That Can Be Tricky - Beware of Choice A as a 'Lure Choice'
Make the Problem Simpler
Choice E and Work Backward

18. Know How to Find Unknown Quantities (Area - Length - Arc & Angle) from...
Carefully.
Averages and Inequalities
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities