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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. Remember Classic Expressions Such as...
Easy but That Can Be Tricky - Beware of Choice A as a 'Lure Choice'
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities
Averages and Inequalities
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy

2. When Each Choice Must Be Tested - Start with...
Triangles
Easy but That Can Be Tricky - Beware of Choice A as a 'Lure Choice'
Choice E and Work Backward
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)

3. Use Specific Numerical Example to...
Certain Choices
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities

4. Know How to Manipulate...
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy
Averages and Inequalities
Choice E and Work Backward

5. Know How to Eliminate...
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Certain Choices
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way
Mathematical Expressions

6. Know How to Find Unknown Quantities (Area - Length - Arc & Angle) from...
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)
Easy but That Can Be Tricky - Beware of Choice A as a 'Lure Choice'
Carefully.
Triangles

7. Cancel Quantities to...
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First
Make the Problem Simpler
Averages and Inequalities

8. When Calculating Answers...
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Certain Choices
Never Multiply and/or Do Long Division If - Reducing Can Be Done First

9. Use New Definitions and Functions...
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Carefully.
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer

10. Use the Given Information
Known Quantities (the Whole Equals the Sum of Its Parts)
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Certain Choices
Mathematical Expressions

11. Know How to Use Units of...
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
Carefully.
R x T = D

12. Translate English Words into...
Mathematical Expressions
R x T = D
Easy but That Can Be Tricky - Beware of Choice A as a 'Lure Choice'
Choice E and Work Backward

13. Know and Use Facts About...
Triangles
Carefully.
Averages and Inequalities
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy

14. Try Not to Make...
Certain Choices
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way
R x T = D

15. Draw or Extend Lines in a Diagrams to...
Time - Distance - Area or Volume to Find or Check Your Answer
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Tedious Calculations Since There is Usually an Easier Way

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

17. Know How to Find Unknown Expressions by...
Make a Problem Easier; Label Unknown Quantities
Effectively (and Ignore Irrelevant Information)
Prove or Disprove Your Guess
Adding - Subtracting - Multiplying - or Dividing Equations or Expressions

18. Know How to Solve Problems Using the Formula...
R x T = D
Easy but That Can Be Tricky - Beware of Choice A as a 'Lure Choice'
X^2 - y^2 - x^2 + 2xy + y^2 - x^2 - 2xy + y^2 - x + y/xy
Certain Choices