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SAT Preparation & Review
Take out the orange sheet.
Take the five question test.
You have four minutes.
Start.
SAT Preparation & Review
A 12 page packet is in the left side pocket of your folder that summarizes everything we will cover tonight.
There is also a handout on guessing in the left side pocket of the folder.
SAT Preparation & Review
I’m not going to teach you math or English.
I’ll show you ways to save time and make fewer mistakes.
To improve you need to practice, practice, practice.
No break If you need to go, go quietly on your own.
General Preparation Before Test Day
Commit to Memory the Test Directions for Each Section
Have Everything Needed for the Test Assembled and Checked the Night before the Test
Know Where the Test is and Know the Directions to Get There
General Tricks of the Trade for the SAT
Eliminate the Wrong Answers to Find the Right One
Beware of the Answer that Jumps Out at You on Hard Questions
Don’t be Afraid to Guess. Understand how the test is graded
Write, Draw, Lineout in the Test Booklet
Mark the Correct Answer in the Booklet and Then Transfer Answers at the End of Each Section
Don’t Go so Fast on the Easy Questions that You Make a “Stupid” Mistake
Sentence Completion Strategies
READ THE ENTIRE SENTENCE TO GET A FEEL
USE YOUR OWN WORD OR WORDS TO FILL IN THE BLANK
“Dangerously high winds ------- attempts to begin the space shuttle mission on schedule, delaying the launch by nearly a week.”
What’s your word? __________________________
Sentence Completion Strategies
LOOK FOR THE CLUE
“A swindler’s ------ is usually a gullible person who is unable to resist the swindler’s traps.”
What’s the clue? ______________________
Sentence Completion Strategies
FORGET ALL THE EXTRA JUNK
“In Jamaica Kincaid’s novel Lucy, the West Indian heroine ------her employer’s world, critically examining its assumptions and values.”
Sentence Completion Strategies
LOOK FOR INTRODUCTORY OR TRANSITION WORDS
Because, And & Since = the thought or flow of the sentence is moving in the same tone or direction
However, Although, Though, But, Rather, Despite and Yet = the thought or flow of the sentence is moving in the opposite tone or direction
Sentence Completion Strategies
LOOK FOR INTRODUCTORY OR TRANSITION WORDS
“Since Polynesians live in mild climates, they experience ----- in adjusting to cold climates.”
“Polynesians live in mild climates; however, they adjust----- to cold climates.”
Sentence Completion Strategies
GOOD (POSITIVE) OR BAD (NEGATIVE) WORD
“The quest speaker on the Oprah Winfrey talk show offended the audience by first ----- them …”
Is the blank a good or bad word?
Sentence Completion Strategies
LET’S PRACTICE A FEW SENTENCE COMPLETIONS
Take out the green sentence completion practice questions in your packet.
Let’s work together using the strategies we learned.
Sentence Completion Strategies
Q1. Tame koala bears handled by tourists are ----, but wild koalas are hard to control and typically require two people to hold them.What’s the clue? What is the transition word?
Good word or Bad word? What’s your word?
(A) mischievous(B) gluttonous(C) supple(D) adroit(E) docile
Sentence Completion Strategies
Q2. Because of the ------- effects of the hot springs, tourists suffering from various ailments flocked to the village’s thermal pools.
What’s the clue? What is the transition word?
Good word or Bad word? What’s your word?
Sentence Completion Strategies
Q3. To avoid being ------, composer Stephen Sondheim strives for an element of surprise in his songs.
What’s the clue? What is the transition word?
Good word or Bad word? What’s your word?
(A) erratic(B) informal(C) elaborate(D) predictable(E) idiosyncratic
Sentence Completion Strategies
Q4. Although easily angered by our mischievous behavior, our mother could be immediately ------ by our expressions of remorse.
What’s the clue? What is the transition word?
Good word or Bad word? What’s your word?
(A) substantiated(B) impugned(C) protected(D) united(E) mollified
Sentence Completion Strategies – Two Blanks
Eliminate some choices based on just one blank;
usually the first one.
Once you have eliminated an answer based on the first word,
never go back to that answer again.
If one word is wrong, the answer is wrong.
Sentence Completion Strategies – Two BlanksQ5. The quest speaker on the Oprah Winfrey talk show offended the audience by first ----- them and then refusing to moderate these ------ remarks.
What’s the clue? What is the transition word?
Good word or Bad word? What’s your word?
(A) flattering.. ? (B) haranguing.. ? (C) praising .. ? (D) enraging .. ? (E) accommodating .. ?
Q5. The quest speaker on the Oprah Winfrey talk show offended the audience by first ----- them and then refusing to moderate these ------ remarks.
What’s the clue? What is the transition word?
Good word or Bad word? What’s your word?
Sentence Completion Strategies – Two Blanks
Q6. Lewis Latimer’s inexpensive method of producing carbon filaments ------ the nascent electric industry by making electric lamps commercially ------.
What’s the clue? What is the transition word?
Good word or Bad word? What’s your word?
(A) cheapened .. affordable (B) transformed .. viable (C) revolutionized .. prohibitive (D) provoked .. improbable (E) stimulated .. inaccessible
Sentence Completion Strategies – Two Blanks
Q6. Lewis Latimer’s inexpensive method of producing carbon filaments ------ the nascent electric industry by making electric lamps commercially ------.
Sentence Completion Strategies – Two Blanks
Q7. Although aging brings about profound physiological changes, it does not often alter an individual’s ------; an irascible thirty year old will probably still be ------ at seventy.
(A) disposition .. cantankerous (B) anatomy .. churlish (C) outlook .. benevolent (D) personality .. laconic (E) stature .. robust
Without prompts, take the steps to solve this sentence completion.
Sentence Completion Strategies – Two Blanks
Q7. Although aging brings about profound physiological changes, it does not often alter an individual’s ------; an irascible thirty year old will probably still be ------ at seventy.
Sentence Completion Strategies – Two Blanks
Q8. The general was so widely suspected of ------ during the war that his name eventually became synonymous with disloyalty.
(A) belligerence(B) indigence(C) perfidy(D) aspersion(E) tenacity
Sentence Completion Strategies
Sentence completions are essentially vocabulary questions. To improve your vocabulary, READ!
3 HOURS & 45 MINUTES
ESSAY FIRST AND 10-MIN WRITING SEGMENT LAST
SAT THE TEST
3 MATH SECTIONS
3 READING SECTIONS
1 WRITING SECTION
1 EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
Strategies for Long Passages
Go-To Questions: They tell you where the answer is.
Reasoning (Why or Interpret) Questions
Main Idea Questions: What is the passage about?
THREE TYPES OF QUESTIONS
As used in line 14, “consumption” most nearly means …
The author’s attitude can best be described …
Strategies for Long Passages
The answer must appear in the passage
Don’t Read the Passage. That’s right. DON’T READ IT.
Read the introductory (italicized) statement
Strategies for Long Passages
Go straight to the Go-To questions
Convert the SAT question into a real question
Go to the passage and read only what you need to
“The author most likely mentions Mount Everest (line 37) in order to.” “Why did the author mention Mount Everest?”
Strategies for Long Passages
Answer the question in your own words.
Go to the answer choices and eliminate wrong answers.
Strategies for Long Passages
Tricks to Avoid
The answer is a true statement but it’s not in the passage
Beware of extreme languageWomen are too emotional.Jazz is vastly superior to rock and roll.
Part of the answer is right and part is wrong
Exact restatement of a phrase from the passage in the answer is usually a trap
LET’S PRACTICE A LONG READING PASSAGE
Take out the blue long reading passage practice sheet in your packet.
Let’s work together using the strategies we learned.
Get your copy of The Official SAT Study Guide handy.
Strategies for Long Passages
LET’S PRACTICE A LONG READING PASSAGE
Turn to page 764 in The Official SAT Study Guide.
Answer in your own words.
Go to line 10.
Go to the answer choices.
Look at question 10 – the first question for this passage. Restate in your own words.
Go to the beginning of the sentence (line 5).Read.
Strategies for Long Passages
Read italicized passage a top of passage.
LET’S PRACTICE A LONG READING PASSAGE
Answer in your own words.
Go to line 18.
Go to the answer choices.
Look at question 11 and restate in your own words.
Go to the beginning of the sentence (line 17).
Read.
Strategies for Long Passages
If not clear go to the sentence before this one (line 14).
LET’S PRACTICE A LONG READING PASSAGE
Answer in your own words.
Rephrase the question _________________________.
Go to the answer choices.
Now answer question 12.
Go to line ___________.
Read.
Strategies for Long Passages
LET’S PRACTICE A LONG READING PASSAGE
By doing the Go-Tos first, you’ve read the passage in an efficient method
Look at questions 15 & 24
Turn to page 828 - 829
Answer these type questions last
By answering the Go-To questions first you will have read many parts of the passage
Strategies for Long Passages
Attack short passages the same way as long ones BUT READ THE PASSAGE.
Turn to page 763 to see short passages.
Save the questions that deal with both until last.
For dual passages answer the questions that deal with each passage separately.
Short and Dual Passages
Turn to page 782 to see (long) dual passages.
Strategies Math Reasoning
Don’t solve medium and hard problems the way you would in math class. You don’t have time.
Use your calculator
Review your math
Strategies Math Reasoning
Strategy 1a: Start with answer (C) then work up or down
Strategy 1: Plug in SAT answers that are numbers
Math Strategies Plug-in
The total daily profit, in dollars, from producing and selling x units of a certain product is given by the function p(x) = 17x – (10x + b), where b is a constant. If 300 units were produced and sold yesterday for a total profit of $1,900, what is the value of b? (A)-200 (B)-100 (C)0 8. Page 731(D)100(E)200
Math Strategies Plug-in
The total daily profit, in dollars, from producing and selling x units of a certain product is given by the function p(x) = 17x – (10x + b), where b is a constant. If 300 units were produced and sold yesterday for a total profit of $1,900, what is the value of b? (A)-200 (B)-100 (C)0 8. Page 731(D)100(E)200
Start with answer (C). Plug in 300 everywhere there is an x and a 0 for b. What answer gives you 1900 profit?
Profit = 17(300) – (10(300) + 0) = 5100 – (3000 + 0) = 21002100 ≠ 1900 so answer C is wrong.
Math Strategies Plug-in
p(x) = 17x – (10x + b). If 300 units were produced and sold yesterday for a total profit of $1,900, what is the value of b? (A)-200 (B)-100 (C)0 8. Page 731(D)100(E)200
17(300) – (10(300) + 0) = 5100 – (3000) = 21001900 ≠ 2100.] Since 0 (for b) makes the right side too large, a negative number such as -100 would make it even bigger, Therefore, we need to go to answer (D)
Therefore you can eliminate answers (A) & (B) without even trying them.
Math Strategies Plug-in
p(x) = 17x – (10x + b). If 300 units were produced and sold yesterday for a total profit of $1,900, what is the value of b? (A)-200 (B)-100 (C)0 8. Page 731(D)100(E)200
Go to answer (D) and see what you get. 17(300) – (10(300) + 100) = 5100 – (3000 + 100) = 2000; 1900 ≠ 2000. (D) is wrong.
The answer is (E). You don’t have to try (E). All the others are wrong & have been eliminated.
Math Strategies Plug-in
You “tested” all five answers and got the right answer by “working” only two.
Plugging in doesn’t mean plugging in every answer.
Math Strategies Plug-in
If (2x – 2)(2 – x) = 0, what are all possible values of x? (A)0 only(B)1 only(C)2 only 10. Page 787(D)1 and 2 only(E)0, 1 and 2
Solve this using the plug-in method, and I’ll call on someone to answer.
D is the correct answer.
Math Strategies Plug-in
Strategy 2: Plug in numbers for variables in SAT questions and answers
If x and y are positive consecutive odd integers, where y > x, which of the following is equal to y2 – x2? (A) 2x(B) 4X(C) 2x + 2 16. Page 642(D) 2x + 4(E) 4x + 4
Strategy 2a: Don’t use 0 & 1 as plug ins.
Math Strategies Plug-in
If x and y are positive consecutive odd integers, where y > x, which of the following is equal to y2 – x2? (A) 2x(B) 4X(C) 2x + 2 16. Page 642(D) 2x + 4(E) 4x + 4
Pick numbers for x and y. Remember to stay away from 0 and 1.Since y > x, make x = 3 and y = 5Plug in these numbers into the equation in the question.52 – 32 = 25 – 9 = 16
What expression in the answers gives you 16 when x = 3?
(E): (4 x 3) + 4 = 12 + 4 = 16
Math Strategies Plug-in
Pick numbers for x, say $10. and z, say $5.
If first shirt cost 10 and second 5, the total cost for 2 shirts is 15.
Plug in 2 for n, 10 for x and 5 for z into the answers.What expression in the answers gives you 15, when n = 2, x = 10 and z = 5?
During a sale, a customer can buy one shirt for x dollars. Each additional shirt the customer buys costs z dollars less than the first shirt. For example, the cost of the second shirt is x-z dollars. Which of the following represent the customer’s cost for n shirts bought during the sale?”13
(A) x + (n - 1)(x - z)(B) x = n(x - z)(C) n(x – z) 18. Page 585(D) x + (x – z)/n(E) (x – z) + (x – z)/n
(A) 10 + (2-1)(10-5) = 10 + (1)(5) = 10 + 5 = 15
Math Strategies Plug-in
Pick numbers for X, say 2.
If X = 2, then Y = 2 + ½ = 2½.
I. 2 ½ {which is Y} does not = 2 {which is X}; I is true II. Y {which is 2 ½} is not an integer; II is not true
If X is an integer greater than 1 and if Y = X + 1/X, which of the following must be true? I. y ≠ x (A) I onlyII. y is an integer (B) III onlyIII. xy > x2 (C) I & II only 16. Page 613
(D) I & III only(E) I, II & III
III. XY {which is 5} is > X squared {which is 4}; III is true
Math Strategies Plug-inAfter the first term, each term in a sequence is 3 greater than 1/3 of the preceding term. If t is the first term of the sequence and t does not equal 0, what is the ratio of the second term to the first term? (A) t + 9/3(B) t + 3/3(C) t + 9/3t 16. Page 733(D) t + 3/3t(E) 9 – 2t/3
Solve this using the plug-in method, and I’ll call on someone to answer.
If you make the first term 3, then the 2nd term is 4 {1/3 * 3 = 1}& 3 + 1 = 4, therefore, the ratio is 4/3. Answer C gives this ratio, 3 + 9/3 3 = 12/9 = 4/3.∙
Math Strategies Plug-in
How old was a person exactly 1 year ago if exactly X years ago the person was Y years old? (A) y - 1(B) y - x - 1(C) x - y -1 10. Page 702(D) y + x + 1(E) y + x - 1
Solve this using the plug-in method, and I’ll call on someone to answer.
Math Strategies Plug-in
If a + 2b is equal to 125 percent of 4b, what is the value of a/b? This is a grid in so there are no answers. 16. Page 655
Solve this using the plug-in method, and I’ll call on someone to answer.
Make b = 10, therefore, 4b = 40 and 125% of 4b (40) is 50.
Since a + 2b = 125% of 4b, a + 2b = 50
If a + 2b = 50 and b = 10, then a + 20 = 50, so a = 30
If a = 30 & b = 10, then a/b = 30/10 or 3
Math Strategies Trial & Error
When 15 is divided by the positive integer k, the remainder is 3. For how many different values of k is this true? (A) One(B) Two(C) Three 20. Page 643(D) Four(E) Five
Write out all the possible events and see what the answer is.
Math Strategies Trial & ErrorWhen 15 is divided by the positive integer k, the remainder is 3. For how
many different values of k is this true? (A) One(B) Two(C) Three 20. Page 643(D) Four(E) Five
Integer Times into 15 Remainder1 15 02 7 13 5 04 3 35 3 06 2 37 2 18 1 79 1 610 1 511 1 412 1 313 1 214 1 115 1 0
Math Strategies Look for Special Triangles
The right triangle is a 30-60-90 triangle. Find it on first page.
Side opposite the right angle is 2x , the side opposite the 30o angle is x and the side opposite the 60o angle is x√3.
In the figure above, ∆XYZ is equilateral, with side of length 2. If WY is a diameter of the circle with center O, then the area of the circle is a. √3∏/4 b. 2∏/3 c. 3∏/4 d. ∏ e. 3∏/2 19. Page 643
Math Strategies Look for Special Triangles
The side opposite the right angle is 2x , the side opposite the 30o angle is x and the side opposite the 60o angle is x√3.
If the side opposite the right angle is 2x and the value is 2 then x = 1, so the side opposite the 30o angle is 1. The side opposite the 60o angle is x√3 and since x = 1, the value is √3.
In the figure above, ∆XYZ is equilateral, with side of length 2. If WY is a diameter of the circle with center O, then the area of the circle is a. √3∏/4 b. 2∏/3 c. 3∏/4 d. ∏ e. 3∏/2 19. Page 643
Math Strategies Look for Special Triangles
√3 is the value of the diameter of the circle. The radius is √3/2.
The area is ∏(√3/2)2 which = 3∏/4.
In the figure above, ∆XYZ is equilateral, with side of length 2. If WY is a diameter of the circle with center O, then the area of the circle is a. √3∏/4 b. 2∏/3 c. 3∏/4 d. ∏ e. 3∏/2 19. Page 643
Math Strategies Look for Special Triangles
Turn to page 888 question 5.
Use special triangles to solve this problem.
Use 45-45-90 triangle
Hypotenuse = 2 √2, so other sides must be 2 each
So perimeter would be 2 + 2 + 2 √2 or 4 + 2 √2
Math Strategies Measure
Turn to page 584 question 14.
Does not say “Not Drawn to Scale”
Use paper to measure
Unknown sides are same (6) as known sides
Answer is 30
Math Strategies Reminders
In your packet under the math section are reminders and information you
should review before taking the SAT.
SAT Preparation & Review
This review with several hours of practice should help improve your scores
But real improvement comes with lots of practice -- the SAT is like any other test. The more you prepare the better your score.