ACT PREP ;), ACT Prep
if there are variables in the question and variables in the answer... ans: choose a number (not -2,-1,0,1,2), solve the situation with that number as the variable, and use the same number applied
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ACT PREP ;), ACT Prep
if there are variables in the question and variables in the answer... ans: choose a number (not -2,-1,0,1,2), solve the situation with that number as the variable, and use the same number applied to the original situation to the answer choices and choose the answer that matches.
monomial ans: a term used got refer to a number or number and variables (one term)
Reading Path ans: Step 1: choose any passage (do 1 last)
Step 2: choose any question within the passage but complete them out of order
Step 3: read the question
Step 4: strike through any words that suggest ambiguity
Step 5: restate the question if needed
Step 6: find the restatement in the text
-read 1 line above 1 line below location of restatement
Step 7: use yes or no to eliminate wrong answer choices
Step 8: confirm restatement matches answer choice
Math Path ans: Step 1: take the test out of order
Step 2: read the question
Step 3: read the answer choices
Step 4: diagram
Step 5: answer the question
Step 6: check your answer
Paragraph Improvement ans: - a sentence should be added if it contributes relevant ideas
- the sentence cannot repeat the idea
EM dash ans: interjections, serves same purpose as a comma sandwhich
4 Comma Rules ans: 1. a comma sandwich
Take out the lettuce and tomato and bread
2. list: must always keep the same structure
3. a comma followed by a fanboys (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) connects two independent clauses
4. to connect a dependent clause with an independent clause
5. Semicolon connects two independent clauses
idiomatic phrases ans: -not only... but also
-either... or
-neither... nor
-capable of
-for all their talk
-in so doing,
-From then (If Panama were freed from then president. Referring to the past president that is no longer president)
Semi-Colon ans: - separates two independent claus's without fanboys
- also separates lists of categories
Science Path ans: Step 1: read the question
Step 2: glance/scan the answer choices
Step 3: Go where the question tells you to find the answer
Step 4: find the answer and match it w the correct answer choice
-dont forget the blurbs
-bubble after done w whole page
Verbs ans: the tense of a verb in a sentence needs to agree w other verbs nearby unless its separated by claus.
Period of a function ans: the distance from crest to crest or x axis point to next x axis point on a wave graph.
area of a circle ans: pie r squared
circumference of a circle ans: diameter pie
area of a sector of a circle ans: 1st: find area of circle
2nd: divide angle by 360
3rd: multiply quotient by area of the circle
Pythagorean triplets ans: 3,4,5
5,12,13
7,24,25
8,15,17
and all there multiples
Triangle inequality theorem ans: the sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the lengths of the third side
-ness ans: Means the essence of something. Always makes the word its attached to a noun.
English Problems ans: Read the directions
Test for comma sandwich
noun and pronoun cannot be besides each other
you can only fix things that are underlined
look for prepositional phrase
What does sensory mean? ans: engages at least one of the five senses
Never make up commas ans: use the comma rules
Horizontal asymptote formula ans: Horizontal asymptote is where the y value will approach but can never meet, the way to find it is to look at your graph and look at the
What happens when two answer choices are incredibly similar? ans: They cancel each other out
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