New SAT Reading Hints!

New SAT Reading Hints!

LOOK FOR TIME ELEMENTS NOW LOOKING BACK ON THE PAST BEFORE VS NOW CHANGE OVER TIME IS THE PASSAGE FEELINGS BASED OR RATIONALITY BASED? WHAT IS THE AUTHOR’S LENSE? ARE EFFECTS DESCRIBED AUDITORY, VISUAL, OR RELATED TO FEELING? THOUGHTS VERSUS ACTION? WHAT IS THE AUTHOR’S FOCUS? IS THE PASSAGE BASED ON REALITY OR ONLY TAKING PLACE[…]

Math Problem Set 7

Math Problem Set 7

Shira buys and sells hair clips. In January, she makes $750.00. If she buys the clips for $.08 and sells them for $2.10, how many did she sell? Yoel buys computers and cameras from a distributor. He spends $7500 on cameras and buys twice as many cameras as computers. If the price of cameras is 4 times the[…]

New SAT Reading- Vocabulary

New SAT Reading- Vocabulary

Anachronistic- Out of place in a historical time period Pedantic- Talking down to Qualify a claim- State the limitations Vindicate- To clear from blame Repudiate- To reject Disseminate- To handout Diatribe- Bossy/ranting speech Extol- To praise Profligacy- Indecent Curtail- To shorten Truncate- To shorten Austerity- Strictness

Math Problem Set 6

Math Problem Set 6

          The table above describes the number of respondents to a survey from 5 New Jersey towns with varying education levels. Use the table above to answer the following questions. A resident from the Teaneck/Bergenfield district is randomly selected. What is the probability that this respondent completed high school only? If this data[…]

Math Problem Set 5

Math Problem Set 5

The initial price of a hair tie is $.75. The hair tie is taxed 4% and discounted 2%. Find the final price. The final price of a notebook is $3.99. This is after a 5% tax and 15% discount. Find the initial price. The original price of a water is $1.57. Find the final price after[…]

Math Problem Set 4

Math Problem Set 4

ACT score varies directly with GPA. What does that mean? It means that they increase together. A student with a GPA of 2.04 has an ACT score of 19. What is the ACT score of a student with a GPA of 2.1?? F(m)=2m²-10m. If F(6b)=18b, find all values if b x∆y=3x-2y+xyz If 4∆5=100, find the value of[…]