1. Success depends in hard work, perseverance, and luck. 2. He achieved great feats including finishing college at eighteen, earning a high salary, and making many friends. 3. Their are numerous other reasons to buy organic food, such as, a desire to protect the environment from potentially damaging pesticides or a preference for the taste[…]
1. I need to purchase several items, including, grapes, bananas, yellow tangerines, and green zucchini. 2. Because she likes to listen to a variety of music, Sarah prefers Pandora over the regular radio. 3. Rachel enjoys the music of Chopin more than Beethoven. 4. I would rather travel to Miami over California. 5. Tamra would[…]
Growth Problems: For LINEAR GROWTH, y always changes by the same amount when x changes by the same amount. Example: Each successive year, $100 is added to the value of the account. For EXPONENTIAL GROWTH, y increases by more and more as x increases by the same amount. Examples: A stock doubles in value every[…]
– For questions that ask you to re-order the sentences in a paragraph or pick a sentence that summarizes a paragraph, make sure you re-read the ENTIRE paragraph. There are 3 ways to separate 2 full sentences 1. Period 2. ,FANBOYS 3. Semicolon or colon
Review of comma usage 1. These are all acceptable sentences. – Harry, travelling to the tutoring session, received a call. – Harry received a call, travelling to the tutoring session. – Travelling to the tutoring session, Harry received a call. – Sam, however, hates math. 2. NO comma before that – We all know that[…]
Seminal = Found work/first important work of an author, painter, etc… Implicit = Not directly stated Tacit = Not directly stated Explicit = Directly stated Commission (v) = To authorize or give an order Commence = To begin Surly = Rude/unfriendly Abysmal = Terrible Empirical = Evidence based Heuristics = Guess and check, trial and[…]
Sequester = To isolate Austere = Serious/severe Egregious = Very bad Withstand = To handle hardship Thaw = To defrost Opine = To give an opinion on Mitigate = To lessen Proclaim = To state strongly Pragmatic = Practical Skeptical = Questioning Dubious = Doubtful Egregious = Very bad Systemic = Affecting an entire system[…]
1. English a. Review On the Lookout and TSG Grammar Rules the morning of the test 2. Reading a. Do NOT be surprised if you see a 2 passage comparison as one of the 4 passages on the test day b. Make sure you underline as you read c. Spend 2 minutes reading each passage[…]
– Viscosity: the consistency of a fluid High viscosity: thicker, slower flowing liquid Low viscosity: thinner, faster flowing liquid – The basics of data science: The independent variable (X) affects the dependent variable (Y). If you measure the effect of tutoring hours (X) on ACT score (Y), tutoring hours is independent variable and the ACT[…]
Did you know? The SAT Math section focuses on 3 areas of math: Heart of Algebra, Problem Solving and Data Analysis, and Passport to Advanced Math. It’s important to know the following conversions: inches to feet-divide by 12 feet to inches-multiply by 12 minutes to hours-divide by 60 hours to minutes-multiply by 60 minutes to[…]