Heart of Algebra SAT Problems!

How many integers between 0 and 999 contain a single digit that is a 7? The probability of scoring 90 or above is .35 in a group of 11 students, find the probability that 10 or 11 score a 90 or above?  In a bag there are 6 blue marbles, 4 red marbles, 7 yellow marbles,[…]

5 SAT Math Practice Problems!

Tam’s Club sells 6c cartons of calculators per box and 12m boxes per day. How many cartons are sold in a year? Tabitha waters 7 plants per day. If there are 8m plants per garden and 2x gardens per neighborhood, how long would it take her to water 12 neighborhoods?  The line t passes through[…]

Great SAT Math Practice!

Line n intersects the y-axis at 5 and is a horizontal line with a slope of zero. Line n intersects 3x–5/3y=10 at which point? A piano duo requires 2 students at two pianos. How many duos could be formed from 12 students? Line f intersects line e at (4, 8). If line e follows y=6x–12,[…]

New Math Practice SAT!

Find the value of y. 3/(y+1)+ 6/(y–2)=18 What is one possible value of f ? 10/3>12/(f–20)>7/6 Find an expression for a as a function of x. x/(4+a)= 15/12a Find the value of  ˗c+5 . 30/(2c–8)+7/(c+6)=80 Line q passes through the origin and (s, s+4). It is also perpendicular to line r. If line r follows 12x+23y=6, find the value[…]

New ACT/SAT Vocab Words

Guile – trickery Adulation – praise Sycophant – kiss up Viscous – thick syrup Demonstrative Opacity Magnanimous Objective Ambiguous Ambivalent Skeptical Dubious

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ISEE Test-How can your child study for this test?

ISEE Test-What can your child study? 1. Start with vocabulary. We offer middle-high school level vocab lists to start with. Alternatively, use the list in a Kaplan, Princeton Review, or Barron’s book. Even if your child studies Wordly Wise in School, that is not enough. 2. Math Achievement. Here is a checklist of major topics[…]

Top Tips For The ISEE Test

1. Review vocabulary words for the days leading up to the test. The most common ISEE vocab words include -Acclaim-to praise -Aesthetic-related to beauty -Sentimental-Nostalgic-Related to a positive emotional connection to the past -Banal-cliché-commonplace, not original, boring 2. Exercise the day before the test. Try to tire yourself out and get to bed early. Plan[…]