
Discover last-minute sat math prep across seven courses that teach alternative solving strategies, including reading questions carefully, using information, writing formulas, drawing figures, and approximations.
Apply general match strategies to understand math questions clearly and solve them correctly, applicable to any math topic—from geometry to algebra and any multiple-choice problem.
read the questions carefully, underline key parts, and read sentence by sentence to avoid careless mistakes, recognizing the wrong option and understanding real versus imaginary solutions.
Use all given information and conversion factors, convert meters to feet, apply distance equals speed times time, and use geometry like isosceles triangles and rectangles to solve problems.
Translate verbal problem statements into equations using the write the formulas strategy, ensuring the formula matches the description. Use relationships between variables, as shown with Mary and John study hours.
Draw figures from words and compute areas by one half base times height, then explore an inscribed square in a circle using pythagorean relationships.
Explore why numbers are not always positive integers, learn to include negatives and real numbers between -1 and 1, and analyze how even and odd powers, squares, and roots behave.
Explore how any triangle side can be its base with a perpendicular height, use two area calculations to solve for unknowns, and apply Pythagorean relationships in examples.
Master use of approximations to save time on SAT math multiple-choice questions, especially when options are far apart, including no-calculator scenarios and practical unit conversions.
Memorize common constants and powers to speed SAT math, recognizing pi ≈ 3.14, powers of two and three, and quick area estimates to narrow answer choices.
Learn imaginary numbers by treating i as the square root of negative one; i^n rules with four-cycle. Practice adding, subtracting, and multiplying complex numbers by separating real and imaginary parts.
This course, General Math Strategies, is the 3rd of 7 courses in the series of "Last Minute Prep For the SAT Math Success." It is about general strategies that the students can use to solve the SAT math questions.
Most of the strategies included in this course is independent of the subject or style. For example, the question may be a trigonometry or algebra question, or it can be a grid-in or a multiple-choice question. The question can be in "No Calculator" section or in "Calculator is Allowed" section. Most of the strategies can be applied to all.
The style of the course:
The strategies are defined and critical points that the student needs to be careful of are explained. Example(s) for each strategy are provided. Examples vary in their difficulty level. In many cases, the examples will force the student to think out of the box.
Some of the strategies may be familiar to your student. Even in those cases, the examples presented here shows your student how creative he/she can be in applying a familiar strategy.
With the exception of the last lesson, there is no math teaching. In a few places, we only review some math topics just to remind the student some of the commonly forgotten points.
These strategies are intended to help your student to increase his/her SAT math score, but they will also help he/she in any high school math test.
Here are the list of the strategies included in this course.
Read the Questions Carefully.
Utilize All the Information.
Write the Formulas.
Draw the Figures.
Numbers Are Not Always Positive Integers.
Base And Height of a Triangle.
Use Approximations.
Memorize Some Numbers.
Imaginary Numbers.