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CONTENTSAcknowledgmentsIntroductionImportantNoteaboutThisBookandItsAuthorKeyPointsYouShouldKnowabouttheNewSATTheAuthorHasSomethingImportanttoTellYouaboutHowtoRaiseYourSATScoreQuestionsAskedabouttheNewSATTheInsideTrackonHowSATQuestionsAreDevelopedandHowTheyVaryfromTesttoTestWhatAreCritical-ThinkingSkills?MultilevelApproachestotheSolutionofProblemsA4-HourStudyProgramfortheSATLonger-RangeStudyProgramandHelpfulStepsforUsingThisBookQuestionsRecentlyAskedofDr.GruberinInterviewsWhatYouCanDoasaParenttoHelpYourChildPart1:StrategyDiagnosticTestfortheNewSATDirectionsAnswerSheetSection1:VerbalAbilitySection2:MathAbilityAnswerandDiagnosticTable

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Part2:TheWorld’sShortestNewSATPracticeTestAnswerSheetReadingTestWritingandLanguageTestMathTestAnswerandDiagnosticTablesExplanatoryAnswerswithImportantStrategiesPart3:The101MostImportantMathQuestionsYouNeedtoKnowHowtoSolveAnswerSheet101MathQuestionsTestAnswers,Diagnosis,Solutions,Generalizations,andRulesPart4:StrategySection5GeneralStrategies32Easy-to-LearnStrategiesHowtoLearntheStrategiesImportantNoteontheAllowedUseofCalculatorsontheSATImportantNoteonMathQuestionsontheSATTheGrid-TypeMathQuestions19MathStrategiesMathStrategy1:CancelQuantitiestoMaketheProblemSimplerMathStrategy2:TranslateEnglishWordsintoMathematicalExpressionsMathStrategy3:KnowHowtoFindUnknownQuantities(AreasLengths,ArcandAngleMeasurements)fromKnownQuantities(TheWholeEqualstheSumofItsParts)MathStrategy4:RememberClassicExpressions

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MathStrategy5:KnowHowtoManipulateAveragesMathStrategy6:KnowHowtoManipulateInequalitiesMathStrategy7:UseSpecificNumericalExamplestoProveorDisproveYourGuessMathStrategy8:WhenEachChoiceMustBeTested,StartwiththeLastChoiceandWorkBackwardMathStrategy9:KnowHowtoSolveProblemsUsingtheFormulaRxT=DMathStrategy10:KnowHowtoUseUnitsofTime,Distance,Area,orVolumetoFindorCheckYourAnswerMathStrategy11:UseNewDefinitionsandFunctionsCarefullyMathStrategy12:TryNottoMakeTediousCalculations,SinceThereIsUsuallyanEasierWayMathStrategy13:KnowHowtoFindUnknownExpressionsbyAdding.Subtracting,Multiplying.orDividingEquationsorExpressionsMathStrategy14:DraworExtendLinesinaDiagramtoMakeaProblemEasier:LabelUnknownQuantitiesMathStrategy15:KnowHowtoEliminateCertainChoicesMathStrategy16:WatchOutforQuestionsThatSeemVeryEasybutThatCanBeTricky—BewareofChoiceAasa“LureChoice”MathStrategy17:UsetheGivenInformationEffectively(andIgnoreIrrelevantInformation)MathStrategy18:KnowandUseFactsaboutTrianglesMathStrategy19:WhenCalculatingAnswers,NeverMultiplyand/orDoLongDivisionIfYouCanReduceFirst13VerbalStrategiesIntroductiontoPassageReadingWhatReadingComprehensionQuestionsAsk

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GettingInvolvedwiththePassageBreakdownandUnderliningofthePassageHowtoAnswerReadingComprehensionQuestionsMostEffectivelyAbouttheDouble-ReadingPassages10ReadingComprehensionStrategiesReadingComprehensionStrategy1:AsYouReadEachQuestionDeterminetheType:MainIdea.DetectingDetails,InferentialReasoning,orTone/MoodReadingComprehensionStrategy2:UnderlinetheKeyPartsoftheReadingPassageReadingComprehensionStrategy3:LookBackatthePassageWheninDoubtReadingComprehensionStrategy4:BeforeYouStartAnsweringtheQuestions.ReadthePassageCarefullyReadingComprehensionStrategy5:GettheMeaningsof“Tough”WordsbyUsingtheContextMethodReadingComprehensionStrategy6:CircleTransitionalWordsinthePassageReadingComprehensionStrategy7:Don'tAnsweraQuestionontheBasisofYourOwnOpinionReadingComprehensionStrategy8:AfterReadingthePassage,ReadEachQuestionCarefullyReadingComprehensionStrategy9:IncreaseYourVocabularytoBoostYourReadingComprehensionScoreReadingComprehensionStrategy10:KnowHowtoAnswerQuestionsThatDealwithGraphs.Charts,etc.LookforaTrend,SomethingCuriousintheGraph.Chart,orTableorThingsThatLookSignificantintheDataPresentedandDescribed3VocabularyStrategies

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VocabularyStrategy1:UseRoots.Prefixes,andSuffixestoGettheMeaningsofWordsVocabularyStrategy2:PayAttentiontotheSoundorFeelingoftheWord—WhetherPositiveorNegative.HarshorMild,BigorLittle,Etc.VocabularyStrategy3:UseWordAssociationstoDetermineWordMeaningsandTheirOppositesPart5:MiniMathRefresherAlgebraandArithmeticPercentageProblemsEquationsFactoringExponentsandRootsEqualitiesInequalitiesGeometryTrianglesTriangles—PythagoreanTheoremAreasandPerimetersCirclesCoordinateGeometryTrigonometryPart6:CompleteSATMathRefresherMathematicalSymbolsMathRefresherSession1:Fractions,Decimals,Percentages.Deviations,RatiosandProportions,Variations,andComparisonofFractions

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