general SAT strategies

interpreting data

1. look at title

2. read collum/row headers

3. interpret 1 row or data point

4. then read associated passage

KISS poems

keep it straight and simple, meaning inferences> assumptions using key words on the page

If it’s beyond the scope of the page it is wrong

Main idea’s function you should…

first create BOSS, a lot of the times they are similar in either supporting/opposing, introducing/concluding, exemplifying/illustrating, generalizing, highlighting, foreshadowing, or summarizing then match to answer

if the triangle is on a circle then what is it

a special right triangle (30-60-90 or 45-45-90) with a hyp on 1

2 cosines with the same angle have the same what

x coordinate on the unit circle

covert between sine and cosine values

subtract between given angle from 90

avoid these words on the writing section

being, is why, is because, there is/are, it is very, forms of to be (passive and redundant), by

avoid infinitives on writing section

the word to with a word after it that isn’t conjugated, like to get, to think, to come, to go, to have

avoid ing on writing section mostly means to do what

most likely not correct, cross it out and uncross if there are no other possible options

often wordy and redundant

capitalizing on complexity

easier answers on easier questions Ex: if numbers 2 and 3 r in the problem, the answer could be directly derived to get 6

hard- obscure answers

student produced- guess numbers derived from the problem ex: if the problem has 50 and 2, some good guesses would be 100, 25, or 12.5

finding the volume of part of a whole or a piece that excludes a piece within. it

find 2 volumes and subtract

what can happen to equalaterials when solving for split length

can split into 30-60-90 triangles to solve for the split length in middle

sum of interior angles

always 180

isosceles makeup

2 sides in equal length have also two angles equal opposite those sides

similar triangles

same shape but not same size, proportional

they are equal in measure (angles)

length of any 2 sides have to be (when added) …

longer than the length of the 3rd side

a square can be split into what

45 45 90 triangles