Top 50 SAT Math Skills, Third Edition

by Brian Leaf

Overview

Proven and practical strategies for success on the Math Skills section of the SAT—completely revised and updated for the latest version of the exam

There are many comprehensive SAT prep books out there, but if you’re looking to master specific skills and increase your score, Top 50 SAT Math Skills, Third Edition offers most effective study strategy available. The first book of its kind to present the heart of each of the 50 most important SAT concepts, this essential guide provides exercises that show you exactly how each math concept is tested on the SAT.

Written by a renowned educational counselor, this book was created specifically for visual learners, with small bits of information to aid in quick, concentrated study. Within each topic, solved problems of gradually increasing difficulty help you build your problem-solving skills.

Features:

• 50 essential skills, each presented clearly on a two-page spread, offer quick targeted review; the content was created specifically for the visual learner
• A pre-test designed to identify weaknesses in the critical math concepts on the SAT that students often struggle with
• Visually appealing, two- to four-page spreads with lessons that boost knowledge in the 50 essential skills, with step-by-step sample exercises
• A post-test designed to track your progress in each specific skill
• A full answer key with helpful explanations
• 2 extra tests online
  
  
  

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781264274802
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	12/30/2021
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	443,107
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Brian Leaf, M.A., is founder and Director of New Leaf Learning Center in Western Massachusetts. With more than 15 years in private teaching and tutoring, he has instructed SAT and ACT preparation to thousands of students from numerous states and countries. He is a member of the American School Counselor Association and the Massachusetts School Counselors Association.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book vi

Easy, Medium, Hard, and Guessing vii

About Brian Leaf viii

Acknowledgments ix

Pretest 1

Top 50 Skills

Skill 1 Use the Answers 10

Skill 2 Algebraic Manipulation … "What Is p in Terms of f?" 12

Skill 3 "Mean" Means Average 14

Skill 4 The Six-Minute Abs of Geometry: Angles 16

Skill 5 The Six-Minute Abs of Geometry: Parallel Lines 18

Skill 6 The Six-Minute Abs of Geometry: Triangles 20

Skill 7 The Final Six-Minute Abs of Geometry 22

Skill 8 Math Vocab 24

Skill 9 More Math Vocab 26

Skill 10 Systems of Equations 28

Skill 11 Green Circle, Black Diamond: Slaloming Slope I 30

Skill 12 Green Circle, Black Diamond: Slaloming Slope II 32

Skill 13 The Sports Page: Using Tables and Graphs 34

Skill 14 Function Questions on the SAT, Type I 36

Skill 15 Function Questions on the SAT, Type II 38

Skill 16 Make It Real 40

Skill 17 Perimeter, Area, Volume 42

Skill 18 Donuts 44

Skill 19 Baking Granola Bars … Ratios 46

Skill 20 More Granola Bars … Proportions and Cross-Multiplying 48

Skill 21 Use the Diagram 50

Skill 22 Art Class 52

Skill 23 The Six-Minute Abs of Geometry: Length of a Side I 54

Skill 24 The Six-Minute Abs of Geometry: Length of a Side II 56

Skill 25 The Six-Minute Abs of Geometry: Length of a Side III 58

Nina the Ninja, Let's Get Zen! A Yoga Posture for the SAT 60

Guided Relaxation 61

Skill 26 "Is" Means Equals … Translation 62

Skill 27 Just Do It! … Springboard 64

Skill 28 Beyond Your Dear Aunt Sally: The Laws of Exponents I 66

Skill 29 Far Beyond Your Dear Aunt Sally: The Laws of Exponents II 68

Skill 30 Your Algebra Teacher Never Said "y = ax + b" 70

Skill 31 Arrangements 72

Skill 32 Long Word No-Problems 74

Skill 33 May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor… Probability 76

Skill 34 He's Making a List … Median, Mode, and Range 78

Skill 35 y = ax² + bx + c 80

Skill 36 Circles 84

Skill 37 Hopscotch, Pigtails, and Remainders 86

Skill 38 Absolute Value 88

Skill 39 Sequences 90

Skill 40 Not So Complex Numbers 92

Skill 41 Don't Even Think About It! … Most Common SAT Math Careless Errors I 94

Skill 42 Don't Even Think About It! … Most Common SAT Math Careless Errors II 96

Skill 43 Misbehaving Numbers: Weird Number Behavior 98

Skill 44 Mathematical Trans formations 100

Skill 45 SohCahToa! 102

Skill 46 Beyond SohCahToa 104

Skill 47 Directly and Inversely Proportional 106

Skill 48 Rational Expressions 110

Skill 49 How to Think Like a Math Genius I 112

Skill 50 How to Think Like a Math Genius II 116

Brian's Friday Night Spiel: Recommendations for the Days Preceding the Test 120

Bonus Skill: Hello Harvard … How to Break 700 122

Easy, Medium, Hard, and Guessing Revisited 123

Now What? 124

Posttest I 125

Solutions 135

Glossary 164

Top 50 Skills Flash Cards