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The Beginner
Guide To Acing
The
SAT Math
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Breakdown
Linear equations (1 variable)
Linear equations (2 variable)
Linear functions Algebra
Systems of two linear equations
Linear inequalities
70%
Equivalent expressions
26-50 Questions
Nonlinear equations
systems of equations
Nonlinear functions

Ratios
Rates,
Proportions Data
Units
Percentages Analysis
Data/Scatterplots
Probability
15%
5-7Questions
sample stat inference
Margin of error
Evaluating claims
observational studies

Area & volume Geometry

Lines, angles, triangles
Right triangles
15%
5-7Questions
Trigonometry
Circles
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Algebra
Lines: 180 degrees Slope: Rate of change in a line
Distance Formula
y = mx+b How to find slope:
1. Get 2 points on the graph
Rise over run

mx = slope Slope equation

y2-y1/x2-x1
y2 - y1
______
b = y intercept m=
x2 - x1
Midpoint Formula
Point slope formula
y-y1=m(x-x1)
Parallel lines = slopes are the same System of Equations
One solution
Perpendicular lines = other lines if you get one x or y you have one

slope is the negative reciprocal of solution

the first line Zero Solutions

If you have a statement that isn't
Y intercept is when x = 0 true like 5=9, you have zero
solutions
Quadratic Equations:
Infinite Solutions
x^2 - y^2 = (x+y)(x-y) If you have 2 values that always
Use when you are solving for X equal each other like 3x=3x or 7=7,
x^2 - 2xy + y^2 = (x-y)^2 but cannot factor... example: you have infinite solutions
x^2 + 2xy + y^2 = (x+y)^2
2 Exponents
X - 7x -3 = 0
b a+b
Quadratic Formula: X
a .
X = X
You can't quickly factor this out a
X
___ a-b
so you must use the quadratic
b= X
equation to find X X
b a*b
a
(X ) = X
a
a a
if a is positive parabola opens up, if a is ( XY ) = X * Y
negative parabola opens down 1
-a = ___
X
X
0
2 X = 1
y=ax +bx+c
y z
= y
X
_____

X z
Vertex: Standard Form
x = -b/2a Exponential Growth:
t
Y = a(1+r) time
2
f(x) = a (x-h) + k initial value growth
rate
(h,k) Vertex = (h,k) Vertex Form
Exponential Decay:
t
Y = a(1-r) time
Use when finding out
2 Negative = no real
how many solutions the
equation has:
b - 4ac solutions
0 = 1 real solution
initial value growth
rate

Positive = 2 real solutions Distance = Rate * Time

Radicals Logs: Complex Numbers:

logbX = y is the same as b^y= x 0 1 2
i = -1
XY = X Y i=1 i=i +1, if n is even
logbxy= logbx + logby 3 4 5
i = -i i = 1 i=i -1, if n is odd
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Data Analysis
Mean = Sum of Terms
Number of Terms

Median
1. List numbers from least to greatest
2. Find middle number
a. If there are 2 numbers in the
middle take the average of those
Mode
Value that appears the most

Standard Deviation
Measure of how far the numbers
deviate from the mean (avg)
Part
Percents: ______
Whole

Number of desired outcomes

_________________________
Probability:
Number of total outcomes

Horizontal Shift Vertical Shift

Line of best fit:

Use to
estimate a
point on the
graph
Graph points and use y=mx+b
on calculator (scatterplot)
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Geometry
Circles
2
Area of Sector = n/360 * r
r Length of Arc = n / 360 * 2 r
n
(h,k)

Central Angle Measure

_________________
360 Degrees
= Arc Length
__________
Circumference

360 Degrees

Triangles: 180 degrees Trigonometric Functions: SOH CAH TOA

Special Right Triangles

3:4:5 8:15:17
5:12:13 7:24:25
Pythagorean theorem: Other Trig Formulas:
a^2 + b^2 = c^2

Area = 1/2 * Base * Height 2 2

Sin + Cos =1
Third side rule: the sum of any two
sides of any triangle is always greater Sin
= Tan
than the third side. Cos

Rectangles/Squares:
360 degrees
Area = Length X Width
Perimeter: Sum of all sides

Interior angles of a polygon = 180 degrees(n-2)

where n = number of angles
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Algebra
Roots:
Addition Subtraction

4 2 + 3 2 = 7 2 4 2 - 3 2 = 2

Multiplication Division

3 2 x 4 3 = 12 6 36
_____ = 12
6 x 4 = 24 3

Simplifying Square Roots

112 = 7 x 16 = 4 7
The square root of 16 is 4 so we can simplify the root

Numbers:
Prime number are positive integers that
can only be divided by two numbers... 1
and the number itself
1 is not a prime number
2 is the only even prime number
Examples: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29,
31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53

Absolute Value
positive expression of any number ( ex. | -4 | = 4
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Exponents: X
y
_____
z =
z
X
y

a . b= a+b
X X X a a a
a
( XY ) = X . Y
X
___ a-b 1
-a = ___
b= X X a
X X
b a. b 0
a X = 1
(X ) = X
any power
1
any power
= 1 0 = 0

X
Negative Exponents
Exponent
Write the reciprocal
Base without the negative:

-3 1
Square: when we raise a base number to the
4 = _____
power of 2 -3
Cube: when we raise a base number to the 4
power of 3
Fractional Exponents
3 5
3 *3 =3 3
4 2 6 When you multiply two numbers _____

with the same base, add the

exponents and keep the base.
4 5
= 4
3 =3
4
2
When you divide two numbers
_____
with the same base, subtract the
3
2
exponents and keep the base.

(5 ) = 5
2 3 When you raise a power to a
power keep the base, and
multiply the two exponents
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Exponential Growth:
t
Y = a(1+r) time
initial value growth
rate

Example:
initial value = 200 3
growth rate: 13%/year
Time: 3 years
Y = 200(1+.13)

Exponential Decay:
t
Y = a(1-r) time
initial value growth
rate

Example:
initial value = 150 2
decay rate: 9%/year
Time: 2 years
Y = 150(1+.09)
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Percentages 3% = 3/100
150% = 150/100
Fraction out of 100

Percent to Decimal
Start at the percent sign and
3% = .03
move the decimal two places to 150% = 1.5
the left

. 0 3% = .03
2 1

Decimal to Percent
Start at the decimal sign and
move the decimal two places to
the right

. 0 3 = 3%
1 2

Word Problems:
40% of 300 people = (.40)(300)

Percent Increase: Percent Decrease:

increase
_____________x 100% decrease
_____________ x 100%
original amount original amount
Ex) if the price of pizza goes from $2 to $5 the actual increase in
price in $3
3
____ x 100% = 150% increase
2
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Ratios
Similar to percentages
2 categories such as dogs and cats, dark chocolate and milk
chocolate, girls and boys etc.

The Ratio to Dogs to Cats is 3:4

Dogs
____ 3
____
= 4 7 total
Cats

If there are 28 pets in a store, how

many dogs and cats are there?

Dogs Cats Total Pets

3 4 7

x4 x4
x4
12 16 28
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Proportions
x1
____ y1
____
=
x2 y2
What you know What you want to find
out

Example: If 3 cookie has 200 calories, how

many calories are in 9 cookies
# cookies 3
____ 9
= ____
Cals 200 Y
Step 1: Cross Multiply
3y = 1800
Step 2: Divide by 3
y = 600

Probabilities
Probability of x =___________________________
number of outcomes that are x
total number of possible outcomes
never less than 0
look out for if a problem is asking for a percentage as
the answer or a fraction/decimal
Always between 0 and 1
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System of Equations
Equation 1: 3x + 2y = 2
Equation 2: y + 8 = 3x
Method 1: Substitution
Isolate to find x or y in equation 1
3x + 2y = 2
3x = 2 - 2y
x=2 - 2y
_____
3
Plug that variable into equation 2
y + 8 = 3x
2 - 2y
y+8=3* _____
3
y + 8 = 2 - 2y
3y + 8 = 2
3y = -6
y = -2
Plug variable into any equation to find x
y + 8 = 3x
-2 + 8 = 3x
6= 3x
x=2
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System of Equations
Equation 1: 5x + 2y = 12
Equation 2: 4x + y = 9
Whats x + y = ?

Method 2: Stack, then add/subtract

5x + 2y = 12
-
4x + y = 9
______________
x+y=3
Common Quadratic Equations
2 2
x - y = (x+y)(x-y)
2 2 2
x - 2xy + y = (x-y)
2 2 2
x + 2xy + y = (x+y)
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Factoring
FOIL = First, Outer, Inner, Last
(x + 3 ) (x + 2)
(x * x) + (x * 2) + (3 * x) + (3 * 2)
2
= x + 2x + 3x + 6
= x2 + 5x+ 6

Always look to combine like

terms!
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Algebra
Linear Equations
y = mx + b
slope of the line
y intercept aka
where x = 0

Slope: Rate of change in a line

How to find slope:
1. Get 2 points on the graph
Rise over run
Slope equation
y2 - y1
______
m=
x2 - x1

Rise

Run

Perpendicular Slopes:

___
Flip the original slope and make it negative!
-b Ex) If the original line is y = 2/3x + b
The slope of the perpendicular line would be -3/2x
a
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Tobias rented a kayak from a sports equipment store.
For the rental, the store charged $60 per day plus
$25 for delivery. If Tobias was charged a total of
$325, for how many days did he rent the kayak?
a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 11
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Distance and midpoint formula: straight lines
Distance Formula

Midpoint Formula

use the distance formula when you are trying to find

the distance between 2 points on a graph
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Parabola
The SAT will rather give you the standard form or vertex
form. You need to typically figure out what the vertex is
or how the graph looks.

2 2
Standard Form: y =ax + bx + c Vertex Form: y=a(x-h) + k

-b
____
Vertex: Vertex: (h,k)
2a

To figure out how the graph looks

notice if the variable a is positive or
negative...

If a is negative the parabola If a is positive the

is ope the parabola is parabola is opening
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Parabola

Step 1: Just by glancing at the problem you know its a quadratic

equation so we have a parabola

Step 2: The function should be in VERTEX FORM

2
y=a(x-h) + k
Step 3: Eliminate A and B. Now you are left with C or D
Step 4: The function tells us that the intercepts are at x=-6 and x=4

Step 5: The Vertex is going to be in the MIDDLE of

these two points so find the average of -6
and 4 which is -1. This tells us the vertex
should be at x=-1 which is described by
answer choice D
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Sum of Solutions
2
0 =ax + bx + c
What is the sum of the solutions?

-b
____
a
Example: What is the sum of the solutions?

0 =2x + 7x - 5
= ___
-7
2
The Discriminant
How many solutions does the equation have?
2
b - 4ac
If negative = no real solution
If 0 = 1 real solution
If positive = 2 real solutions

2 2 2
0 =2x + 3x + 5 0 =2x + 4x + 2 0 =3x + 6x - 7
=9 - 4(2)(5) =16 - 4(2)(2) =36 - 4(3)(-7)
= -31 =0 = 120
No Real Solution 1 Real Solution 2 Real Solutions
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Data Analysis
Average
Also known as the mean Total

Sum of all values # of

____________ Avg
values
Number of values
If you need the total multiply the number of values by the average
If you need the number of values divide the total by the average
If you need the average divide the total by the # of values

Mode Median
The number that The middle number. in a group of
numbers (make sure numbers are listed
you see the most
least to greatest)
times in a given list odd list of numbers, just find the
middle number
Range even list take the average of the two
Largest number - smallest number middle numbers

Margin of Error
Example: 5, 4, 4, 4, 9, 10, 4 Degree of error in results from a random
sample

Mode is 4 Example: A soccer factory produced 25,000

Average: soccer balls in a week. If the manager
estimated that 7% were flat, with a margin of
40
5 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 9 + 10 + 4 = _______
___________________ = 5.7 error of 1.5%, what is the smallest possible
number of flat balls that there can be?
7 7
Median: 25,000 (.07) = 1750
Step 1: List numbers from least to greatest
4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 9, 10 .055 .085
Step 2: Find middle number
4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 9, 10 we subtracted 7% - 1.5% and added 7% + 1.5%

Therefore, the median is 4

1375 2125
Multiply 1750 by .055 and by .085
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Triangles
Pythagorean theorem: c b
a+b=c
2 2 2

Third side rule: the sum of any two sides of any triangle is always greater
than the third side. a
Area of Equilateral Triangle Area of Right Triangle
= 1/2 * Base * Height
=
S S Height

S Base

Special Right Triangles

3:4:5
5:12:13
8:15:17
7:24:25

a
Trigonometric Functions: SOH CAH TOA

Other Trig Formulas:

2 2
Sin + Cos =1
Sin
= Tan
Cos
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Sine & Cos

sin (x) = cos (90-x)

Examples:
sin (10) = cos (80)
sin (20) = cos (70)
sin (30) = cos (60)
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Sum of angles
Sum = (n - 2)180
number of sides

Examples:

Sum = (3 - 2)180 Sum = (4 - 2)180 Sum = (6 - 2)180

Sum = 180 Sum = 360 Sum = 720

180 Degrees 360 Degrees 720 Degrees

in a triangle in a square in a hexagon
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Circles
2
Area of Sector = n/360 * r
r Length of Arc = n / 360 * 2 r
n
(h,k)

Central Angle Measure

_________________
360 Degrees
= Arc Length
__________
Circumference

360 Degrees

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Square Rectangle

all sides are the Opposite sides

same length are the same
length

3 6

3 3 3 3

3 6
Area = L x W Area = 9 Area = 18
Perimeter = 12 Perimeter = 18
Perimeter: L + L + W + W

x
area = 36
36 = x 2
x=6
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Data Part 4: Strategy
Part 3:
Ratios
Data Analysis Part 4: Strategy
Timing
Linear equations (1 var) Area & volume
Rates, Pattern Recognition
Linear equations (2 var) Lines, angles,
Linear functions Proportions
Triangles
Systems of Equations Units
Trigonometry
Linear inequalities Percentages
Equivalent expressions Circles
Data/Scatterplots
Nonlinear equations Probability
Nonlinear functions
sample stat inference
Margin of error
Evaluating claims
observational studies

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