ACT PREP ;), ACT Prep
if there are variables in the question and variables in the answer... - Answer choose a
number (not -2,-1,0,1,2), solve the situation with that number as the variable, and use
the same number applied to the original situation to the answer choices and choose the
answer that matches.
monomial - Answer a term used got refer to a number or number and variables (one
term)
Reading Path - Answer Step 2: choose any question complete them out of order
Step 3: read the question
Step 4: strike through any words that suggest ambiguity
Step 5: restate the question if needed
Step 6: find the restatement in the text
-read 1 line above 1 line below location of restatement
Step 7: use yes or no to eliminate wrong answer choices
Step 8: confirm restatement matches answer choice
Math Path - Answer Step 1: take the test out of order
Step 2: read the question
Step 3: read the answer choices
Step 4: diagram
Step 5: answer the question
Step 6: check your answer
Paragraph Improvement - Answer - a sentence should be added if it contributes
relevant ideas
- the sentence cannot repeat the idea
Em dash - Answer interjections, serves same purpose as a comma sandwhich
4 Comma Rules - Answer 1. a comma sandwich
2. list: must always keep the same structure, ends with a comma.
3. a comma followed by a fanboys (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
4. to connect a dependent claus with an independent claus
idiomatic phrases - Answer -not only... but also
-either... or
-neither... nor
-capable of
-for all their talk
-in so doing,
-From then (If Panama were freed from then president. Referring to the past president
that is no longer president)
, Semi-Colon - Answer - separates two independent claus's without fanboys
- also separates lists of categories
Science Path - Answer Step 1: read the question
Step 2: glance/scan the answer choices
Step 3: Go where the question tells you to find the answer
Step 4: find the answer and match it w the correct answer choice
-dont forget the blurbs
-bubble after done w whole page
Verbs - Answer the tense of a verb in a sentence needs to agree w other verbs nearby
unless its separated by claus.
Period of a function - Answer the distance from crest to crest or x axis point to next x
axis point on a wave graph.
area of a circle - Answer pie r squared
circumference of a circle - Answer diameter pie
area of a sector of a circle - Answer 1st: find area of circle
2nd: divide angle by 360
3rd: multiply quotient by area of the circle
Pythagorean triplets - Answer 3,4,5
5,12,13
7,24,25
8,15,17
and all there multiples
Triangle inequality theorem - Answer the sum of the lengths of any two sides of a
triangle is greater than the lengths of the third side
-ness - Answer Means the essence of something. Always makes the word its attached
to a noun.
English Problems - Answer Read the directions
Test for comma sandwich
noun and pronoun cannot be besides each other
you can only fix things that are underlined
look for prepositional phrase
What does sensory mean? - Answer engages at least one of the five senses
Never make up commas - Answer use the comma rules
if there are variables in the question and variables in the answer... - Answer choose a
number (not -2,-1,0,1,2), solve the situation with that number as the variable, and use
the same number applied to the original situation to the answer choices and choose the
answer that matches.
monomial - Answer a term used got refer to a number or number and variables (one
term)
Reading Path - Answer Step 2: choose any question complete them out of order
Step 3: read the question
Step 4: strike through any words that suggest ambiguity
Step 5: restate the question if needed
Step 6: find the restatement in the text
-read 1 line above 1 line below location of restatement
Step 7: use yes or no to eliminate wrong answer choices
Step 8: confirm restatement matches answer choice
Math Path - Answer Step 1: take the test out of order
Step 2: read the question
Step 3: read the answer choices
Step 4: diagram
Step 5: answer the question
Step 6: check your answer
Paragraph Improvement - Answer - a sentence should be added if it contributes
relevant ideas
- the sentence cannot repeat the idea
Em dash - Answer interjections, serves same purpose as a comma sandwhich
4 Comma Rules - Answer 1. a comma sandwich
2. list: must always keep the same structure, ends with a comma.
3. a comma followed by a fanboys (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
4. to connect a dependent claus with an independent claus
idiomatic phrases - Answer -not only... but also
-either... or
-neither... nor
-capable of
-for all their talk
-in so doing,
-From then (If Panama were freed from then president. Referring to the past president
that is no longer president)
, Semi-Colon - Answer - separates two independent claus's without fanboys
- also separates lists of categories
Science Path - Answer Step 1: read the question
Step 2: glance/scan the answer choices
Step 3: Go where the question tells you to find the answer
Step 4: find the answer and match it w the correct answer choice
-dont forget the blurbs
-bubble after done w whole page
Verbs - Answer the tense of a verb in a sentence needs to agree w other verbs nearby
unless its separated by claus.
Period of a function - Answer the distance from crest to crest or x axis point to next x
axis point on a wave graph.
area of a circle - Answer pie r squared
circumference of a circle - Answer diameter pie
area of a sector of a circle - Answer 1st: find area of circle
2nd: divide angle by 360
3rd: multiply quotient by area of the circle
Pythagorean triplets - Answer 3,4,5
5,12,13
7,24,25
8,15,17
and all there multiples
Triangle inequality theorem - Answer the sum of the lengths of any two sides of a
triangle is greater than the lengths of the third side
-ness - Answer Means the essence of something. Always makes the word its attached
to a noun.
English Problems - Answer Read the directions
Test for comma sandwich
noun and pronoun cannot be besides each other
you can only fix things that are underlined
look for prepositional phrase
What does sensory mean? - Answer engages at least one of the five senses
Never make up commas - Answer use the comma rules
