A Guide to the Math SAT - Softcover

Corn, Richard F

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998584908 ISBN 13: 9780998584904

Publisher: Richard Corn, LLC, 2017

Synopsis

This thorough review of math topics on the SAT can be used as a standalone text or as a companion to the 8 official practice SAT tests published by the College Board. It contains everything you need to know in order to achieve your full potential on the math SAT. Written by an active math tutor, this book is the latest addition to his math prep books which have sold more than 30,000 copies. -- The first part of this book is used to fill any gaps you may have in the math needed to answer problems in the official practice tests. Problems in the official practice tests are cross-referenced to math topics in this book. For each topic there is a lesson, homework problems, and answer explanations. The book covers 30 major topics, more than 80 sub-topics, and contains more than 400 homework problems and solutions. Topics are taken from pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and statistics. -- The second part of the book contains advice about how to prepare and take the two math sections of the SAT. It includes setting a target score, guessing and skipping guidelines, how to optimize your time, and 7 useful problem solving techniques that you probably never learned in school.

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About the Author

Richard Corn tutors high school students in math and standardized test preparation for the ACT and SAT. His tutoring students have increased their math scores by as much as 210 SAT points (or ACT equivalent), and his prep books have sold more than 26,000 copies. For more information please visit his web site at www.mathtutorct.com. His students have gone on to attend many top colleges, including Amherst, Babson, Bates, Berkeley, BC, Bowdoin, Brown, Bucknell, Colgate, Columbia, Dartmouth, Davidson, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Hamilton, Johns Hopkins, Lehigh, Michigan, Middlebury, Mt Holyoke, NYU, Northwestern, Penn, Princeton, RPI, Stanford, Tufts, Tulane, UNC, UVA, Vanderbilt, Vassar, Villanova, Wake Forest, and Wesleyan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Richard Corn, LLC
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0998584908
• ISBN 13: 9780998584904
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212