Material To Know and Study

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Scrambled Paragraphs
a. Themes and words that appear in specific sections of the paragraph
i. e.g. conclusion phrases like All in all, today, etc.
b. Structural Keywords
i. Sequence words that indicate chronological order
e.g. Next, After that, first, last, years and dates
ii. Continuity words that continue previous ideas
e.g. Furthermore, thus, therefore, for example
iii. Contrast words that change topic (as used in the phrase compare and contrast)
e.g. However, but, although, even though, on the other hand
iv. Pronouns and Antecedents
e.g. he, she, it, their, them, they, his, her.
v. Repetition and synonyms across sentences
Logical Reasoning
a. In Code Games, be sure to look at rule 3.
b. With Contrapositive Questions, remember your notation rules (A B), linking sentences
together and if necessary, to rearrange sentences to have the If portion first.
c. Know the difference between All, None and Some.
d. Dont assume information, and use only whats given to you.
e. Draw charts and diagrams.
f. In Sequencing Games, know the difference between left of and directly left of, etc.
i. Another example: if x is in between y and z, that doesnt always mean y is left of x.
Possible orders could be y x z and z x y.
Reading Comprehension
a. Labeling Paragraphs
b. Main Idea
i. Encompasses the whole story
ii. Sometimes may not be mentioned in every paragraph, but you can figure out by
getting a feel for the story and its themes
iii. Not always directly mentioned in the introduction
c. Detail
i. Look back in the story to verify details
ii. Do not mix up what is in the passage with what isnt
iii. Some details may be changed around in the answer choices, so be careful
d. Definition
i. Look for context clues before and after the sentence of the word
e. Inference
i. What is the authors tone?
ii. What is he trying to say?
iii. Is he for something, against something?

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Math
a. Arithmetic
i. Order of Operations
ii. Scientific Notation
iii. Adding/Subtracting Fractions (differentiate between remaining and original)
iv. Multiplying/Dividing Fractions
v. Converting Fractions, Decimals, Percents
vi. Percent of a Number
vii. Absolute Value
viii. Rationalizing Radicals
ix. Adding/Subtracting Radicals (including coefficients outside radicals)
x. Multiplying/Dividing Radicals (including coefficients outside radicals)
xi. GCF and LCM
xii. Prime/composite numbers and prime factorization
xiii. Positive/negative and even/odd operational rules
xiv. Integer rules
b. Algebra
i. Solving for variables
ii. Isolating variables in terms of another
iii. Plugging in
iv. Combining like terms
v. Distributing and Factoring
vi. Notation questions (For example: x means x/4)
vii. Translating text into equations (like in consecutive integer and age problems)
viii. Inequalities (and when to switch sign)
ix. Algebra in Geometry
c. Geometry
i. Area and perimeter of: Triangles, squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids,
circles, semicircles and combined polygons (shapes formed by putting multiple
shapes together)
ii. Area of shaded region
iii. Volume and surface area of basic 3D shapes
iv. Total angle degree measures in shapes
v. Angle/side ratios (like Pythagorean triples)
vi. Straight lines, right angles
vii. Parallel lines, perpendicular lines, transversals and corresponding angles
viii. Algebra in Geometry
ix. Coordinates (x, y) and different quadrants
d. Statistics
i. Ratio and proportion
ii. Speed/distance/time questions (traveling in miles per hour, etc.)
iii. Interpreting tables, charts, and graphs
iv. Probability
v. Mean, median, mode
vi. Changing averages (lowest score dropped, attendee leaves event and average age
of attendees in event changes, etc.)