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Mayzler, Alexandra and Daniele, Joseph. SAT Demystified®. US: McGraw-Hill Education, 2012.

SAT Demystified®

Published:  2012

ISBN: 9780071752954 0071752951
  • Contents
  • Part I Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1 About the Book
  • Why This Book?
  • What’s in the Book and How to Use It
  • What This Book Won’t Do
  • Creating a Schedule
  • CHAPTER 2 About the Test
  • Layout of the Test
  • SAT Ground Rules
  • Basic Strategy
  • Part II Verbal Section
  • CHAPTER 3 Sentence Completion
  • What’s Being Tested?
  • Dissecting Sentences
  • Practice the Process
  • Sentence Completion Drills
  • CHAPTER 4 Reading Comprehension
  • What’s Being Tested?
  • Types of Questions
  • What to Do?
  • Let’s Practice
  • Reading Comprehension Drills
  • Verbal Section Answer Key
  • Part III Writing Section
  • CHAPTER 5 Grammar Review
  • Punctuation
  • Grammarpalooza
  • Sentence Structure
  • CHAPTER 6 Identifying Sentence Errors
  • What’s Being Tested?
  • What to Do?
  • Identifying Sentence Errors Drills
  • CHAPTER 7 Improving Sentences
  • What’s Being Tested?
  • What to Do?
  • Improving Sentences Drills
  • CHAPTER 8 Improving Paragraphs
  • What’s Being Tested?
  • What to do?
  • Improving Paragraphs Drills
  • CHAPTER 9 Essay
  • General Info
  • Dealing with the Essay: A Five-Step Method
  • Essay Structure
  • Let’s Practice
  • Essay Topics
  • SAT Essay Drills
  • Writing Section Answer Key
  • Part IV Math Section
  • CHAPTER 10 Numbers
  • General Problems
  • Exponents
  • Radicals
  • Charts and Tables
  • Unions and Intersections
  • Absolute Values
  • Symbolic Rules
  • Chapter 10 Quiz—Numbers
  • CHAPTER 11 Algebra
  • Algebraic Expressions
  • Algebraic Equalities
  • Algebraic Inequalities
  • Systems of Equations
  • Chapter 11 Quiz—Algebra
  • CHAPTER 12 Central Tendency, Sequences, and Probability
  • Mean
  • Median
  • Sequences
  • Probability
  • Chapter 12 Quiz—Central Tendency, Sequences, and Probability
  • CHAPTER 13 Coordinate Geometry
  • Coordinates
  • Distance
  • Slope
  • Linear Equations
  • Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
  • Chapter 13 Quiz—Coordinate Geometry
  • CHAPTER 14 Geometry
  • Triangles
  • Quadrilaterals
  • Circles
  • Inscribed and Circumscribed Polygons
  • Locus
  • Area
  • Volume
  • Chapter 14 Quiz—Geometry
  • CHAPTER 15 Proportions
  • Simple Ratios
  • Percents
  • Inverse and Direct Proportion
  • Harmonic Mean
  • Chapter 15 Quiz—Proportions
  • CHAPTER 16 Functions
  • Quadratics
  • Exponential Growth
  • Intersections
  • Factoring and Zeros
  • Evaluating
  • Transformations
  • Chapter 16 Quiz—Functions
  • Answer Key
  • Part V Practice Tests
  • CHAPTER 17 TCT Compass Personal Strategy for the SAT
  • CHAPTER 18 Practice Test II
  • Exam 2 Answer Key
  • CHAPTER 19 Practice Test III
  • Exam 3 Answer Key
  • Appendix