Barron's Regents Exams and Answers

by Leff, Lawrence S.

• ISBN13: 9780812031287
• ISBN10: 0812031288
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1983-03-01
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
How to Use This Book	ix
Practice	1	(2)
How to Practice Effectively and Efficiently	1	(1)
How to Practice Using a Complete Examination	1	(2)
The Actual Regents	3	(4)
How the Course III Regents Is Organized	3	(1)
Tips	4	(1)
Answering the Questions on the Actual Regents	5	(2)
Formulas	7	(2)
Ten Test-Taking Tips	9	(12)
General Study Tips	9	(3)
Calculator Tips	12	(2)
Tips When Taking the Real Exam	14	(7)
Frequency of Topics	21	(4)
Practice Exercises	25	(62)
Fractions (operations, fractional equations, complex fractions)	25	(3)
Exponents (zero, fractional, negative)	28	(1)
Radicals (operations on, rationalizing denominator)	29	(2)
Radical Equations	31	(1)
Imaginary and Complex Numbers; Field Properties	32	(2)
Quadratic Equations (nature, sum, product of roots)	34	(2)
Binomial Expansions (finding the kth term)	36	(1)
Summation (sigma notation)	37	(1)
Inequalities (algebraic and graphical solutions); Absolute Value	38	(2)
Functions (notation, inverse, domain, range)	40	(1)
Exponential Function (including exponential equations, graph of)	41	(2)
Logarithms (equations, graphs, properties of)	43	(2)
Intersecting Chords; Tangent and Secant Segments	45	(2)
Transformations	47	(2)
Symmetry	49	(1)
Trigonometric Functions (evaluate, expressing as positive acute angle)	50	(3)
Quadrants (signs of trigonometric functions in)	53	(1)
Trigonometric Equations	53	(2)
Proving Identities; Simplifying Trigonometric Expressions	55	(2)
Radian Measure (including are length)	57	(1)
Graphs of Trig Functions (including amplitude, period)	58	(3)
Functions of Sum, Difference, Half Angle, Double Angle	61	(3)
Inverse Trig Functions	64	(1)
Trigonometric Applications (right triangle, area of triangle, parallelograms)	65	(2)
Solving Triangles Using Law of Sines; Law of Cosines	67	(3)
Ambiguous Case	70	(1)
Angle Measure and Circles	71	(5)
Probability	76	(4)
Statistics (mean, standard deviation, normal curve)	80	(2)
Inverse Variation and Hyperbolas	82	(2)
Factoring; Algebraic Operations	84	(3)
Glossary of Terms	87	(12)
Regents Examinations, Answers, and Self-Analysis Charts	99	(462)
January 1995	101	(35)
June 1995	136	(31)
January 1996	167	(31)
June 1996	198	(33)
January 1997	231	(33)
June 1997	264	(31)
January 1998	295	(36)
June 1998	331	(36)
January 1999	367	(35)
June 1999	402	(40)
January 2000	442	(39)
June 2000	481	(39)
January 2001	520	(41)
Math B Sample Test	561