Arco Master the Sat 2002

by Pine, Phil; Arco Publishing

• ISBN13: 9780768906370
• ISBN10: 0768906377
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Arco Pub

Summary

From cover to cover, this comprehensive self-study guide is filled with exercises, drills, and full-length sample tests that create a true-to-life test-taking experience for college bound students. Includes eight full-length exams.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
How This Book Helps You Succeed on the Exam	xi
How to Use This Book	xii
You're on Your Way to Success	xii
PART 1 SAT BASICS	1	(32)
Getting Started	3	(8)
How the SAT is Used for College Admission	3	(1)
When You Should Take the SAT (and SAT II)	4	(1)
How Many Times You Should Take the SAT	4	(1)
How to Register for the SAT	5	(1)
Make and SAT Study Plan	6	(1)
Working Through Your Study Plan	7	(2)
Summary: What You Need to Know About SAT Preparation	9	(2)
Inside the SAT	11	(10)
Get to Know the SAT Format	11	(1)
Get to Know the SAT Question Types	12	(1)
The SAT Answer Sheet	13	(2)
How the SAT Is Scored	15	(1)
Some Test-Wise Strategies for SAT Success	15	(1)
Educated Guessing Will Boost Your Score!	16	(2)
Getting Ready: The Night Before and the Day of the Test	18	(2)
Summary: Understand the SAT, Conquer Test Anxiety	20	(1)
SAT Questions: A First Look	21	(12)
How the SAT Tests Verbal Reasoning	21	(1)
Understanding Analogies	21	(2)
Understanding Sentence Completions	23	(1)
Understanding Critical Reading	24	(1)
How the SAT Tests Mathematical Reasoning	25	(1)
Understanding Multiple-Choice Math	25	(3)
Understanding Quantitative Comparisons	28	(2)
Understanding Grid-Ins	30	(1)
Summary: What You Need to Know About the SAT Question Types	31	(2)
PART 2 DIAGNOSING STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES	33	(48)
Diagnostic Examination	35	(46)
The Exam	37	(26)
Answer Key	63	(2)
Explanatory Answers	65	(11)
Computing Your Scores on the Diagnostic Exam	76	(1)
Pinpointing Relative Strengths and Weaknesses on the Diagnostic Exam	77	(2)
Measuring Your Progress	79	(1)
Conversion Scales for Diagnostic Examination	80	(1)
Self-Evaluation Charts	80	(1)
PART 3 SAT VERBAL STRATEGIES	81	(64)
SAT Analogies Strategies	83	(18)
A Closer Look at Analogies	83	(1)
Solving Analogies: Strategies That Really Work	84	(4)
Solving Analogies: The Best Tips	88	(2)
Solving Analogies: The Most Important Warnings	90	(2)
Exercise: Identifying Possible Right Answers	92	(1)
Exercise Answers	92	(1)
Summary: What You Need to Know about Analogies	93	(1)
Exercises: Analogies	94	(5)
Answer Keys and Explanations	99	(2)
SAT Sentence Completions Strategies	101	(16)
A Closer Look at Sentence completions	101	(1)
Methods and Strategies for Solving Sentence Completions	102	(6)
Summary: What You Need to Know about Sentence Completions	108	(1)
Exercises: Sentence Completions	108	(6)
Answer Keys and Explanations	114	(3)
SAT Critical Reading Strategies	117	(28)
A Closer Look at Critical Reading	117	(1)
Best Strategies for Answering Critical Reading Questions	118	(6)
Learn the Most Important Critical Reading Tips	124	(2)
Strategies for Answering Specific Question Types	126	(4)
Summary: What You Need to Know about Critical Reading	130	(1)
Exercises: Critical Reading	131	(10)
Answer Keys and Explanations	141	(4)
PART 4 SAT MATH STRATEGIES	145	(60)
SAT Multiple-Choice Math Strategies	147	(24)
Why Multiple-Choice Math Is Easier	147	(1)
Solving Multiple-Choice Math Questions	148	(2)
Know When to Use Your Calculator	150	(1)
Learn the Most Important Multiple-Choice Math Tips	150	(10)
Summary: What You Need to Know about Multiple-Choice Math	160	(1)
Exercises: Multiple-Choice Math	161	(7)
Answer Keys and Explanations	168	(3)
SAT Quantitative Comparisons Strategies	171	(22)
Get to Know the Quantitative Comparison Format	171	(1)
Solving Quantitative Comparisons	172	(3)
Learn the Most Important Quantitative Comparison Tips	175	(5)
The Best Tips	180	(1)
The Most Important Warnings	181	(3)
Summary: What You Need to Know about Quantitative Comparisons	184	(1)
Exercises: Quantitative Comparisons	185	(5)
Answer Keys and Explanations	190	(3)
SAT Grid-In Strategies	193	(12)
Why Grid-Ins Are Easier than You Think	193	(1)
Take a Look at a Grid	193	(1)
How to Record Your Answers	194	(3)
Guessing on Grid-Ins Can't Hurt You	197	(1)
Summary: What You Need to Know about Grid-Ins	197	(1)
Exercises: Grid-Ins	198	(4)
Answer Explanations	202	(3)
PART 5 SAT VOCABULARY PREP COURSE	205	(48)
How Word Parts Work	207	(22)
How Words Are Built	207	(1)
The Three Basic Word Parts and How They Work	208	(1)
List of Common Words Parts	208	(17)
Summary: What You Need to Know about Word Parts	225	(1)
Exercises: Word Parts	226	(2)
Answer Keys	228	(1)
The SAAT ``Top 500'' Word List	229	(24)
The Best Ways to Learn New Words	229	(1)
The Top 500 SAT Words	230	(15)
Summary: What You Need to Know about SAT Words	245	(1)
Exercises: SAT Words	246	(6)
Answer Keys	252	(1)
PART 6 SAT MATH REVIEW	253	(80)
SAT Arithmetic Review	255	(32)
Operations with Integers and Decimals	255	(3)
Operations with Fractions	258	(5)
Verbal Problems Involving Fractions	263	(4)
Variation	267	(3)
Finding Percents	270	(6)
Verbal Problems Involving Percent	276	(6)
Averages	282	(5)
SAT Algebra Review	287	(30)
Signed Numbers	287	(2)
Linear Equations	289	(4)
Exponents	293	(2)
Quadratic Equations	295	(3)
Literal Expressions	298	(2)
Roots and Radicals	300	(4)
Monomials and Polynomials	304	(3)
Problem-Solving in Algebra	307	(5)
Inequalities	312	(3)
Defined Operation Problems	315	(2)
SAT Geometry Review	317	(16)
Areas	317	(1)
Perimeters	318	(1)
Circles	319	(1)
Volumes	320	(1)
Triangles	321	(1)
Right Triangles	322	(1)
Parallel Lines	323	(1)
Polygons	324	(1)
Similar Polygons	325	(1)
Coordinate Geometry	326	(7)
PART 7 PRACTICE EXAMINATIONS	333	(214)
How to Effectively Use the Practice Examinations	335	(4)
How to Simulate Test-Taking Conditions	335	(1)
How Timing Drills Can Help When You Are Short on Time	336	(2)
Summary: What You Need to Know to Take Practice Tests and Do Timing Drills	338	(1)
Five Practice Examinations	339	(208)
Practice Examination 1	339	(28)
Answer Key	367	(2)
Explanatory Answers	369	(8)
Computing Your Scores	377	(1)
Conversion Scales	378	(1)
Self-Evaluation Charts	378	(29)
Practice Examination 2	379	(28)
Answer Key	407	(2)
Explanatory Answers	409	(9)
Computing Your Scores	418	(1)
Conversion Scales	419	(1)
Self-Evaluation Charts	419	(30)
Practice Examination 3	421	(28)
Answer Key	449	(2)
Explanatory Answers	451	(9)
Computing Your Scores	460	(1)
Conversion Scales	461	(1)
Self-Evaluation Charts	461	(32)
Practice Examination 4	463	(30)
Answer Key	493	(2)
Explanatory Answers	495	(8)
Computing Your Scores	503	(1)
Conversion Scales	504	(1)
Self-Evaluation Charts	504	(30)
Practice Examination 5	505	(29)
Answer Key	534	(2)
Explanatory Answers	536	(8)
Computing Your Scores	544	(1)
Conversion Scales	545	(1)
Self-Evaluation Charts	545	(2)
PART 8 THE PSAT/NMSQT	547	(48)
All About the PSAT/NMSQT	549	(6)
How to Register for the PSAT/NMSQT	549	(1)
Why the Student Search Survey Is Important	549	(1)
How the PSAT Differs from the SAT	550	(1)
Get to Know the PSAT Format	550	(1)
How to Interpret and Use Your PSAT Scores	551	(1)
How Your Selection Index Can Qualify You for National Merit	552	(1)
Summary: What You Need to Know about the PSAT/NMSQT	553	(2)
PSAT/NMSQT Diagnostic Examination	555	(40)
PSAT/NMSQT Diagnostic Examination	557	(23)
Answer Key	580	(1)
Explanatory Answers	581	(7)
Computing Your Scores on PSAT/NMSQT Diagnostic	588	(1)
Pinpointing Relative Strengths and Weaknesses on the PSAT/NMSQT	589	(4)
Measuring Your Progress	593	(2)
PART 9 THE SAT AND BEYOND	595	(2)
Appendix A Choosing the Right College	597	(10)
Which College Is Right for You?	597	(2)
Tips on Visiting Campuses	599	(1)
Hanging Out with Other Students Online	600	(2)
College Search Sites on the Internet	602	(5)
Appendix B Applying to the College of Your Choice	607	(10)
When to Apply	607	(1)
How to Apply	608	(2)
Applying Online	610	(1)
College Admissions Timeline	610	(7)
Appendix C Finding Financial Aid	617	(14)
Figuring Out Financial Aid	617	(1)
What's Covered by Financial Aid	617	(1)
Sources of Financial Aid	618	(4)
Finding Financial Aid Online	622	(3)
A Step-by-Step Guide to Applying for Financial Aid	625	(4)
Putting It All Together: The Financial Aid Calendar	629	(2)
Appendix D Using Other Study Aids	631	(1)
Online Study Aids	631	(1)
Software Study Aids	632	(1)
Coaching Courses	633