ARCO Master the Sat Subject Test

by Weinfeld, Mark N.

• ISBN13: 9780768923049
• ISBN10: 0768923042
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-25
• Publisher: Arco (Peterson's)

Summary

With detailed reviews and expert test-taking strategies, this guide helps prepare you for the exam. It includes extensive review of math subjects ranging from algebra and geometry to trigonometry and statistics. Additional resources include, review questions and full-length practice tests at the end of each chapter to reinforce what you have learned.

Table of Contents

Before You Begin	vii
How This Book Is Organized	vii
Comprehensive Answer Explanations	viii
Special Study Features	viii
You're Well on Your Way to Success	ix
Top 10 Ways to Raise Your Score	x
PART I: SAT SUBJECT TEST BASICS
All About the SAT Subject Test: Math Levels 1 and 2	3	(8)
Get to Know the Exam Format	3	(1)
When to Use Calculators	4	(1)
How the Test Is Scored	4	(1)
Some Test-wise Strategies for SAT Subject Test Success	4	(2)
Educated Guessing Will Boost Your Score!	6	(1)
Getting Ready: The Night Before and the Day of the Test	6	(2)
Summing It Up	8	(3)
PART II: DIAGNOSING STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
Practice Test 1: Diagnostic Level 1	11	(14)
Preparing to Take the Diagnostic Test	11	(1)
Practice Test 1: Diagnostic Level 1	11	(1)
Reference Information	12	(9)
Answer Key and Explanations	21	(4)
Practice Test 2: Diagnostic Level 2	25	(18)
Preparing to Take the Diagnostic Test	25	(1)
Practice Test 2: Diagnostic Level 2	25	(1)
Reference Information	26	(9)
Answer Key and Explanations	35	(8)
PART III: SAT SUBJECT TEST: MATH REVIEW
Multiple-Choice Math Strategies	43	(18)
Solving Multiple-choice Math Questions	43	(2)
Know When to Use Your Calculator	45	(1)
Learn the Most Important Multiple-choice Math Tips	45	(14)
Summing It Up	59	(2)
Numbers and Operations Review	61	(50)
Properties of Numbers	61	(5)
Exercise: Properties of Numbers	64	(1)
Answers and Explanations	65	(1)
Whole Numbers	66	(3)
Operations with Whole Numbers	69	(5)
Exercise: Whole Numbers	72	(1)
Answers and Explanations	73	(1)
Operations with Fractions	74	(5)
Exercise: Fractions	77	(1)
Answers and Explanations	78	(1)
Operations with Decimals	79	(2)
Decimals and Fractions	81	(8)
Exercise: Decimals and Fractions	86	(1)
Answers and Explanations	87	(2)
Operations with Percents	89	(11)
Exercise: Percents	90	(1)
Answers and Explanations	91	(7)
Exercise: Percent Word Problems	98	(1)
Answers and Explanations	99	(1)
Systems of Measurements	100	(5)
Exercise: Systems of Measurement	103	(1)
Answers and Explanations	104	(1)
Signed Numbers	105	(5)
Exercise: Signed Numbers	108	(1)
Answers and Explanations	109	(1)
Summing It Up	110	(1)
Algebra and Functions Review	111	(66)
Powers, Exponents, and Roots	112	(7)
Exercise: Exponents, Powers, and Roots	117	(1)
Answers and Explanations	118	(1)
Algebra	119	(45)
Exercise: Algebra	127	(1)
Answers and Explanations	128	(3)
Exercise: Equations	131	(1)
Answers and Explanations	132	(6)
Exercise: Word Problems Involving One Unknown	138	(1)
Answers and Explanations	139	(8)
Exercise: Equation-Solving	147	(1)
Answers and Explanations	148	(8)
Exercise: Linear Inequalities and Equations	156	(1)
Answers and Explanations	157	(7)
Functions and Their Graphs	164	(11)
Exercise: Functions	172	(1)
Answers and Explanations	173	(2)
Summing It Up	175	(2)
Geometry and Measurement Review	177	(82)
Plane Geometry	177	(29)
Three-dimensional Geometry	206	(6)
Exercise: Geometry	208	(2)
Answers and Explanations	210	(2)
Coordinate Geometry	212	(7)
Exercise: Coordinate Geometry	216	(1)
Answers and Explanations	217	(2)
Trigonometry	219	(9)
Exercise: Trigonometry	224	(1)
Answers and Explanations	225	(3)
Trigonometric Functions of the General Angle	228	(15)
Exercise: Trigonometric Functions	234	(1)
Answers and Explanations	235	(6)
Exercise: Trigonometric Identity and Equations	241	(1)
Answers and Explanations	242	(1)
Solving Triangles	243	(2)
Scalars and Vectors	245	(6)
Exercise: Triangles	248	(1)
Answers and Explanations	249	(2)
Graphs of Trigonometric Functions	251	(7)
Exercise: Graphs of the Trigonometric Functions	255	(1)
Answers and Explanations	256	(2)
Summing It Up	258	(1)
Data Analysis, Statistics, Probability, and Advanced Math Review	259	(129)
Set Theory	259	(5)
Exercise: Sets	262	(1)
Answers and Explanations	263	(1)
Probability	264	(6)
Exercise: Probability	267	(1)
Answers and Explanations	268	(2)
Permutations and Combinations	270	(5)
Exercise: Permutations and Combinations	273	(1)
Answers and Explanations	274	(1)
Statistics	275	(6)
Exercise: Statistics	279	(1)
Answers and Explanations	280	(1)
Exponents and Logarithms	281	(8)
Exercise: Exponents and Logarithms	286	(2)
Answers and Explanations	288	(1)
Logic	289	(7)
Exercise: Logic	294	(1)
Answers and Explanations	295	(1)
Systems of Numbers	296	(5)
Exercise: Systems of Numbers	299	(1)
Answers and Explanations	300	(1)
Complex Numbers	301	(5)
Exercise: Complex Numbers	304	(1)
Answers and Explanations	305	(1)
Sequences	306	(7)
Exercise: Sequences	310	(1)
Answers and Explanations	311	(2)
Summing It Up	313	(4)
PART IV: FOUR PRACTICE TESTS
Practice Test 3: Level 1	317	(22)
Reference Information	318	(11)
Answer Key and Explanations	329	(10)
Practice Test 4: Level 1	339	(18)
Reference Information	340	(11)
Answer Key and Explanations	351	(6)
Practice Test 5: Level 2	357	(20)
Reference Information	358	(11)
Answer Key and Explanations	369	(8)
Practice Test 6: Level 2	377	(11)
Reference Information	378	(10)
Answer Key and Explanations	388