Thursday, August 01, 2019

Basic Math Concepts: ACT and SAT

First produced a number of years ago, Kaplan's 100 Key Math Concepts for the ACT still has relevance for ACT test takers today.

Each core math concepts presented is elemental and should be easily understandable to any high schooler signed up to take the test. Nevertheless, a great many will have trouble with at least several of those listed.

Students should use the document as a checklist, as follows:

Beginning with the first item, grade each concept A, B, or C depending on your current level of understanding. If the topic is completely understood, give the item an "A" grade. If the item is not at all understood, give the item a "C" grade. Somewhere in between? Give the item a "B" grade.

Your task, of course, is first to master any concepts graded "C," and then all those graded "B." The best way to accomplish this is to use a friend, tutor, or Google to help you learn to handle each concept and/or skill presented.

The list is a bit dated, however, and the ACT writers have since updated the content of the test's math section to include more advanced concepts.

Click here for the original document and here for a list of the most recently added ACT math topics.

Click here for the Kaplan document corresponding to the pre-2016 SAT

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