SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) PREP COURSE

These are the materials I created for an eight-week SAT Math Prep Course (one hour each week).

• I recommend that you print each of the SATStuff#1–#8 handouts.
  (They're pretty compact, so they can be easily copied if you're using these materials for a class.)
• Each SATStuff handout has a bunch of questions (with answers) for practice.
  There's also a version without answers and pictures, so you can customize to your own needs.
• If you need more in-depth practice,
  consider going through each of the web exercises in my Map of SAT Math Content to Fisher Site.

1. SATStuff #1 (printable pdf file; opens in a new window)
   randomly-generated practice problems; worksheets with solutions
   • information about the SAT test (as of 2008; subject to change)
   • basic math concepts:
       -- real numbers
       -- numbers have lots of different names
       -- integers; even/odd/consecutive integers
       -- average
       -- positive/negative/opposites
       -- greater than/less than/greatest/least
       -- distinct numbers
       -- digits and place value
       -- factors, multiples
   • tips & strategies
   • practice problems
   
   
2. SATStuff #2 (printable pdf file; opens in a new window; no answers; no hand-drawn pictures)
   SATStuff #2 (scanned file; includes pictures and answers)
   randomly-generated practice problems; worksheets with solutions
   
   • two favorite problem types: remainders and averages
   • practice problems
   
   
3. SATStuff #3 (printable pdf file; opens in a new window; no answers; no hand-drawn pictures)
   SATStuff #3 (scanned file; includes pictures and answers)
   
   • fractions, decimals, percentages, order of operations, ratio/proportions
   • practice problems
   
   
4. SATStuff #4 (printable pdf file; opens in a new window; no answers; no hand-drawn pictures)
   SATStuff #4 (scanned file; includes pictures and answers)
   
   • functions, exponents
   • practice problems
   
   
5. SATStuff #5 (printable pdf file; opens in a new window; no answers; no hand-drawn pictures)
   SATStuff #5 (scanned file; includes pictures and answers)
   
   • algebra:
       -- expressions versus sentences
       -- transforming tools for equations/inequalities
   • practice problems
   
   
6. SATStuff #6 (printable pdf file; opens in a new window; no answers)
   SATStuff #6 (scanned file; includes pictures and answers)
   
   • more algebra:
       -- solving equations simultaneously
       -- factoring; the Zero Factor Law
       -- solving quadratic equations
   • practice problems
   
   
7. SATStuff #7 (printable pdf file; opens in a new window; no pictures; no answers)
   SATStuff #7 (scanned file; includes pictures and answers)
   
   • geometry:
       -- common angles
       -- intersecting lines
       -- parallel lines
       -- perpendicular lines
       -- triangles
       -- right triangles
       -- special triangles (Pythagorean triples)
       -- more special triangles (30°-60°-90° and 45°-45°-90°)
       -- circles
   
   
8. SATStuff #8 (printable pdf file; opens in a new window; no pictures; no answers)
   SATStuff #8 (scanned file; includes pictures and answers)
   
• grid-ins
• coordinate geometry
• equations in two variables
• absolute value as distance from zero; as distance between two numbers; algebraic definition
• solving radical equations
• a bit of statistics (median, mode)
• a bit of probability (the choice principle, factorials, permutations)