Basic SAT Triage SAT Triage, in a nutshell, is a means to improve your score as efficiently as possible by prioritizing questions you encounter on the test. Basically, you first want to answer the questions that are easy or make more sense to you. You will save the more challenging ones by marking them for… Continue reading SAT Triage
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Buy Your TI Calculators Now!
Buy Your TI Calculators from mid-July to mid-August You’ll want to buy your TI 84 or TI 36 now if you’re in the market. This is the time, right before the school year begins, to buy from local retailers. Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and Target have their lowest prices on TI-84 and TI-36 calculators right now.… Continue reading Buy Your TI Calculators Now!
Scoring Your Practice SAT Test
Scoring Your Practice SAT Test Quickly with the Daily Practice for the SAT App The Daily Practice for the SAT App is no longer available. Therefore, much of the information about the instant scoring using the app is no longer valid. In lieu of using the App to score your practice test, you can request… Continue reading Scoring Your Practice SAT Test
Taking Your Practice SAT Test
Download Your Test Before Taking Your Practice SAT Test Taking your practice SAT Test involves using a Real Practice Test. These are the real tests provided by the College Board. All other tests are only approximations of the types and difficulty levels of the questions found on a real SAT. You can download your first… Continue reading Taking Your Practice SAT Test
Taking A Practice SAT For Motivated Students
Taking a Practice SAT: the following are instructions for students considering taking the SAT for college admissions. You might be here to determine whether to take the SAT or ACT, establish a baseline SAT score, or work on improving your SAT score. If any of these describe your situation, please read the following instructions. They… Continue reading Taking A Practice SAT For Motivated Students
Taking A Practice ACT For Motivated Students
Taking a Practice ACT: the following are instructions for students considering taking the ACT for college admissions. You might be here to determine whether to take the ACT or SAT, establish a baseline ACT score, or work on improving your ACT score. If any of these describe your situation, please read the following instructions. They… Continue reading Taking A Practice ACT For Motivated Students
Using Desmos: Free Online Graphing Calculator
In the following video, I’m showing how to graph a basic linear equation (y=2x-2). I walk you through entering in the linear equation, locating the x and y intercepts and zooming in and out. Next, I graph a quadratic (second-degree) equation (y=x^2-5). Using the keypad offered by Desmos, it takes only a minute to find… Continue reading Using Desmos: Free Online Graphing Calculator
Free Online Math Resources
Links and descriptions of the best free online math resources: Wolfram Alpha: Wolfram Alpha allows you to solve most any math problem and even graphs the answer. With the free version, it will allow you to see 2 problems worked out step by step daily. Using the free version, you can have any number of… Continue reading Free Online Math Resources
Change of Address: Moving Online
Dear Students and Their Parents: All tutoring is now online. Free 30-Minute Session to set up Online Tutoring For current students:? Happy to offer you a free 30-minute session in person. During this half-hour session, we can work on setting you up for online tutoring. This is a good option for when you are busy… Continue reading Change of Address: Moving Online
TI Nspire CX CAS
The TI Nspire CX CAS is so powerful that it might not be allowed in your math class. So, before getting excited about its capabilities, please check with your instructor. If you can use it, definitely take the time to learn how to use it to solve algebraic equations, factor algebraic and rational expressions, and… Continue reading TI Nspire CX CAS