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The *SAT I For Dummies, 6th Edition

The *SAT I For Dummies, 6th Edition


By Geraldine Woods

ISBN: 978-0-7645-7193-0
Format: Paper
Pages: 384 Pages
Pub. Date: November 2004

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Introduction.

Part I: Surveying the Field.

Chapter 1: Pouring Your Brain into Little Ovals — the SAT.

Chapter 2: Getting Ready, Set, and Going: Preparing for the SAT.

Part II: Reading Critically.

Chapter 3: Reading Between (and on) the Lines: Preparing for the Critical Reading Section.

Chapter 4: The Long and the Short of It: Answering Critical Reading Passage Questions.

Chapter 5: Reading for Points: Practicing Full-Length Critical Reading Passages.

Chapter 6: Abbreviating the Agony: Practice Questions for Short Reading Passages.

Chapter 7: Filling In the Blanks: Sentence Completions.

Chapter 8: Practicing Sentence Completions.

Part III: Writing for Fun and Profit.

Chapter 9: Speed Writing without Shorthand: The Essay.

Chapter 10: Practice Essays.

Chapter 11: Joining the Grammar Police.

Chapter 12: Recognizing Your Mistakes: Practice Grammar Problems.

Part IV: Take a Number: The Math Section.

Chapter 13: Picking a Number, Any Number: The SAT Math Sections.

Chapter 14: Numb and Numbering: Everything You Need to Know About Numbers and Operations.

Chapter 15: Practice Problems in Numbers and Operations.

Chapter 16: X Marks the Spot: Algebra and Functions.

Chapter 17: Practice Problems in Algebra and Functions.

Chapter 18: Checking More Figures Than an IRS Agent: Geometry Review.

Chapter 19: Practice Problems in Geometry.

Chapter 20: Playing the Odds: Statistics and Probability.

Chapter 21: Practice Problems in Probability, Statistics, and Logic.

Part V: Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Practice Tests.

Chapter 22: Boring You to Tears: Practice Exam 1.

Chapter 23: Facing the Music: Checking Your Answers to Practice Exam 1.

Chapter 24: Slightly More Fun Than a Root Canal: Practice Exam 2.

Chapter 25: Arriving at the Moment of Truth: Checking Your Answers to Practice Exam 2.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 26: Ten Things to Double-Check.

Chapter 27: Ten Ways to Calm Down.

Index.

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