New York City SHSAT 2017
MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS Don’t leave any answers blank on the SHSAT. Since there’s no penalty for wrong answers, there is no harm ...
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Backdoor Methods You have to know math to do well at the Science high schools. No one is disputing this—and if you are really un ...
PICKING NUMBERS Sometimes a math problem can seem more difficult than it actually is because it’s general or abstract. You can m ...
If two or more answer choices had come out to 48, then you would have had to do a little more work. Under those circumstances, y ...
WORD PROBLEMS Picking numbers can be extremely helpful when the answer choices to a word problem contain variables. Remember thi ...
Make the original price of the stock $100. The initial 20% decrease brings the price down to $80 (20% of 100 is 20). Then 25% or ...
BACKSOLVING All of the answers in the Math Section of the SHSAT are multiple-choice. One way that you will be able to use this t ...
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A WORD ABOUT CALCULATORS This is an easy one. You cannot use a calculator on the SHSAT. Leave your calculator home. End of story ...
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Arithmetic Review HIGHLIGHTS Get an Overview of What Will Be on the Test Review the Arithmetic Content Review You Need to Know P ...
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Overview On the SHSAT, arithmetic means more than addition and subtraction. Arithmetic is the umbrella term for a wide range of ...
Consecutive Numbers These are numbers that follow one after another, in order, without skipping any. Consecutive integers: 3, 4, ...
ODDS AND EVENS NUMBER PROPERTIES Pick numbers to refresh your memory of their number properties. Example: Even = 2; Odd = 3 Even ...
POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES There are few things to remember about positives and negatives. You will not see many problems that focu ...
ABSOLUTE VALUE To find the absolute value of a number, simply strip the number within the vertical lines of its sign. When absol ...
FACTORS AND MULTIPLES To find the prime factorization of a number, keep breaking it down into factors of the number until you ar ...
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