New York City SHSAT 2017

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PRACTICE SET D The way to tell if a number is even is to look at the last digit to the right—in the ones column. If that digit i ...

D If a number is divisible by both 5 and 2, then it must also be divisible by 5 • 2 or 10. Since a number divisible by 10 must h ...

When you’re asked how many strips of a foot long can be cut from a 60-foot piece of wire, the question is really asking how many ...

The product of three integers must be an integer, so eliminate (A) and (D). A number that has at least one even factor is even, ...

which, when rounded, becomes $57.38 per week. D The original price is x. The price paid is 70 percent of the original price (100 ...

E First find the absolute value of 16 − 25: 16 − 25 = −9, and the absolute value of a negative number is the same number without ...

less than, 0.25. G The average of a series of consecutive numbers is equal to the middle term. Since 11 is the average of these ...

To get rid of a square, take the square root; to get rid of a cube, take the cube root. Most people find it easier to work with ...

To figure out whether (B) or (C) is correct, you can either plug in additional pairs of numbers or consider number properties. N ...

YZ is 15 more than XY: YZ = 20 + 15 = 35 So XZ is: XY + YZ = XZ 20 + 35 = 55 C If you’re looking for the least value and you’re ...

When a question describes a trip in which someone travels at two different speeds and then asks for the average speed of the ent ...

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Algebra Review: The Basics HIGHLIGHTS Get an Overview Review the Algebra Concepts You Need to Know Practice Set ...

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Overview Algebra problems will appear in two forms on the SHSAT: as regular math problems and as word problems. Word problems ar ...

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Algebra Concepts Before diving into the content review, turn to 100 Essential Math Concepts in the Resources Section of this boo ...

EXPRESSIONS An algebraic expression on the SHSAT is likely to look something like this: (11 + 3x) − (5 − 2x) = It would, of cour ...

Multiplying and dividing monomials is a little different. In addition and subtraction, you can combine only like terms. With mul ...