New York City SHSAT 2017

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Backdoor Strategies Word problems are extraordinarily susceptible to the backdoor strategies detailed in the Introducing SHSAT M ...

KAPLAN’S 3-STEP METHOD FOR PICKING NUMBERS Step 1: Pick simple, easy-to-use numbers for each variable. Step 2. Solve the problem ...

BACKSOLVING Exercise You can backsolve when the answer choices contain only numbers. Always start with the middle answer choice, ...

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Practice Set After the announcement of a sale, a bookstore sold of all its books in stock. On the following day, this bookstore ...

(F) 15% (G) 20% (H) 25% (J) 30% (K) 40% Ed has 100 dollars more than Robert. After Ed spends 20 dollars on groceries, Ed has 5 t ...

(F) 2 ∞ 3 (G) 6 ∞ 1 (H) 6 ∞ 2 (J) 6 ∞ 3 (K) 8 ∞ 4 If William divides the amount of money he has by 5, and adds $8, the result wi ...

On a field trip, 587 people are travelling by bus. If each bus seats 48 people and all the buses are filled to capacity except o ...

(F) (G) (H) (J) (K) Joyce baked 42 biscuits for her 12 guests. If 6 biscuits remain uneaten, what is the average number of biscu ...

If the sum of 8 and a certain number, b, is equal to 20 minus the same number, then b =? (F) 2 (G) 4 (H) 6 (J) 10 (K) 14 Liz w ...

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Five less than 3 times a certain number is equal to twice the original number plus 7. What is the original ...

(F) 100 + n (G) (100 + .05)n (H) 0.05 + 100n (J) 100 + .05n (K) 0.05(100 + n) Sarah budgets a certain amount of money for food e ...

When it is 9:00 AM eastern standard time (EST) in Pittsburgh, it is 6:00 AM pacific standard time (PST) in Los Angeles. A plane ...

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Answers i. Translation Exercise ii. iii. D iv. J iii. D iv. J v. E ...

F Pick an easy number for n, such as 10. If the average of four numbers is 10, the sum of the four numbers is 40 (4 × 10 = 40). ...

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