New York City SHSAT 2017

NUMBER PROPERTIES Number Categories Integers are whole numbers; they include negative whole numbers and zero. A rational numbe ...

Four of the five answer choices are mentioned explicitly in the passage. (F) is mentioned in lines 19–21. (G) appears in line 32 ...

NUMBER OPERATIONS AND CONCEPTS Exponential Growth If r is the ratio between consecutive terms, a 1 is the first term, an is th ...

A WORD ABOUT SCIENCE PASSAGES You can expect to see at least one passage in the Reading section that deals with a science or tec ...

DIVISIBILITY Factor/Multiple The factors of integer n are the positive integers that divide into n with no remainder. The mult ...

A REMINDER ABOUT TIMING Plan to spend approximately three minutes reading the passage and roughly a minute to a minute and a hal ...

An integer is divisible by 2 (even) if the last digit is even. An integer is divisible by 4 if the last two digits form a multip ...

FRACTIONS AND DECIMALS Reducing Fractions To reduce a fraction to lowest terms, factor out and cancel all factors the numerato ...

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To find the reciprocal of a fraction, switch the numerator and the denominator. The reciprocal of The reciprocal of 5 is The pro ...

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PERCENTS Percent Formula Whether you need to find the part, the whole, or the percent, use the same formula: Part = Percent × ...

O’KEEFFE PASSAGE Now it’s time to practice some Reading passages and questions. Make sure you mark up the passage and note the B ...

RATIOS, PROPORTIONS, AND RATES Example:If snow is falling at the rate of one foot every four hours, how many inches of snow will ...

considered “semi-abstract” because even though they ( 35 )depict recognizable images and objects, the paintings don’t present th ...

To find the average speed for 120 miles at 40 mph and 120 miles at 60 mph, don’t just average the two speeds. First, figure out ...

AVERAGES Average Formula To find the average of a set of numbers, add them up and divide by the number of terms. To find the a ...

(F) a photographer’s relationship with a model (G) a writer’s relationship with a publisher (H) a student’s relationship with a ...

POSSIBILITIES AND PROBABILITY Counting the Possibilities The fundamental counting principle: If there are m ways one event can ...

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