New York City SHSAT 2017

If PQRS is a square, all sides are the same length as QR. The perimeter of a square is equal to four times the length of one sid ...

If you choose to tackle the problem, look for the fastest method. EXAMPLE Imagine a dialogue between Jenna and Amy: Jenna:This i ...

CIRCLES Circumference of a Circle Circumference = 2 πr In the circle above, the radius has a length of 3, so the circumference ...

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 ...

In the figure above, the radius has a length of 5, and the measure of the central angle is 72 degrees. The arc length is of the ...

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In the figure above, the radius has a length of 6, and the measure of the sector’s central angle is 30 degrees. The sector has o ...

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SOLIDS Surface Area of a Rectangular Solid The surface of a rectangular solid consists of three pairs of identical faces. To fi ...

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 ...

A cube is a rectangular solid with length, width, and height all equal. If s is the length of an edge of a cube, the volume form ...

PICKING NUMBERS Sometimes a math problem can seem more difficult than it actually is because it’s general or abstract. You can m ...

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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 ...

Common Volume and Surface Area Formulas Here are some common volume and surface area formulas tested on the SHSAT. Surface Area ...

WORD PROBLEMS Picking numbers can be extremely helpful when the answer choices to a word problem contain variables. Remember thi ...

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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 ...

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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 ...