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Plugging In Strategy

Craig — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:46:38 +0000

Plugging in is a fundamental SAT math strategy that every student needs to understand. If you are studying for the SAT, you will need to learn your strategies and tactics. I’ve created a video lesson explaining exactly how you can start plugging in. After the video, I’ll talk about online SAT prep and what you can do [...]

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SAT Math Average Problems

Craig — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:02:24 +0000

Average questions for the SAT come in many different varieties. I have noticed the SAT focusing on 4 main types of average (mean) question: missing value, variable, extra value, and game changers. You should know that finding the average is simply a matter of taking the sum of your set and dividing it by the number of members of the [...]

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SAT Math Vocabulary

Craig — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:45:10 +0000

SAT Math vocabulary is essential for doing well on the SAT. The SAT test writers assume you know what many common SAT terms mean. You are tested on those concepts. To make things easier on you, I’ve identified a few terms that many of my students have had problems with. If there is a word [...]

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Get Better Grades by Tutoring Your Friends

Craig — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:20:19 +0000

Teaching Your Friends Equals Getting Awesome Grades You’re smart. You’re one step ahead of your teacher, and ten steps ahead of your lab partner. You’ve got the formulas down, you aced the pop quiz, and your teacher beamed with pride when she handed back your essay. You just cannot get that final awesome grade; you [...]

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Big Picture SAT Math Strategy

Craig — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:34:46 +0000

Math does not have to suck. Some people really like it. And those people aren’t always nerds, dweebs, or losers. In fact, some of the coolest people I know are amazing at math. Heck, some of the richest people you’ve ever heard of think math is awesome. Like who? Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Warren [...]

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SAT Math: Shaded Regions

Craig — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:38:39 +0000

Shaded regions are some of the most scary problems on the SAT. I should know. When I first saw them, the totally freaked me out. But that’s mostly because I could not understand the big picture. And I think you may not completely understand the big picture. In today’s short lesson, I’ve put together a [...]

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SAT Math: Median and Mode

Craig — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:00:01 +0000

Today we get to work through a fairly straightforward knowledge lesson. As you know, the SAT loves testing tricky average questions. When I briefly mentioned in the previous video, and what I take much more care to work through today, is that the SAT also likes to throw in some median and mode questions, just [...]

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SAT Math: Work and Rate

Craig — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:00:54 +0000

Work and rate problems make me so happy. I mean, epic happy. I mean, like, I wish my audience was full of adults instead of kids because the words I want to use are definitely not rated-R when I describe how happy work and rate problems make me. Why are work problems so crescent fresh? [...]

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SAT Math: Variation

Craig — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:00:25 +0000

Variation on the SAT is really not as complicated as the name sounds. In fact, you are typically going to get a question like the following silly example: Craig is absolutely fiending for some caffeine this morning, but cannot find a coffee shop because of the New Year holiday. He knows that the espresso and [...]

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SAT Math: Dealing with Patterns

Craig — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:33:23 +0000

Patterns on the SAT are a unique beast. The thing is, there is actually no “pattern” to pattern questions. Whenever you see an average question, for example, you always use the average T. Whenever you are struggling through percent change questions, you do the very simple [ Diff / Orig ] * 100 formula and [...]

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