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December 21, 2018

ACT and SAT Math Tips: Holiday Dilemmas

A bonus holiday present! A special SAT Math and ACT Math post from our senior curriculum developer (and VP!), Jon Denning. He’ll help you get into the test prep spirit with a little winter break math. We hope you have a wonderful holiday. Gift Wrapping WringerYour dad loves sushi, so you bought him some 10-inch personalized […]

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December 20, 2018

ACT and SAT Reading: Holiday Practice

Ready for winter break? We are too. Everyone at PowerScore wishes your and yours a very merry holiday and stellar ACT and SAT scores in the new year! To celebrate the season, I created some ACT and SAT Reading questions based on a passage from a holiday classic. A little something to keep you busy […]

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November 21, 2018

ACT and SAT Math Tips: Thanksgiving Day Drills

Just because the holidays are rolling around does not mean you can skip your ACT and SAT prep! You can use your time off this week to focus on the test while you’re not worrying about other school work. Here are a few Turkey Day math questions to kick start your day of family, football, […]

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November 9, 2018

ACT and SAT Math Tips: Translating Percent Questions

You know the old math class argument we all attempted to use to get out of learning the quadratic equation, sine and cosine, and symbolic functions: “When am I ever going to use this in the real world?” I’ve been existing in that real world for a good chunk of time now, and aside from […]

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October 12, 2018

ACT and SAT Reading Tips: Pivot!

It’s no secret that the reading passages on the ACT and SAT are viewed by many students as the most difficult portion of the test. But understanding them is easier than moving a couch up a flight of stairs on Friends (not familiar with the show? It’s worth an internet search of “Friends Pivot” for […]

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September 14, 2018

ACT English and SAT Writing Tips: Correlating Conjunctions

Some ACT and SAT questions may test your knowledge of correlating conjunctions, which are pairs of coordinating conjunctions: either…or          neither…nor         both…and        not only…but also not…but            whether…or            as…as When these words are acting as conjunctions, they must be with their proper partner, which is why both the ACT and SAT will try to trip you up […]

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August 7, 2018

ACT and SAT Math Tips: Reflections on Reflections

Reflections. These Coordinate Geometry questions are a great way for the ACT and SAT to assess not just your knowledge of transformations, but your understanding of slope and the equation of a line. Let’s look at what you need to know and then see how your skill set will be tested on the ACT and […]

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August 3, 2018

ACT English and SAT Writing Tips: Beware of Them (and They)!

Implied pronouns–those that do not have an antecedent in the sentence nor in a preceding sentence–are difficult to spot in writing because they are so prevalent in our speech. Do you know how to spot errors with “they” and “them”? If not, read on, because you are sure to encounter such errors on your ACT […]

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July 19, 2018

ACT and SAT Math Tips: Average Questions in Disguise

Test makers like to be tricky, because sneaky questions separate the students who comprehend a concept and those who have just memorized a formula they do not understand. We see examples of these tricky questions on the ACT and SAT in hidden triangles, “fake” quadratic equations, systems of equations, and many more concepts, including today’s […]

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July 12, 2018

ACT and SAT Reading Tips: How to Recognize Right Answers

There is a certain comfort in multiple choice questions, knowing that the right answer is there on the page staring up at you. While we often spend more time discussing the characteristics of WRONG answers in the Reading section of the ACT and SAT, it’s important to know what the RIGHT answer looks like, too. […]

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