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=Welcome to Upward Bound Math III=

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=Upward Bound Math III Voice Thread=

The goal of the course is to prepare you for the SAT Math test. This is a wikispace for you to use to access resources for help, to discuss problems with other students in the course and to ask me for help. You also have your own page to add links that may be helpful in the future. I request that the only page you edit is your page. ~Teresa

=[|SAT Test Format and Content (from College Board website)]=

Number and operations questions
About a quarter of the mathematics questions address the following concepts:
 * Arithmetic word problems (including percent, ratio, and proportion)
 * Properties of integers (even, odd, prime numbers, divisibility, and so forth)
 * Rational numbers
 * Sets (union, intersection, elements)
 * Counting techniques
 * Sequences and series (including exponential growth)
 * Elementary number theory

Algebra and functions questions
Just over a third of the mathematics questions address the following concepts:
 * Substitution and simplifying algebraic expressions
 * Properties of exponents
 * Algebraic word problems
 * Solutions of linear equations and inequalities
 * Systems of equations and inequalities
 * Quadratic equations
 * Rational and radical equations
 * Equations of lines
 * Absolute value
 * Direct and inverse variation
 * Concepts of algebraic functions
 * Newly defined symbols based on commonly used operations

Geometry and measurement questions
Just over a quarter of the mathematics questions address the following concepts:
 * Area and perimeter of a polygon
 * Area and circumference of a circle
 * Volume of a box, cube, and cylinder
 * Pythagorean theorem and special properties of isosceles, equilateral, and right triangles
 * Properties of parallel and perpendicular lines
 * Coordinate geometry
 * Geometric visualization
 * Slope
 * Similarity
 * Transformations

Data analysis, statistics, and probability questions
A little more than a tenth of the mathematics questions address the following concepts:
 * Data interpretation (tables and graphs)
 * Descriptive statistics (mean, median, and mode)
 * Probability