Q: By adding two straight lines,create 10 triangles inside the star above.
Answers:
thank you to Adam Schwartz for the picture at the bottom
July 2015 Brain Teaser Solution
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Common Core Alg I, why so hard? It’s not for HS Seniors
Rigor? Or graduation rate? Hmmm.. this has been the debate for the Algebra Regents for many years.
Click to access algone62015-exam.pdf
If seniors need a Regents for graduation, the bar cannot be set too high, which has been the reason that Integrated Algebra Regents/Math A etc have not had high intensity. BUT this year all the seniors were taking ye olde Integrated Algebra and most of the Common Core takers were 8th and 9th graders. Wondering if this will get easier as this year’s freshmen approach their 2018 graduation date.
The June 2015 Common Core Algebra I Regents was more challenging than previous: read here http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2716734 although one poster wrote that her students did great with
the materials from http://www.emathinstruction.com below: Just got a copy in the mail and will be reviewing it for Gen Ed, Sp Ed and ELLs.
Answers with Questions…WHY oh Why? The New SAT: Week 2 of Studying
Glad to have this book but why oh why did the answers get right next to the questions? Students will not actually “do” questions when answers are RIGHT THERE!!!
Read the rest of Part 1: Chapters 4 and 5: PSAT and New Score Information
Part 2 Chapters 6 – 17: Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
Part 3 Chapters 18-24: Math
Info on the new SAT: There will be an official PSAT 10 and PrePSAT known as PSAT 8/9 (similar to the ACT Aspire, Explore and Plan) and no more penalty for guessing
Reading 65 minutes, 52 questions
Writing and Language 35 minutes, 44 questions
Math Test – No Calculator 25 minutes, 20 questions
Math Test – Calculator 55 minutes, 38 questions
Essay is optional 50 minutes
When: New SAT Test Dates
March 5, 2016 is the FIRST ONE!! This will affect rising juniors and younger students.
New PSAT Dates Weds Oct 14 or 28 PSAT Practice here!!!
Current 10th graders will take the PSAT 10 between Feb. 22 and March 4, 2016.
Reading Test: page 70: “Wrong answers are often tempting. Therefore, you must base your answer on a close reading of the text and any associated graphics.”
ESSAY info here
The SAT essay will be optional and will be the last section. It has a totally new feel and focuses on developing an argument that is powerful and persuasive.
OK SIT DOWN…SOME OF THE MATH DOES NOT ALLOW A CALCULATOR. Since 1994, the SAT has allowed a calculator (disclosure: I am from BC: Before Calculators). On the first read of the chapters, I do not see which problems allow the calculator and which do not…
The Additional Topics include very fancy shmancy Math like 3D geometry, Trig incl radians, and Complex Numbers
and will be starting Part 4: Four Official Practice Tests with Answer Explanations
The new SAT Week 1: Studying for 3/5/16
Week 1 of studying:
Registered for the first administration of the new SAT on March 5:
https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register
Signed up for Khan Academy’s FREE SAT Prep
Completed 3 of the 4 Math diagnostic quizzes and 2 of the 4 verbal diagnostic quizzes
https://www.khanacademy.org/sat
Tweeted to College Board re: SAT Question of the Day
Received the new Official SAT Study Guide shown above from amazon on Weds 7/1 and have read through Chapters 1 – 3
Here are the Key Content Changes and the Redesign Specifications
June 2015 Brain Teaser Solution
Q: Can you take the clock face below, and cut it into four pieces such that the numerals on each part add up to the same number?
A: The key is to turn the number XI upside down to a IX or:
turn the IX upside down to a XI
The numbers 1-12 add up to 78 which is not divisible by 4
Replace 11 with a 9 and the numbers now add up to 76 which is divisible by 4
and/or replace the 9 with an 11 and now the numbers add up to 80 which is also divisible by 4
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