SAT I 2011 / 2012 Question booklet # 8 Grade 12 Cluster Core Subject Mathematics Student Name Student Number Section Coverage SAT I‚ basic reasoning questions. 1. If 10 + x is 5 more than 10‚ what is the value of 2x? (A) −5 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 25 (E) 50 2. If x and y are positive integers‚ what are all the solutions (x‚ y) of the equation 3x + 2y = 11? (A) (1‚4) only (B) (3‚1) only (C) (1‚4) and (2‚2) (D) (1‚4) and (3‚1) (E) (2‚2) and (3‚1) 3. When 70‚000 is written as 7.0 × 10n‚ what
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Should the SAT Score be a Factor. In my opinion I don’t think so because it is a test and they are people that are not good at tests but they’re work ethic and understanding of the work is outstanding.There are people who are good at test but don’t do their work. So I think it is unfair for the people working hard. It is basically telling them they that they’re hard work is for nothing. I think they should completely take out the SAT test. I think it is unnecessary for nation wide testing because
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Why I chose this topic: Should the SAT be used for college admissions? The SAT has been a huge controversy for a long time‚ however‚ it wasn’t until several months after getting into college that I began to really question why it’s used for admission. The only answers I really got from the college board was that it is “designed to assess your academic readiness for college and provides a path to opportunities‚ financial support and scholarships‚ in a way that’s fair to all students. It also keeps
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Pro: The SAT should be considered a necessary component of college admission criteria. It is a test that accesses the academic ability of a student and is a good indicator of how well he/she will do the first year in college. This is very helpful in terms of college admission and should be used in order to assure that the academically eligible students can get into a college or university of his/her choice. First off‚ the SAT is a standardized test‚ meaning everyone in high school will be taking
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How to prepare for the SAT By Saketh Challa‚ Matthew Hoffman‚ and Surya Pulukuri 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Manage your time wisely during the test. Skip questions you cannot answer quickly. Get a good nights sleep before the day of the exam. Eat a good breakfast before the day of the exam. Make educated guesses about the correct answers. Answer the easy questions before harder questions. Do practice tests. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Capesse tuum tempus sapienter per examen. Omitte quaesita quae non potes respondere subito
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Sat essay Al Gore starts off the passage “The climate Emergency” with the opinion that climate change is a serious problem and he uses appeals to people emotion‚ logos‚ anecdotes and quotation. First‚ at the beginning of passage the author shares his experience by using “Extreme heat wave that killed 20‚000 people”. By doing so‚ author emphasize on the effect of climate changes on human race. Because‚ this experience of author gives idea of severe effects of climate to the readers. After that‚
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There are circumstances in which it is better to lie. In life we sometimes avoid the truth in order to prevent people from getting hurt. I do not believe lies should be used only for our convenience because that is wrong and selfish. If a small lie is told with intentions of protecting someone‚ than that is acceptable. In the book‚ My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult‚ the mother does not tell her daughter that her boyfriend has passed away. When the daughter asks where he has been‚ she simply
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Art Enhances Our Understanding of Reality Contrasting depictions within arts allow people to delineate reality. In society‚ countless amount of people view art as a source of entertainment abounding with ‘fantasies.’ Whether it is drama‚ paintings‚ literature‚ or music that they encounter people appreciate them as superficial practices extant for pleasure. However‚ this notion is amiss. The media is a plethora full of various arts serving to represent phenomena that occur in real life. Through
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Though it cannot be denied that modern society is profoundly materialistic‚ there is nothing inherently wrong with a society that values the production and consumption of material goods. Ample historical evidence suggests that societies that devalue capital wealth and material gain will be unstable and short-lived. Materialism – whatever value we place upon it – creates a stable societal structure. Just turn on the television‚ peruse the magazine covers in a supermarket‚ listen to any one of the
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The narrator of “By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept” refuses to answer the questions of the border guards for a few reasons while at the same time providing the reader with answers to the questions they ask. A reason for this denial to cooperate with the border guards is that they were very demanding and abrupt with the narrator which never tends to work well on any person. It is proven that people are less likely to cooperate with demands than requests. Another reason for her refusal is
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