Top 50 ACT Math Skills, Third Edition
Proven and practical strategies for success on the Math Skills section of the ACT—completely revised and updated for the latest version of the exam

There are many comprehensive ACT prep books out there, but if you’re looking to master specific skills and increase your score, Top 50 ACT Math Skills, Third Edition offers the most effective study strategy available. The first book of its kind to present the heart of each of the 50 most important ACT concepts, this essential guide provides exercises that show you exactly how each math concept is tested on the ACT.

Written by a renowned educational counselor, this book was created specifically for visual learners, with small bits of information to aid in quick, concentrated study. Within each topic, solved problems of gradually increasing difficulty to help you build your problem-solving skills.

Features:

  • 50 essential skills, each presented clearly on a two-page spread, offer quick targeted review; the content was created specifically for the visual learner
  • A pre-test designed to identify weaknesses in the critical math concepts on the ACT that students often struggle with
  • Visually appealing, two- to four-page spreads with lessons that boost knowledge in the 50 essential skills, with step-by-step sample exercises
  • A post-test designed to track your progress in each specific skill
  • A full answer key with helpful explanations
  • 2 extra tests online







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Top 50 ACT Math Skills, Third Edition
Proven and practical strategies for success on the Math Skills section of the ACT—completely revised and updated for the latest version of the exam

There are many comprehensive ACT prep books out there, but if you’re looking to master specific skills and increase your score, Top 50 ACT Math Skills, Third Edition offers the most effective study strategy available. The first book of its kind to present the heart of each of the 50 most important ACT concepts, this essential guide provides exercises that show you exactly how each math concept is tested on the ACT.

Written by a renowned educational counselor, this book was created specifically for visual learners, with small bits of information to aid in quick, concentrated study. Within each topic, solved problems of gradually increasing difficulty to help you build your problem-solving skills.

Features:

  • 50 essential skills, each presented clearly on a two-page spread, offer quick targeted review; the content was created specifically for the visual learner
  • A pre-test designed to identify weaknesses in the critical math concepts on the ACT that students often struggle with
  • Visually appealing, two- to four-page spreads with lessons that boost knowledge in the 50 essential skills, with step-by-step sample exercises
  • A post-test designed to track your progress in each specific skill
  • A full answer key with helpful explanations
  • 2 extra tests online







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Top 50 ACT Math Skills, Third Edition

Top 50 ACT Math Skills, Third Edition

by Brian Leaf
Top 50 ACT Math Skills, Third Edition

Top 50 ACT Math Skills, Third Edition

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Proven and practical strategies for success on the Math Skills section of the ACT—completely revised and updated for the latest version of the exam

There are many comprehensive ACT prep books out there, but if you’re looking to master specific skills and increase your score, Top 50 ACT Math Skills, Third Edition offers the most effective study strategy available. The first book of its kind to present the heart of each of the 50 most important ACT concepts, this essential guide provides exercises that show you exactly how each math concept is tested on the ACT.

Written by a renowned educational counselor, this book was created specifically for visual learners, with small bits of information to aid in quick, concentrated study. Within each topic, solved problems of gradually increasing difficulty to help you build your problem-solving skills.

Features:

  • 50 essential skills, each presented clearly on a two-page spread, offer quick targeted review; the content was created specifically for the visual learner
  • A pre-test designed to identify weaknesses in the critical math concepts on the ACT that students often struggle with
  • Visually appealing, two- to four-page spreads with lessons that boost knowledge in the 50 essential skills, with step-by-step sample exercises
  • A post-test designed to track your progress in each specific skill
  • A full answer key with helpful explanations
  • 2 extra tests online








Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781264274840
Publisher: McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date: 12/30/2021
Edition description: 3rd ed.
Pages: 192
Sales rank: 1,018,536
Product dimensions: 8.40(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Brian Leaf, M.A., is founder and director of New Leaf Learning Center in Western Massachusetts. With more than 15 years in private teaching and tutoring, he has instructed SAT and ACT preparation to thousands of students from numerous states and countries. He is a member of the American School Counselor Association and the Massachusetts School Counselors Association.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book vi

Easy, Medium, Hard, and Guessing vii

About Brian Leaf viii

Acknowledgments ix

Pretest 1

Answer Key 11

Top 50 Skills

Skill 1 Use the Answers 12

Skill 2 Super Easy Algebra 14

Skill 3 Super Easy Algebra-Algebraic Manipulation 16

Skill 4 "Mean" Means Average 18

Skill 5 The Six-Minute Abs of Geometry: Angles 20

Skill 6 The Six-Minute Abs of Geometry: Parallel Lines 22

Skill 7 The Six-Minute Abs of Geometry: Triangles 24

Skill 8 Foil 26

Skill 9 Math Vocab 28

Skill 10 More Math Vocab 30

Skill 11 Multiples Vocab 32

Skill 12 Fancy Graphing Vocab 34

Skill 13 Green Circle, Black Diamond: Slaloming Slope I 36

Skill 14 Green Circle, Black Diamond: Slaloming Slope II 38

Skill 15 The Sports Page: Using Charts and Graphs 40

Skill 16 The Only Function Questions on the ACT 42

Skill 17 Midpoint and Distance Formulas 44

Skill 18 Make It Real 46

Skill 19 Perimeter, Area, Volume 48

Skill 20 Donuts 50

Skill 21 Baking Granola Bars-Ratios, Proportions, and Cross-Multiplying 52

Skill 22 Intimidation and Easy Matrices 54

Skill 23 Art Class 58

Skill 24 The Mighty Pythagoras 60

Skill 25 Special Right Triangles 62

Skill 26 Ant-Man 64

Yoga and The Society For Free Living 66

Skill 27 "Is" Means Equals-Translation 68

Skill 28 Arithmetic Word No-Problems 70

Skill 29 Just Do It!-Springboard 72

Skill 30 Beyond Your Dear Aunt Sally: The Laws of Exponents I 74

Skill 31 Far Beyond Your Dear Aunt Sally: The Laws of Exponents II 76

Skill 32 y = mx + b 78

Skill 33 Arrangements 80

Skill 34 SohCahToa! 84

Skill 35 Beyond SohCahToa 86

Skill 36 May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor … Probability 88

Skill 37 Anything Times Zero Is Zero 90

Skill 38 y = ax2 + bx + c 92

Skill 39 Circles 94

Skill 40 Weird Circle Factoid 96

Skill 41 Absolute Value 98

Skill 42 Sequences 100

Skill 43 It's Gettin' Hot in Herre … Fahrenheit/Celsius Conversions 102

Skill 44 Don't Even Think About It! … Most Common Careless Errors I 104

Skill 45 Don't Even Think About It! … Most Common Careless Errors II 106

Skill 46 Misbehaving Numbers: Weird Number Behavior 108

Skill 47 Logs 110

Skill 48 Not So Complex Numbers 112

Skill 49 How to Think Like a Math Genius I 114

Skill 50 How to Think Like a Math Genius II 118

Brian's Friday Night Spiel 123

Bonus Skill: Hello Harvard … How to Break 30 125

Easy, Medium, Hard, and Guessing Revisited 126

Now What? 127

Posttest 128

Solutions 137

Glossary 169

Top 50 Skills Flash Cards

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