ACT Math Personal Tutor

by David Ebner

Overview

Comprehensive Prep for ACT Math.

How is this ACT math review book different from other review books?

When you thumb through this book, you won't feel defeated right from the start. Other books present solutions in dry and ineffectual manners and in the shortest possible text. They are virtually indistinguishable one from the other.

ACT Math Personal Tutor is different for the following reasons:

1) Easy to follow step-by-step solutions for all problems.

2) Cartoons with hints and insights for solving problems are presented in the first two exams to maintain interest and to lighten up the material. Five full-length exams are included.

3) Because it can be rather dull to spend a lot of time reviewing basic math before tackling full-fledged ACT problems, a short review section at the beginning of the book presents just some foundational knowledge of mathematics. Then, in later sections, each problem introduces a new math concept. Through this method ('personal tutoring'), all the math you need for the ACT will be reviewed.

4) Questions are repeated on the answer pages so that you don't have to flip through the pages to get back to the questions.

* Performance: If your target is a top score, this is the book!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781944595791
Publisher:	Nova Press
Publication date:	09/13/2018
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

The Author, David Ebner, has a Ph.D. from NYU. He has taught for many years at the high school and college levels.

His previous publications include:

Math Word Problems the Easy Way, Barron's
How To Prepare for the SSAT/ISEE, Barron's
How To Prepare for the COOP/HSPT/TACHS, Barron's
SSAT/ISEE, Barron's
COOP/HSPT/TACHS, Barron's

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

About This Book 3

Formulas and Definitions 7

Sequences 7

To Find any Term in an Arithmetic Sequence 7

To Find the Sum of an Arithmetic Sequence 7

To Find any Term in a Geometric Sequence 7

To Find the Sum of a Geometric Sequence 7

The Quadratic Formula 8

Parabolas 8

Areas 9

Area of a Triangle 9

Area of a Circle 9

Area of a Parallelogram 10

Area of a Trapezoid 10

Area of a Regular Polygon 10

Volumes 10

Volume of a Cylinder 10

Volume of a Rectangular Solid 10

Volume of a Cube 10

Variation 10

Direct Variation 10

Inverse Variation 10

Joint Variation 10

Trigonometry 11

Definition of Trigonometric Ratios 11

Graphing Trigonometric Functions 11

Trigonometric Identities 11

Pythagorean Identity 11

Sum and Difference Formulas for Angles 11

Exponents 12

Logarithms 12

Equation of a Circle 13

Probabilities 13

Matrices 14

Adding Matrices 14

Subtracting Matrices 14

Multiplying Matrices 14

Functions 15

Introduction to Most Calculators 15

Test 1 17

Answer Key 85

Test 2 87

Answer Key 163

Test 3 165

Answers 177

Answer Key 214

Test 4 215

Answers 228

Answer Key 269

Test 5 271

Answers 287

Answer Key 327

Converting Raw Scores to Scaled Scores

328 Converting Scaled Scores to Percentiles 329

What People are Saying About This

Alan W. Fremmer

"Top notch guide: Well written guide. Many sample exercises with solutions shown makes it easy to tackle any problem. Would recommend this book to anyone needing help studying for the exam.

Editorial Reviews

Top notch guide: Well written guide. Many sample exercises with solutions shown makes it easy to tackle any problem. Would recommend this book to anyone needing help studying for the exam. - Alan W. Fremmer

This book is a winner: This is my second math ACT book. The first one was not user-friendly. I felt defeated before I began. I really liked this guide. It made studying for the exam easier. I could understand the questions and the step-by-step solutions were clear. The cartoons gave me a chuckle. - Barbara Blanchard

Perfect study guide: I have Dr. Ebner's other study books and this book is just as fabulous! I recommend it highly to anyone studying for their ACT! - Steven S.

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