Today’s ACT reading question is a flashback to January 27 – why do the children say “no” at the end of the passage about Mrs. Sennett?
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SAT Question of the Day Explained – February 24, 2014 – Math, Algebra
Today’s SAT question of the day is an algebra question about adding fractions. Before you break out your calculator or tell me how much you hate adding fractions, check out the strategy for this one – it will save you quite a bit of time.
If s = 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + 1/32 and t = 1 + s/2, then t exceeds s by how much? Continue reading
ACT Question of the Day – February 23, 2014 – Math, Algebra
Here’s today’s ACT algebra question:
If x + 2y = 1, and 2x + y = 5, then x + y = ?
Let’s get to work! Continue reading
SAT Question of the Day Explained – February 23, 2014 – Identifying Sentence Errors
Today’s SAT question of the day is an identifying sentence errors about the Arctic islands. I’ll give you a hint: because grammar.
ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 22, 2014 – English
Today’s ACT question of the day comes from the English passage about radio. Specifically, they want to know if this sentence needs to be changed:
Yet even in the midst of such anarchy, some commercial possibilities and organizations
saw clearly of a medium whose regulation seemed imminent.
SAT Question of the Day Explained – February 22, 2014 – Sentence Completion, Two Blanks
Today’s SAT question of the day is an easy two-blank sentence completion. We need words for rain showers that help crops ______ and, in contrast, ______ storms. Continue reading
ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 21, 2014 – Science
Today’s ACT science question is a repeat about constants in the stick experiment.
Check out some more ACT science questions and their explanations.
SAT Question of the Day Explained – February 21, 2014 – Math
Today’s SAT math question is about this number line:
and these three assertions:
I. AB + CD = AD
II. AB + BC = AD – CD
III. AC – AB = AD – CD
Which of these statements must be true?
ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 20, 2014 – Reading, Fiction
Today’s ACT question comes from the reading passage about Mrs. Sennett. It’s a detail question asking when a certain event takes place in the passage, relative to other events. Continue reading
SAT Question of the Day Explained – February 20, 2014 – Improving Sentences
Jean Piaget c. 1968
Today’s SAT question of the day is an improving sentences question about Jean Piaget. You may appreciate him for this quote:
The principal goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.
Back to the sentence we have to improve…it’s missing a verb, which makes it a sentence fragment as it is given to us. Continue reading