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1
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4 C’s

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  • Complete
  • Consistent
  • Clear
  • Concise
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2
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POE

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Process of Elimination

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Subject-Verb Agreement Rule

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Singular verbs end with an s and plural verbs do not.

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sin^2 (theta) + cos^2 (theta)=

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1

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cos (theta)/1 =

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cos theta

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sin

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opposite/hypotenuse

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cosine

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adjacent/hypotenuse

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tan

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opposite/adjacent

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cosecant

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1/sine

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secant

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1/cosine

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cotangent

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1/tan

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12
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amplitude

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how tall the graph is

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period

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how long it takes the graph to get through a complete cycle

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14
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increase in a increases the

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amplitude

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15
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increases in b decrease the

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period

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16
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sin graph has a value of

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0 at 0

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17
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cos graph has a value of

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1 at 0

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18
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amplitude formula

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a{sin(btheta)}

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19
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singular verbs end with

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s

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20
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plural verbs

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do not end with s

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21
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singular female pronouns

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  • she
  • her
  • hers
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singular male pronouns

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  • he
  • him
  • his
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23
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singular things

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  • it

- its

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plural female pronouns

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  • they
  • them
  • their
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plural male pronouns

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  • they
  • them
  • their
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plural things

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  • they
  • them
  • their
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27
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pronouns: subject 1st person

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  • I

- We

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28
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pronouns: subject 2nd person

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you

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pronouns: subject 3rd person

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  • she
  • he
  • it
  • they
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pronouns: object 1st person

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  • me

- us

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31
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pronouns: object 2nd person

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  • you
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pronouns: object 3rd person

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  • her
  • him
  • it
  • them
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33
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pronouns: possessive 1st person

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  • my
  • mine
  • our
  • ours
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pronouns: possessive 2nd person

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  • your
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pronouns: possessive 3rd person

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  • her
  • hers
  • his
  • its
  • their
  • theirs
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36
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stop punctuation

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  • period
  • semicolon
  • question mark
  • exclamation mark
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37
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4 reasons to use a comma

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  • stop
  • go
  • lists
  • unnecessary info
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38
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FANBOYS

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  • for
  • and
  • nor
  • but
  • or
  • yet
  • so
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39
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Colons & Single dashes are used to

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Link a complete idea to an incomplete idea or another complete idea.

40
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who is the

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subject pronoun

41
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whom

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is the object pronoun

42
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possession of singluar nouns

A

’s

43
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possession of plural nouns

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add the apostrophe

- ‘s if they do not end in an s

44
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MADSPM

A
  • when you multiply two numbers with common bases, ADD the exponents
  • when you divide two numbers with common bases, SUBTRACT the exponents
  • when you raise an exponential number to a power, MULTIPLY the exponents
45
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A rational number may be written as a:

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  • fraction
    Including:
    • integer
    • repeating decimal
46
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An irrational number is a number that

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cannot be written as a fraction

47
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irrational and rational numbers are

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real numbers

48
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ON MATH USE POE AND START WITH

A

C/H

49
Q

area of a rectangle =

A

length x width

50
Q

area of a square =

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base x height

51
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area of a trapezoid =

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average of the two parallel side x the height

52
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area of a circle =

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pir^2

53
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circumference of a circle =

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2pir

54
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when two straight lines intersect the angles opposite each other are

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equal

55
Q

area of a triangle

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1/2(base x height)

56
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area of a rhombus/parallelogram =

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base x height

57
Q

s^2 =

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area of a square

58
Q

Pythagorean theorem =

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a^2 + b^2 = c^2

59
Q

sum of angles in an n-sided polygon =

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(n-2)180 degrees

60
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measure of each angle in a regular n-sided polygon =

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(n-2)(180 degrees)/n

61
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surface area of a rectangular solid =

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s= 2(lw + lh + wh)

62
Q

surface area of a cube =

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s= 6s^2

63
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surface area of a right circular cylinder =

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s = 2pir^2 + 2pir

64
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Surface area of a sphere=

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s= 4pir^2

65
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volume of a cube =

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v= s^3

66
Q

volume of a rectangular solid =

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v=lwh

67
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volume of a right circular cylinder=

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v= pir^2h

68
Q

volume of a sphere=

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v= 4pir^3/3

69
Q

percentages =

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part/whole x 100

70
Q

of =

A

multiplication

71
Q

what =

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variable (x,y)

72
Q

is, are,were means

A

=

73
Q

what percent =

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y/100

74
Q

arithmetic mean =

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average

75
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median =

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middle number

76
Q

mode =

A

number which appears the most

77
Q

combination questions =

A

fill in the slots

78
Q

slope intercept formula =

A

y= mx+b

79
Q

two lines have the same slope =

A

parallel

80
Q

two lines have opposite reciprocal slopes =

A

perpendicular

81
Q

slope =

A

x2- x1

82
Q

midpoint formula =

A

x1 + x2 y1 + y2
______ , ______
2 2

83
Q

r =

A

radius

84
Q

standard equation for a circle

A

(x-h)^2 + (y-k)^2 = r^2

85
Q

center of a circle =

A

(h, k)

86
Q

standard equation of a parabola =

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y= x^2

87
Q

center of ellipse =

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(h,k)

88
Q

2a =

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horizontal axis (width)

89
Q

2b =

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vertical axis (height)

90
Q

Sine =

A

opposite/hypotenuse

91
Q

Cosine =

A

Adjacent/hypotenuse

92
Q

Tangent =

A

Opposite/adjacent

93
Q

cosecant =

A

1/sine

94
Q

secant =

A

1/cosine

95
Q

cotangent =

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1/tangent

96
Q

tan theta =

A

sine theta/cosine theta

97
Q

most important trig identity

A

sin^2 theta + cos^2 theta =1

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