ACT Prep- English Flashcards
1
Q
4 C’s
A
- Complete
- Consistent
- Clear
- Concise
2
Q
POE
A
Process of Elimination
3
Q
Subject-Verb Agreement Rule
A
Singular verbs end with an s and plural verbs do not.
4
Q
sin^2 (theta) + cos^2 (theta)=
A
1
5
Q
cos (theta)/1 =
A
cos theta
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Q
sin
A
opposite/hypotenuse
7
Q
cosine
A
adjacent/hypotenuse
8
Q
tan
A
opposite/adjacent
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Q
cosecant
A
1/sine
10
Q
secant
A
1/cosine
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Q
cotangent
A
1/tan
12
Q
amplitude
A
how tall the graph is
13
Q
period
A
how long it takes the graph to get through a complete cycle
14
Q
increase in a increases the
A
amplitude
15
Q
increases in b decrease the
A
period
16
Q
sin graph has a value of
A
0 at 0
17
Q
cos graph has a value of
A
1 at 0
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Q
amplitude formula
A
a{sin(btheta)}
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Q
singular verbs end with
A
s
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Q
plural verbs
A
do not end with s
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Q
singular female pronouns
A
- she
- her
- hers
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Q
singular male pronouns
A
- he
- him
- his
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Q
singular things
A
- it
- its
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Q
plural female pronouns
A
- they
- them
- their
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plural male pronouns
- they
- them
- their
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plural things
- they
- them
- their
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pronouns: subject 1st person
- I
| - We
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pronouns: subject 2nd person
you
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pronouns: subject 3rd person
- she
- he
- it
- they
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pronouns: object 1st person
- me
| - us
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pronouns: object 2nd person
- you
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pronouns: object 3rd person
- her
- him
- it
- them
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pronouns: possessive 1st person
- my
- mine
- our
- ours
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pronouns: possessive 2nd person
- your
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pronouns: possessive 3rd person
- her
- hers
- his
- its
- their
- theirs
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stop punctuation
- period
- semicolon
- question mark
- exclamation mark
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4 reasons to use a comma
- stop
- go
- lists
- unnecessary info
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FANBOYS
- for
- and
- nor
- but
- or
- yet
- so
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Colons & Single dashes are used to
Link a complete idea to an incomplete idea or another complete idea.
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who is the
subject pronoun
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whom
is the object pronoun
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possession of singluar nouns
's
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possession of plural nouns
add the apostrophe
| - 's if they do not end in an s
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MADSPM
- 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
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A rational number may be written as a:
- fraction
Including:
- integer
- repeating decimal
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An irrational number is a number that
cannot be written as a fraction
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irrational and rational numbers are
real numbers
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ON MATH USE POE AND START WITH
C/H
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area of a rectangle =
length x width
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area of a square =
base x height
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area of a trapezoid =
average of the two parallel side x the height
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area of a circle =
pir^2
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circumference of a circle =
2pir
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when two straight lines intersect the angles opposite each other are
equal
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area of a triangle
1/2(base x height)
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area of a rhombus/parallelogram =
base x height
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s^2 =
area of a square
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Pythagorean theorem =
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
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sum of angles in an n-sided polygon =
(n-2)180 degrees
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measure of each angle in a regular n-sided polygon =
(n-2)(180 degrees)/n
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surface area of a rectangular solid =
s= 2(lw + lh + wh)
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surface area of a cube =
s= 6s^2
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surface area of a right circular cylinder =
s = 2pir^2 + 2pir
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Surface area of a sphere=
s= 4pir^2
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volume of a cube =
v= s^3
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volume of a rectangular solid =
v=lwh
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volume of a right circular cylinder=
v= pir^2h
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volume of a sphere=
v= 4pir^3/3
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percentages =
part/whole x 100
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of =
multiplication
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what =
variable (x,y)
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is, are,were means
=
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what percent =
y/100
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arithmetic mean =
average
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median =
middle number
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mode =
number which appears the most
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combination questions =
fill in the slots
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slope intercept formula =
y= mx+b
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two lines have the same slope =
parallel
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two lines have opposite reciprocal slopes =
perpendicular
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slope =
y2 - y1
------------
x2- x1
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midpoint formula =
x1 + x2 y1 + y2
______ , ______
2 2
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r =
radius
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standard equation for a circle
(x-h)^2 + (y-k)^2 = r^2
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center of a circle =
(h, k)
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standard equation of a parabola =
y= x^2
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center of ellipse =
(h,k)
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2a =
horizontal axis (width)
89
2b =
vertical axis (height)
90
Sine =
opposite/hypotenuse
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Cosine =
Adjacent/hypotenuse
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Tangent =
Opposite/adjacent
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cosecant =
1/sine
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secant =
1/cosine
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cotangent =
1/tangent
96
tan theta =
sine theta/cosine theta
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most important trig identity
sin^2 theta + cos^2 theta =1
