; contributing authors, Peter Z. Orton, Ray Shiflett, Michael Clapp
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New York
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: Wiley Pub.,
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, c1985.
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x, 422 p. , ill. , 21 cm.
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original title: On cover: ACT, SAT, GMAT, NTE, state teacher tests, CBEST, GRE..
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Electronic
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pt. III. Strategies and practice -- Answer sheet for practice sections -- Mathematical ability -- Mathematical ability strategies -- Mathematical ability practice -- Answer key for mathematical ability practice -- Mathematical ability answers and explanations -- Quantitative comparison -- Quantitative comparison strategies -- Quantitative comparison practice -- Answer key for quantitative comparison practice -- Quantitative comparison answers and explanations -- Data sufficiency -- Data sufficiency strategies -- Data sufficiency practice -- Answer key for data sufficiency practice -- Data sufficiency answers and explanations -- Final suggestions.
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pt. II. Basic skills review -- Arithmetic -- Arithmetic diagnostic test -- Arithmetic review -- Preliminaries -- Properties of basic mathematical operations -- Place value -- Expanded notation -- Grouping symbols : parentheses, brackets, braces -- Rounding off -- Signed numbers (positive numbers and negative numbers) -- Multiplying and dividing using zero -- Divisibility rules -- Common fractions -- Equivalent fractions -- Adding and subtracting fractions -- Adding and subtracting mixed numbers -- Multiplying fractions and mixed numbers -- Dividing fractions and mixed numbers -- Simplifying fractions and complex fractions -- Decimals -- Percentage -- Scientific notation -- Powers and exponents -- Square roots and cube roots -- Probability -- Combinations and permutations -- Statistics -- Number series -- Measures -- Arithmetic review test -- Arithmetic glossary of terms -- Algebra -- Algebra diagnostic test -- Algebra review -- Some basic language -- Basic terms in set theory -- Variables and algebraic expressions -- Evaluating expressions -- Equations -- Ratios and proportions -- Monomials and polynomials -- Factoring -- Solving quadratic equations -- Algebraic fractions -- Operations with algebraic fractions -- Inequalities -- Absolute value -- Analytic geometry -- Roots and radicals -- "False" operations -- Algebra review test -- Algebra glossary of terms -- Geometry -- Geometry diagnostic test -- Geometry review -- Angles -- Types of angles -- Pairs of angles -- Lines -- Types of lines -- Polygons -- Triangles -- Types of triangles by sides -- Types of triangles by angles -- Facts about triangles -- Pythagorean theorem -- Special triangles -- Quadrilaterals -- Types of quadrilaterals -- Sum of the interior angles of a polygon -- Perimeter and area of polygons -- Circles -- Parts of a circle -- Circumference and area of a circle -- Angles in a circle -- Concentric circles -- Tangents to a circle -- Congruence and similarity -- Volumes of solid figures -- Surface areas of solid figures -- Geometry formulas that you should be familiar with -- Geometry review test -- Geometry glossary of terms -- Word problems -- Word problems diagnostic test -- Word problems review -- Word problems review test -- Word problems glossary of terms --
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pt. I. Introduction -- Why you need this guide -- What this guide contains -- Range of difficulty and scope -- A general guideline -- How to use this guide --