## SAT Math Practice: Absolute Values

Today at College Compass we’ll run through an SAT practice problem involving absolute values:

What value of x satisfies the equation  $|2x-7|+3=0$.

## SAT Trigonometry Problem!

Today we’ll be solving a practice SAT trigonometry problem and walking you through the steps to solve it!

If Sin(A)=0.5 and side BC=10, find the length of the hypotenuse, AB.

## Extra Hard SAT Math Question – Combinations

At the end of every SAT Math section, the test makers try to come up with an extremely difficult problem that will leave even the cleverest students scratching

## SAT Math Example Problem – A Girl and Her Sandbox

A girl is playing in a sandbox. She wants to decrease the volume of the sand in the sandbox by scooping sand and dumping it outside of the sandbox. The girls is a rather inquisitive mathematician and measures the dimensions

## SAT Multiple Choice Writing Tips—Pronouns

Don’t stop reading! Yes, you use pronouns every day and you know how to use them—for the most part—but if you want to make an 800 on

## SAT Multiple Choice Writing Tips – Parallelism

Wait. Did that header just say “writing” and “parallelism”? Are they combining English and Math? I’m OUT!

No, don’t worry! We’re not about to start graphing sentences

## SAT Multiple Choice Writing Tips – Dangling Modifier

Grammar instruction in public schools has, for the most part, gone the way of the dinosaurs (bye, Felicia!), but that doesn’t mean you don’t have to know

## Enhanced ACT Writing Test

The ACT recently released new details about the upcoming changes to the ACT Writing Test. These changes are scheduled to take effect in fall 2015, and the ACT is marketing these revisions as an enhancement. So, what exactly is changing?