Here are a few tips that have helped my students. You may find some more useful than others.
- Underline/Circle information given and problem to be solved.
- Avoid missing negative signs of integers.
- Properties of Exponents
- Absolute values and Inequalities and their graphs.
- Remember the 3 formulas-Difference of Squares, Squaring of (a+b) and (a-b) instead of FOIL.
- Graphs of Functions – reflection over x and y axes
- Transformations
- y= f(x) is ordered pair(x, y)
- Geometry – Parallel lines and angles, Special Right triangles, Similar Triangles.
- Properties of figures – square, rhombus, triangle, rectangle, kite, parallelogram, circles, solids.
- Draw lines in figures to get a familiar pattern or shape.
- Coordinate Geometry – Slopes(Parallel and Perpendicular), x intercept(x,0)(also called roots, zeros/solutions) and y intercept(0,y)
- Slope=rise/run=y2-y1/x2-x1
- Point Slope and Intercept Forms of equation of lines(Linear Functions)
- Direct(line passes through origin)and Indirect Variation(graph is hyperbola)
If you have some other tips or don’t understand anything above, please write to me at MathBug100@gmail.com
