How to Use This Book |
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Easy, Medium, Hard, and Guessing |
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About Brian Leaf |
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Acknowledgments |
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Pretest |
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Answer Key |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (2) |
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Skill 2 Super Easy Algebra |
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14 | (2) |
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Skill 3 Super Easy Algebra--Algebraic Manipulation |
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16 | (2) |
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Skill 4 "Mean" Means Average |
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18 | (2) |
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Skill 5 The Six-Minute Abs of Geometry: Angles |
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20 | (2) |
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Skill 6 The Six-Minute Abs of Geometry: Parallel Lines |
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22 | (2) |
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Skill 7 The Six-Minute Abs of Geometry: Triangles |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (2) |
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Skill 12 Fancy Graphing Vocab |
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34 | (2) |
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Skill 13 Green Circle, Black Diamond: Slaloming Slope I |
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36 | (2) |
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Skill 14 Green Circle, Black Diamond: Slaloming Slope II |
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38 | (2) |
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Skill 15 The Sports Page: Using Charts and Graphs |
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40 | (2) |
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Skill 16 The Only Function Questions on the ACT |
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42 | (2) |
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Skill 17 Midpoint and Distance Formulas |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (2) |
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Skill 19 Perimeter, Area, Volume |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (2) |
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Skill 21 Baking Granola Bars--Ratios, Proportions, and Cross-Multiplying |
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52 | (2) |
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Skill 22 Intimidation and Easy Matrices |
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54 | (4) |
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58 | (2) |
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Skill 24 The Mighty Pythagoras |
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60 | (2) |
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Skill 25 Special Right Triangles |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (4) |
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Yoga and The Society For Free Living |
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66 | (2) |
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Skill 27 "Is" Means Equals--Translation |
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68 | (2) |
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Skill 28 Arithmetic Word No-Problems |
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70 | (2) |
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Skill 29 Just Do It!--Springboard |
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72 | (2) |
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Skill 30 Beyond Your Dear Aunt Sally: The Laws of Exponents I |
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74 | (2) |
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Skill 31 Far Beyond Your Dear Aunt Sally: The Laws of Exponents II |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (2) |
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80 | (4) |
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84 | (2) |
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Skill 35 Beyond SohCahToa |
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86 | (2) |
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Skill 36 May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor Probability |
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88 | (2) |
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Skill 37 Anything Times Zero Is Zero |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (2) |
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94 | (2) |
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Skill 40 Weird Circle Factoid |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (2) |
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Skill 43 It's Gettin' Hot in Herre Fahrenheit/Celsius Conversions |
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102 | (2) |
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Skill 44 Don't Even Think About It! Most Common Careless Errors I |
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104 | (2) |
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Skill 45 Don't Even Think About It! Most Common Careless Errors II |
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106 | (2) |
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Skill 46 Misbehaving Numbers: Weird Number Behavior |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (2) |
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Skill 48 Not So Complex Numbers |
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112 | (2) |
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Skill 49 How to Think Like a Math Genius I |
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114 | (4) |
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Skill 50 How to Think Like a Math Genius II |
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118 | (51) |
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Brian's Friday Night Spiel |
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123 | (2) |
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Bonus Skill: Hello Harvard How to Break 30 |
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125 | (1) |
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Easy, Medium, Hard, and Guessing Revisited |
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126 | (1) |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (9) |
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Glossary |
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Top 50 Skills Flash Cards |
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