~ David Porter gives students the leverage they need to succeed ~

David Porter offers his own, well-developed course to assist students in their preparation for the math sections of the SAT test. He reviews not just the math that students need for the test, but he also teaches strategies specific to the math portion of the test which allow the student to work through the test in the most time efficient way possible.

There are two math sections to the test: one in which a calculator is permitted and one in which it is not. The non-calculator portion consists of twenty questions. Fifteen of these questions are multiple-choice and five are grid-in questions. The calculator portion of the test consists of thirty-eight questions, thirty of which are multiple-choice and eight which are grid-in questions.

The math portion of the SAT test is comprised of four broad categories, each with its own subsections:

Heart of Algebra (Algebra I material)
• solving linear equations and linear inequalities
• interpreting linear functions
• linear equation word problems
• linear inequality word problems
• graphing linear equations
• linear function problems
• systems of linear inequalities word problems
• solving systems of linear equations
• systems of linear equations word problems

Passport to Higher Math (Algebra II material)
• solving quadratic equations
• interpreting non-linear expressions
• quadratic and exponential word problems
• manipulating quadratic and exponential expressions
• radicals and rational exponents
• radical and rational equations
• operations with rational expressions
• operations with polynomials
• polynomial factors and graphs
• non-linear equation graphs
• linear and quadratic systems
• structure in expressions
• isolating quantities
• function notation

Problem Solving and Data Analysis (Statistics and Probability material)
• ratios, rates and proportions
• percents
• units
• table data
• scatter plots
• key features of graphs
• linear and exponential growth
• data inferences
• center, spread and shape of distribution
• data collection and conclusions

Other Topics (Geometry)
• volume word problems
• right triangle word problems
• congruence and similarity
• right triangle trigonometry
• angles, arc lengths and trig functions
• circle theorems
• circle equations
• complex numbers