SAT MATH TOPICS: HEART OF ALGEBRA

Translate a word problem into an expression, equation, or inequality.

Solve a linear equation or inequality with one variable (including absolute
values).
Solve a system of linear equations or inequalities with two variables.
Interpret a linear equation, expression, or inequality in context.
Understand how a linear graph relates to an equation or system of equations or
inequalities.
SAT MATH TOPICS: PROBLEM SOLVING AND DATA ANALYSIS
Use ratios, rates, and proportions to solve a problem.
Use percentages to solve a problem.
Perform unit conversions.
Predict a line or curve of best fit for a scatterplot.
Understand the difference between linear and exponential growth.
Calculate probabilities from data.
Calculate mean, median, mode, and range of data, and understand how these, along
with standard deviation, affect the shape, center, and spread of data.
Make and justify statistical inferences from data (little to no statistical
calculation required).
SAT MATH TOPICS: PASSPORT TO ADVANCED MATH
Use a quadratic or exponential function to model a real-life context.
Simplify an expression with exponents.
Manipulate and interpret a nonlinear expression in its context.
Isolate a variable in a nonlinear equation.
Solve a quadratic equation (via factoring, completing the square, and quadratic
formula).
Perform operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) with
polynomial expressions.
Solve an equation containing variables in the denominator.
Solve a system of equations consisting of a quadratic and linear equation.
Know how the zeros and factors of a polynomial relate to one another and to the
polynomial’s graph.
Know how a nonlinear graph relates to an equation or system of nonlinear equations.
Understand function notation and how transformations/compositions are performed in
this notation.
SAT MATH TOPICS: ADDITIONAL TOPICS
Use volume and area formulas (provided on test).
Solve for missing information when parallel lines are cut by a transversal or when
similar/congruent triangles are provided.
Solve a right triangle using the Pythagorean theorem or trigonometric ratios (sine,
cosine, tangent).
Use the relationship between similar triangles, trigonometric ratios, and right
triangles.
Calculate missing values in a circle (arc lengths, angle measures, chord lengths,
sector areas).
Convert between degree and radian measures.
Find and interpret the standard form for the equation of a circle in the coordinate
plane.
Perform operations between complex numbers.