SAT Math: Numbers and Operations

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Learn about square roots and other forms of number operations with over 10 engaging video lessons on concepts you may be tested over on the SAT. Not sure if you understand it all? Check your understanding with lesson quizzes and a chapter exam to make sure your ready for the SAT.

You'll find questions related to many numbers and operations concepts on your SAT. Our video lessons help you review for the following topic areas:

Working with whole numbers
Solving word problems
Reading number lines
Using fractions
Working with radicals
Finding prime factorizations
Working with decimals and scientific notation
Finding the greatest common factor
Working with proportions and ratios
Defining and using mathematical and arithmetic sequences
Using percents
Finding least common multiples
Calculating an arithmetic series
Understanding mathematical sets: elements, unions and intersections
Using logic and critical thinking in math

Work your way through the short, video lessons. Then take the quizzes for self-assessment. Go back and revisit any necessary topics. You'll know when you're ready for your SAT.

SAT Math Objectives

You'll complete 58 questions in the math section of the SAT. The following topics appear on the SAT and address numbers and operations concepts:

Rational numbers
Sets (elements, intersections and unions)
Word problems (including ratio, percent and proportion)
Techniques for counting
Integer properties (including odd, even, prime and divisibility)
Elementary number theory
Series and sequences

Your review with our engaging video lessons will help you master the topics listed above. These topics compose 20% to 25% of the SAT math test. Make sure that you complete the quick quizzes to find out any areas that might need more attention.

You won't need to memorize formulas for the test, because your booklet contains those necessary for problem completion. You may want to use a calculator on some of the questions. Check the SAT student site for the details about approved models.

Your math score will range on a scale from 200-800. If you earn around a 500, you'll know that you've scored around the national average.

13 Lessons in Chapter 23: SAT Math: Numbers and Operations

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1. Radicands and Radical Expressions

It's easy to see that funky radical symbol and panic just a little bit. There are so many rules that go along with it, it's hard to keep up with them all. This lesson will help by describing what you should do when you are faced with a square root.

2. Roots and Powers of Algebraic Expressions

In this lesson, you'll learn about some common mistakes that students make when working with roots and powers of algebraic expressions on the SAT and how to make sure you don't fall into the same trap.

3. Simplifying Square Roots of Powers in Radical Expressions

Simplifying radical expressions that contain powers can be tricky. There are a few simple rules that will help you perform these simplifications with ease. This lesson will teach you how.

4. Simplify Square Roots of Quotients

The quotient rule can be used to simplify square roots of quotients. This lesson will define the quotient rule and show you how it is used to simplify square roots.

5. Solving Radical Equations: Steps and Examples

Solving radical equations is not any more difficult than solving other algebraic equations. This lesson will show you how to solve equations containing a square root and give some real-world examples.

6. Scientific Notation: Definition and Examples

Scientific notation is a special way of writing numbers so they are easier to work with. This lesson will define scientific notations and show some examples of how to convert numbers from standard notation to scientific notation and back.

7. How to Find the Greatest Common Factor

If the factors of a number are the different numbers that you can multiply together to get that original number, then the greatest common factor of two numbers is just the biggest one that both have in common. See some examples of what I'm talking about here!

8. How to Find the Prime Factorization of a Number

The prime factorization of a number involves breaking that number down to its smallest parts. This lesson will show you two different ways to discover the prime factorization of any number.

9. How to Find the Least Common Multiple

The least common multiple of two numbers is the smallest number that can be divided evenly by your two original numbers. See some examples of what I'm talking about here!

10. Percents: Definition, Application & Examples

Maybe you know that 95% is an A and 75% is a C. But what do those percents really mean? In this lesson, we'll learn about percents, including how to convert them to fractions and decimals.

11. Solve Problems Using Percents

Percents are your friend. Think of all the cool things percents do for you. They save you money, and they tell you how well you are doing in school. Learn how you can solve problems with percents in this video lesson.

12. How to Add, Subtract and Multiply Complex Numbers

Knowing that complex numbers exist is the first step. But that knowledge alone won't help you do much with them. Learn the basics of complex number addition, subtraction and multiplication here!

13. How to Divide Complex Numbers

While adding, subtracting and multiplying complex numbers is pretty straightforward, dividing them can be pretty tricky. It comes down to the process of multiplying by the complex conjugate. Learn about what that is, and how to do it, here.

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