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Acknowledgments
The Princeton Review would like to offer effusive thanks to Melissa Hendrix for her substantial contributions to this book. We also thank Mark Cooper, Clarissa Constantine, Anne Morrow, Nick Owens, Rebecca Scott, and Debbie Silvestrini for their contributions, as well as the staff and students of The Princeton Review. David Stoll, National Content Director, SSAT and ISEE
Contents
Part I
So, You Want to Improve Your Score!
GETTING STARTED: YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR EXPECTATIONS
Your route to a higher score on the SSAT or ISEE depends a lot on how you plan to use this book and its companion book
Cracking the SSAT & ISEE. Making your game plan starts with knowing where you are and where you want to go. 1. Which test do you plan to take? (A) The SSAT (B) The ISEE (C) Both (D) I am uh what?
2.
How many questions are you able answer correctly with respect to each of the following areas?
Synonyms (A) Lots! I can do it in my sleep. (B) Some, but I should do better. (C) Ive got issues, dude! (D) Uh what? Analogies (A) Lots! I can do it in my sleep. (B) Some, but I should do better. (C) Ive got issues, dude! (D) Uh what? (E) As if! I am taking the ISEE. (B) Some, but I should do better. (C) Ive got issues, dude! (D) Uh what? (E) As if! I am taking the SSAT. (C) Ive got issues, dude! (D) Uh what? (E) As if! I am taking the SSAT.
Numbers and Operations (fractions, decimals, percents, exponents, factors, multiples, and other math functions) (A) Lots! I can do it in my sleep. (B) Some, but I should do better. (C) Ive got issues, dude! (D) Uh what? Algebra (solving for x, inequalities) (A) Lots! I can do it in my sleep. (B) Some, but I should do better. (C) Ive got issues, dude! (D) Uh what? Geometry (triangles, quadrilaterals, circles, visual perception, and other geometric principles) (A) Lots! I can do it in my sleep. (C) Ive got issues, dude! (D) Uh what? Reading and Interpreting Data (mean, median, mode, range, probability, reading charts and graphs) (A) Lots! I can do it in my sleep. (B) Some, but I should do better. (C) Ive got issues, dude! (D) Uh what? Quantitative Comparisons (A) Lots! I can do it in my sleep. (B) Some, but I should do better. (C) Ive got issues, dude! (D) Uh what? (E) As if! I am taking the SSAT. (C) Ive got issues, dude! (D) Uh what? (E) As if! I am taking the SSAT.
Reading Passages (A) Lots! I can do it in my sleep. (B) Some, but I should do better. (C) Ive got issues, dude! (D) Uh what?
3. How do you expect to use this book? Circle all that apply to you. (A) I want to make sure I know content. (C) I want to make sure I know content and effective strategies. (D) I am not sure yet.
YOUR GUIDE TO GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THIS BOOK
This book is designed to provide practice questions across as manyor as fewsubject areas as is appropriate to help you improve your score.
YOUR GUIDE TO GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THIS BOOK
This book is designed to provide practice questions across as manyor as fewsubject areas as is appropriate to help you improve your score.
Read on to find out how to get the most out of this book based on your answers to the questions above.
Answer and Explanations
The answers and explanations in this book are designed with the following goals:
- to provide you a clear academic explanation for the correct answerthe way Your Teacher would do it
- where applicable, to provide you an alternative, strategic approach for answering the question correctlythe way The Princeton Review would do it
Almost all explanations begin with the academic explanation, indicated by the books icon.
| The books icon indicates Your Teachers Way. |
If The Princeton Review has a different, more strategic way to answer a question correctly, a second explanation will be given, indicated by the chess icon.
| The chess icon indicates The Princeton Reviews Way! |
For a small number of questions, the only way to arrive at a solution is through strategy, so only the chess icon is shown.
Your Study Plan
- If you have never taken a real or practice SSAT or ISEE beforeorif you answered Uh what? to most or all questions above, do the following:
- Take a practice test in SSAT, ISEE, or bothfrom the back of this book or Cracking the SSAT & ISEE.
- Count how many questions you missed using the categories above.
- Based on your subject-specific self-assessment, select the drills you will do. For each topic,