The document provides 16 tactics for solving math problems including drawing diagrams, trusting diagrams drawn to scale, redrawing diagrams, adding lines, testing choices other than A, replacing variables with numbers, eliminating absurd choices, subtracting to find shaded regions, and not doing more work than necessary. It also lists 16 key facts about math concepts like positive and negative numbers, factors and multiples, prime factorization, exponents, and the meanings of English words used in math problems.
The document provides 16 tactics for solving math problems including drawing diagrams, trusting diagrams drawn to scale, redrawing diagrams, adding lines, testing choices other than A, replacing variables with numbers, eliminating absurd choices, subtracting to find shaded regions, and not doing more work than necessary. It also lists 16 key facts about math concepts like positive and negative numbers, factors and multiples, prime factorization, exponents, and the meanings of English words used in math problems.
The document provides 16 tactics for solving math problems including drawing diagrams, trusting diagrams drawn to scale, redrawing diagrams, adding lines, testing choices other than A, replacing variables with numbers, eliminating absurd choices, subtracting to find shaded regions, and not doing more work than necessary. It also lists 16 key facts about math concepts like positive and negative numbers, factors and multiples, prime factorization, exponents, and the meanings of English words used in math problems.
Tactic 2: If a diagram has been drawn to scale, trust it (unless it says Note: figure not drawn to scale) Tactic 3: If a diagram has been drawn to scale, redraw it Tactic 4: Add a line to a diagram Tactic 5: Test the Choices Starting with B or C Tactic 6: Replace Variables with Numbers Tactic 7: Choose an Appropriate Number Tactic 8: Eliminate Absurd Choices, and Guess Tactic 9: Subtract to Find Shaded Regions Tactic 10: Don’t Do More Than You Have To Tactic 11: Pay Attention to Units Tactic 12: Use Your Calculator Tactic 13: Know When Not to Use Your Calculator Tactic 14: Systematically Make a List Tactic 15: Trust All Grids and Charts Tactic 16: Add Equations
Reviewing Mathematics
Key Fact A1:
For any number a, exactly one of the following is true: a is negative a=0 a is positive
Key Fact A2:
For any number a and a positive b: a =b a=b or a = -b <b -b< a< b >b a< -b or a > b
Key Fact A3:
For any number a: a x 0= o. Conversely, if the product of two or more numbers is 0, at least one of them must be 0. If ab= 0, then a= 0 or b= 0 If xyz= 0, then x= 0 or y= 0 or z= 0
Key Fact A4:
The product and quotient of two positive numbers or two negative numbers are positive; the product and quotient of a positive number and a negative number is negative.
Key Fact A5:
The product of an even number of negative factors is positive The product of an odd number of negative factors is odd Key Fact A6: The reciprocal of any nonzero number a is The product of any number and its reciprocal is 1.
Key Fact A7:
The sum of two positive numbers is positive The sum of two negative numbers is negative To find the sum of a positive and negative number, find the difference of their absolute values and use the sign of the number with the larger absolute value
Key Fact A8:
The sum of any number and its opposite is 0.
Key Fact A9:
To subtract signed numbers, change the problem to an addition problem by changing the sign (KCC).
Key Fact A10:
Every integer has a finite set of factors (or divisors) and an infinite set of multiples Ex: 2, 3,4,5,7,11,13,17
Key Fact A11:
Every integer greater than one that is not a prime can be written as a product of primes.
Key Fact A12:
The product of the GCF and LCM of two numbers is equal to the product of the two numbers
Key Fact A13:
To find the GCF and LCM of two or more integers, first get their prime factorization
Key Fact A14:
For any number b: b =b
For any number b and integer n>1: b =b x b….where b is used as a factor n times
Key Fact A15:
For any numbers b and c and positive integers m and n: bm= b b (b ) =b b c = (bc) b c
Key Fact A16:
For any positive number n: 0 =0 If a is positive, a is positive If a is negative a is positive if n is even, and negative if n is odd
English Words Mathematical Meaning Symbol
Is, was, will be, had, has, will Equals = have, is equal to, is the same as
Plus, more than, increased Addition +
by, added to, exceeds, received, got older than, farther than, greater than
Minus, fewer, less than, Subtraction -
difference, decreased by, subtracted from, younger than, gave, lost
Times, of product, multiplied Multiplication x
by
Divided by, quotient, per, for Division
More than, greater than Inequality >
At Least Inequality >
Fewer than, less than Inequality <
At most Inequality <
What, how many, etc. Unknown Variable X (or some other variable)
A PAIR CORRELATION PROBLEM, AND COUNTING LATTICE POINTS WITH THE ZETA FUNCTION CHRISTOPH AISTLEITNER, DANIEL EL-BAZ, MARC MUNSCH-Technau-Rudnick-Sarnak