Introduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with the SAT 5 CHAPTER 1: What to Expect with the SAT 7 CHAPTER 2: Strategies for Success 15 Part 2: Clinching the SAT Reading and Writing Section 21 CHAPTER 3: Reaching Your Best SAT Reading and Writing Score 23 CHAPTER 4: Filling in the Blanks: Craft and Structure Questions 29 CHAPTER 5: Thinking Critically: Information and Ideas Questions 45 CHAPTER 6: Keeping It Real: Standard English Conventions Questions 61 CHAPTER 7: Creating a Connection: Expression of Ideas Questions 77 Part 3: Mastering the SAT Math Section 87 CHAPTER 8: Pulling Off Your Best Math Score 89 CHAPTER 9: Simplifying Numbers and Operations 93 CHAPTER 10: Solving Algebra and Functions 113 CHAPTER 11: Shaping Up Geometry and Trigonometry 151 CHAPTER 12: Measuring Statistics and Probability 179 Part 4: It's All You: Acing the SAT Practice Exams 189 CHAPTER 13: Practice Exam 1 191 CHAPTER 14: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations 223 CHAPTER 15: Practice Exam 2 241 CHAPTER 16: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations 271 CHAPTER 17: How Did You Do? Scoring Your Practice SAT 289 Part 5: The Part of Tens 295 CHAPTER 18: Ten or so Mistakes That Others Make That You Won't 297 CHAPTER 19: Ten Ways to Get the Most from Practice SATs 303 Index 309.