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PowerScore SAT Math Bible Study Plan
The following one-month plan will help you prepare for the Math portion of the SAT using The PowerScore
SAT Math Bible and The Official SAT Study Guide. Students who have budgeted more time for study can
break this plan into smaller increments or take time off in between study days. For example, someone who has
two months to prepare can do half of each assignment below per day or he can take every other day off from
studying. If you have any questions during your studies, please do not hesitate to contact us at
[email protected].
Day 1:
• Read Chapter One: Introduction to the SAT (21 pages).
• Focus on “Rethinking the SAT” on pages 15-20.
• Exercise: Create 4 or 5 Power Thought Cards. Using index cards, write positive thinking mantras on each
one. For example, write “I am great at taking the SAT” and “I will do well on the SAT.” Hang these cards in
conspicuous places in your home and bedroom to help you start thinking positively about your abilities and
the test itself.
Day 2:
• Read Chapter Two: The Basics of SAT Math (21 pages).
• On page 44, record the main ideas from the chapter for later review.
• Exercise: Page through The Official SAT Study Guide (“The Blue Book”) and study the length and format
of the three math sections in a practice test.
• Exercise: Visit the SAT Math Bible website (www.powerscore.com/satmathbible) and look through the
Blue Book Database. These documents sort the questions in the Blue Book by subject area, content area,
and difficulty. Familiarize yourself with the Database.
Day 3:
• Read and complete Chapter Three: Operation Mastery (7 pages).
• Check your answers using the key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions you missed and
review their answers. You will return to these questions after completing the book.
Day 4:
• Read and complete pages 61-85 of Chapter Four: Solution Strategies (24 pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers. You will return to these questions after completing the book.
Day 5:
• Read and complete pages 86-106 of Chapter Four: Solution Strategies (20 pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers. You will return to these questions after completing the book.
• Exercise: Print the SAT Math Flash Cards from the SAT Math Bible website.
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Day 6:
• Read and complete pages 119-139 of Chapter Five: Arithmetic Mastery (20 pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers to learn why you missed them.
• Exercise: Visit the Arithmetic Section of The Blue Book Database. Complete all problems for Number
Properties, Remainders, Fractions and Decimals, and Percentages from the Blue Book that occur on pages
379-555. These are the problems from the first three practice tests in the Blue Book. Do not complete the
problems that occur after page 555 because you are saving these sections for timed practice sets.
Day 7:
• Read and complete pages 140-160 of Chapter Five: Arithmetic Mastery (20 pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers to learn why you missed them.
• Exercise: Visit the Arithmetic Section of The Blue Book Database. Complete all problems for Ratios,
Proportions, Rates and Work, Number Lines, and Word Problems from the Blue Book that occur on pages
379-555.
• Begin studying the Arithmetic flash cards.
Day 8:
• Reread Chapter Five: Arithmetic Mastery.
• Exercise: Take three timed math sections from Practice Test 4 in the Blue Book (Section 2 on page 581,
Section 6 on page 593, and Section 9 on page 609). Time yourself and mark where you are when time is
called. Then finish the remainder of the section untimed. Check your answers and review any questions you
missed or answers you correctly guessed. It is imperative that you understand why you struggled with a
question. You can compute your Math score using pages 621-623. Be sure to only count the questions you
completed before time was called. NOTE: For any of the exercises involving timed sections from the Blue
Book, some highly motivated students might consider taking a Full-Length Practice Test, which includes the
Reading and Writing sections. This will help improve stamina and give a more accurate view of a real
testing situation.
• Continue studying your Arithmetic flash cards.
Day 9:
• Read and complete pages 177-203 of Chapter Six: Algebra Mastery (26 pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers to learn why you missed them.
• Exercise: Visit the Algebra Section of The Blue Book Database. Complete all problems for Exponents,
Radicals, Scientific Notation, and Expressions from the Blue Book that occur on pages 379-555.
• Continue studying your flash cards.
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Day 10:
• Read and complete pages 204-221 of Chapter Six: Algebra Mastery (17 pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers to learn why you missed them.
• Exercise: Visit the Algebra Section of The Blue Book Database. Complete all problems for Equations,
System of Equations, Inequalities, and Absolute Value from the Blue Book that occur on pages 379-555.
• Continue studying your flash cards and add those covering Algebra to the stack.
Day 11:
• Reread Chapter Six: Algebra Mastery.
• Exercise: Take three timed math sections from Practice Test 5 in the Blue Book (Section 2 on page 638,
Section 4 on page 650, and Section 8 on page 667). Time yourself and mark where you are when time is
called. Then finish the remainder of the section untimed. Check your answers and review any questions you
missed or answers you correctly guessed. It is imperative that you understand why you struggled with a
question. You can compute your Math score using pages 683-685. Be sure to only count the questions you
completed before time was called.
• Continue studying your Arithmetic and Algebra flash cards.
Day 12:
• Read and complete pages 235-246 of Chapter Seven: Algebra II Mastery (11 pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers to learn why you missed them.
• Exercise: Visit the Algebra II Section of The Blue Book Database. Complete all problems for Quadratic
Equations, Fake Quadratic Equations, and Variation from the Blue Book that occur on pages 379-555.
• Continue studying your flash cards.
Day 13:
• Read and complete pages 247-261 of Chapter Seven: Algebra II Mastery (14 pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers to learn why you missed them.
• Exercise: Visit the Algebra II Section of The Blue Book Database. Complete all problems for Symbolic
Functions and Functions from the Blue Book that occur on pages 379-555.
• Continue studying your flash cards and add those covering Algebra II to the stack.
Day 14:
• Reread Chapter Seven: Algebra II Mastery.
• Exercise: Take three timed math sections from Practice Test 6 in the Blue Book (Section 2 on page 700,
Section 4 on page 712, and Section 8 on page 729). Time yourself and mark where you are when time is
called. Then finish the remainder of the section untimed. Check your answers and review any questions you
missed or answers you correctly guessed. It is imperative that you understand why you struggled with a
question. You can compute your Math score using pages 745-747. Be sure to only count the questions you
completed before time was called.
• Continue studying your Arithmetic, Algebra, and Algebra II flash cards.
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Day 15:
• Read and complete pages 269-287 of Chapter Eight: Geometry Mastery (18 pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers to learn why you missed them.
• Exercise: Visit the Geometry Section of The Blue Book Database. Complete all problems for Lines and
Angles, Basic Triangles, and Similar Triangles from the Blue Book that occur on pages 379-555.
• Continue studying your flash cards.
Day 16:
• Read and complete pages 288-313 of Chapter Eight: Geometry Mastery (25 pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers to learn why you missed them.
• Exercise: Visit the Geometry Section of The Blue Book Database. Complete all problems for Right
Triangles, Equilateral Triangles, Isosceles Triangles, 30:60:90 and 45:45:90 Triangles, Squares, Rectangles,
and Regular Polygons from the Blue Book that occur on pages 379-555.
• Continue studying your flash cards.
Day 17:
• Read and complete pages 314-334 of Chapter Eight: Geometry Mastery (20 pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers to learn why you missed them.
• Exercise: Visit the Geometry Section of The Blue Book Database. Complete all problems for Circles,
Solids, and Geometric Perception from the Blue Book that occur on pages 379-555.
• Continue studying your flash cards and add those covering Geometry to the stack.
Day 18:
• Reread Chapter Eight: Geometry Mastery.
• Exercise: Take three timed math sections from Practice Test 7 in the Blue Book (Section 3 on page 768,
Section 7 on page 785, and Section 9 on page 795). Time yourself and mark where you are when time is
called. Then finish the remainder of the section untimed. Check your answers and review any questions you
missed or answers you correctly guessed. It is imperative that you understand why you struggled with a
question. You can compute your Math score using pages 807-809. Be sure to only count the questions you
completed before time was called.
• Continue studying your Arithmetic, Algebra, Algebra II, and Geometry flash cards.
Day 19:
• Read and complete pages 355-372 of Chapter Nine: Coordinate Geometry Mastery (17 pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers to learn why you missed them.
• Exercise: Visit the Coordinate Geometry Section of The Blue Book Database. Complete all problems for
General Lines, Slope, Perpendicular Lines, and Figure in Coordinate Geometry from the Blue Book that
occur on pages 379-555.
• Continue studying your flash cards.
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Day 20:
• Read and complete pages 373-387 of Chapter Nine: Coordinate Geometry Mastery (15 pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers to learn why you missed them.
• Exercise: Visit the Coordinate Geometry Section of The Blue Book Database. Complete all problems for
Parabolas, Functions in Coordinate Geometry, and Transformations from the Blue Book that occur on pages
379-555.
• Continue studying your flash cards and add those covering Coordinate Geometry to the stack.
Day 21:
• Reread Chapter Nine: Coordinate Geometry Mastery.
• Exercise: Take three timed math sections from Practice Test 8 in the Blue Book (Section 3 on page 830,
Section 7 on page 847, and Section 9 on page 857). Time yourself and mark where you are when time is
called. Then finish the remainder of the section untimed. Check your answers and review any questions you
missed or answers you correctly guessed. It is imperative that you understand why you struggled with a
question. You can compute your Math score using pages 869-871. Be sure to only count the questions you
completed before time was called.
• Continue studying your Arithmetic, Algebra, Algebra II, Geometry, and Coordinate Geometry flash cards.
Day 22:
• Read and complete pages 397-417 of Chapter Ten: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability Mastery (20
pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers to learn why you missed them.
• Exercise: Visit the Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability Section of The Blue Book Database. Complete
all problems for Data Analysis, Average, Median, and Mode from the Blue Book that occur on pages 379555.
• Continue studying your flash cards.
Day 23:
• Read and complete pages 418-435 of Chapter Ten: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability Mastery (17
pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers to learn why you missed them.
• Exercise: Visit the Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability Section of The Blue Book Database. Complete
all problems for Counting Problems, Permutations, Combinations, and Probability from the Blue Book that
occur on pages 379-555.
• Continue studying your flash cards.
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Day 24:
• Read and complete pages 436-449 of Chapter Ten: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability Mastery (13
pages).
• Check your answers using the answer key at the end of the chapter. Highlight any of the questions that you
missed and review their answers to learn why you missed them.
• Exercise: Visit the Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability Section of The Blue Book Database. Complete
all problems for Sequences and Logical Reasoning from the Blue Book that occur on pages 379-555.
• Continue studying your flash cards and add those covering Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability to the
stack.
Day 25:
• Reread Chapter Ten: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability Mastery.
• Exercise: Take three timed math sections from Practice Test 9 in the Blue Book (Section 2 on page 886,
Section 5 on page 903, and Section 8 on page 915). Time yourself and mark where you are when time is
called. Then finish the remainder of the section untimed. Check your answers and review any questions you
missed or answers you correctly guessed. It is imperative that you understand why you struggled with a
question. You can compute your Math score using pages 931-933. Be sure to only count the questions you
completed before time was called.
• Continue studying your Arithmetic, Algebra, Algebra II, Geometry, Coordinate Geometry, and Data
Analysis, Statistics, and Probability flash cards.
Day 26:
• Reread pages 15-20.
• Reread Chapter Three: Operation Mastery. Return to any highlighted questions that you missed on Day 3
and complete them again.
• Reread Chapter Four: Solution Strategies. Return to any highlighted questions that you missed on Day 4 and
Day 5 and complete them again.
• Read pages 465-469 of Chapter Eleven: Test Readiness (4 pages)
• Continue studying your flash cards.
Day 27:
• Review Chapters Five, Six, and Seven (Arithmetic, Algebra, and Algebra II). If you find a problem area,
such as Percentages, use the Blue Book Database to find questions involving Percentages to review from
your previously timed sections.
• Continue studying your flash cards.
Day 28:
• Review Chapters Eight, Nine, and Ten (Geometry, Coordinate Geometry, and Data Analysis, Statistics, and
Probability). If you find a problem area, such as Slope, use the Blue Book Database to find questions
involving Slope to review from your previously timed sections.
• Continue studying your flash cards.
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Day 29:
• Exercise: Take a Full-Length Practice SAT (Practice Test 10 in the Blue Book on page 937). Time yourself
and for all 9 sections. Compute your score using the guide on pages 991-997 and then review any questions
you missed or answers you correctly guessed. It is imperative that you understand why you struggled with a
question.
Day 30:
• Take a break! Under no circumstances should you study the day before the SAT. Cramming the day before
the SAT can cause fatigue and poor performance.
• Eat a healthy dinner rich in complex carbohydrates.
• Get a good night’s sleep. Aim for at least 8 hours of shut-eye in order to reach your full potential on test
day. Good luck!
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