English

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Mathematics

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1.Pre-Algebra(23%)

2.Elementary Algebra(17%)

3.Intermediate Algebra(15%)

4.Coordinate Geometry(15%)

5.Plane Geometry(23%)

6.Trigonometry(7%)

1. Based on basic operations using whole numbers,

decimals, fractions, and integers; place value;

square roots and approximations; the concept of exponents;scientific notation; factors; ratio, proportion,

and percent;linear equations in one variable; absolute

value and ordering numbers by value; elementary

counting techniques and simple probability; data

collection, representation, and interpretation;and

understanding simple descriptive statistics.

2. Based on properties of exponents and square roots,

evaluation of algebraic expressions through substitution,

using variables to express functional relationships,

understanding algebraic operations,and the solution

of quadratic equations by factoring

3. Based on an understanding of the quadratic formula, rational

and radical expressions, absolute value equations and

inequalities, sequences and patterns, systems of equations,

quadratic inequalities, functions, modeling, matrices, roots of

polynomials, and complex numbers.

4.Based on graphing and the relations between equations and

graphs, including points, lines, polynomials, circles, and other

curves; graphing inequalities; slope; parallel and

perpendicular lines; distance; midpoints; and conics.

5.Based on the properties and relations of plane figures,

including angles and relations among perpendicular and

parallel lines; properties of circles, triangles, rectangles,

parallelograms, and trapezoids; transformations; the concept

of proof and proof techniques; volume; and applications of

geometry to three dimensions.

6.Based on understanding trigonometric relations in right

triangles; values and properties of trigonometric functions;

graphing trigonometric functions; modeling using trigonometric

functions; use of trigonometric identities; and solving

trigonometric equations.

Reading

1.Social Studies (25%)

2.Natural Sciences (25%)

3.Prose Fiction (25%)

4.Humanities (25%)

1.Based on passages in the content areas of anthropology,

archaeology, biography, business, economics, education,

geography, history, political science, psychology, and

sociology.

2.Based on passages in the content areas of anatomy,

astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, ecology, geology,

medicine, meteorology, microbiology, natural history,

physiology, physics, technology, and zoology.

3.Based on intact short stories or excerpts from short stories

or novels.

4.Based on passages from memoirs and personal essays

and in the content areas of architecture, art, dance, ethics,

film, language, literary criticism, music, philosophy, radio,

television, and theater.

1.Data Representation (38%)

2.Research Summaries (45%)

3.Conflicting Viewpoints (17%)

1.Presents graphic and tabular material similar to that found

in science journals and texts. The questions associated with

this format measure skills such as graph reading, interpretation

of scatterplots, and interpretation of information presented in

tables, diagrams, and figures.

2. Provides descriptions of one or more related experiments.

The questions focus on the design of experiments and the

interpretation of experimental results.

3.Presents expressions of several hypotheses or views that,

being based on differing premises or on incomplete data,

are inconsistent with one another. The questions focus on

the understanding, analysis, and comparison of alternative

viewpoints or