Maths study guides

A deep-dive B.E.S.T. Algebra 1 EOC guide to data analysis (MA.912.DP): dot plots, histograms, and box plots and distribution shape, center and spread with outliers, two-way frequency tables, scatter plots and lines of fit, and correlation versus causation. Part of the Statistics and Number System category, very gettable points.

A deep-dive B.E.S.T. Algebra 1 EOC guide to exponential and nonlinear functions: growth and decay models (MA.912.AR.5), graphing exponentials and their asymptotes, distinguishing linear, quadratic, and exponential families, and square-root, cube-root, and piecewise functions. The models are not on the reference sheet, so memorize them.

A deep-dive B.E.S.T. Algebra 1 EOC guide to functions (MA.912.F): function notation, domain and range, key features of graphs, average rate of change, transformations, and comparing functions across representations. The Functions and Modeling reporting category is about 40 percent of the test, so this is core.

A deep-dive B.E.S.T. Algebra 1 EOC guide to the Algebra and Modeling category (about 41 percent of the test): solving linear equations and inequalities, writing and graphing linear functions, absolute-value equations and inequalities, and systems of linear equations and inequalities. The largest and most reliable block of points.

A deep-dive B.E.S.T. Algebra 1 EOC guide to number sense and expressions: the laws of exponents and rational exponents (MA.912.NSO.1), adding, subtracting, multiplying, and factoring polynomials (MA.912.AR.1), rewriting expressions in equivalent forms, and arithmetic and geometric sequences. The foundation skills the Algebra and Statistics-and-Number-System categories rest on.

A deep-dive B.E.S.T. Algebra 1 EOC guide to quadratic functions and equations (MA.912.AR.3): graphing parabolas and key features, the three forms, solving by factoring, square roots, completing the square, and the quadratic formula, the discriminant, and applications. Where the higher achievement levels are won.