Maths study guides
MA-MCAS Β· Massachusetts MCAS Β· aligned to MA DESE.
- Grade 10 Math MCAS: a complete guide to exam strategy
A deep-dive Grade 10 Math MCAS guide to exam strategy. Covers using the reference sheet and calculator, the no-calculator session, earning constructed-response credit, handling technology-enhanced and multiple-select items, estimation and checking, and time management, plus the four achievement levels and the post-Question-2 stakes.
π 15 min readMA-MATH-FRAMEWORK-2017 - Grade 10 Math MCAS: a complete guide to the Algebra and Expressions category
A deep-dive Grade 10 Math MCAS guide to the Algebra category. Covers reading and rewriting expressions, polynomial arithmetic and complete factoring, linear equations and inequalities with the sign-flip rule, systems by substitution and elimination, solving quadratics three ways, and creating equations from context, with the rubric-based technique the MCAS rewards.
π 16 min readA-SSE, A-APR, A-CED, A-REI - Grade 10 Math MCAS: a complete guide to the Functions category
A deep-dive Grade 10 Math MCAS guide to the Functions category. Covers function notation and key features, linear functions and slope, quadratic graphs and the vertex, exponential growth and decay, comparing functions across representations, and transformations, with the rate-of-change and graph-reading technique the MCAS rewards.
π 16 min readF-IF, F-BF, F-LE - Grade 10 Math MCAS: a complete guide to the Geometry category
A deep-dive Grade 10 Math MCAS guide to the Geometry category. Covers congruence through rigid motions, similarity and dilations, right triangle trigonometry, circles and arcs, coordinate geometry with the distance and midpoint formulas, and volume and surface area, with the reference sheet formulas and the reasoning the MCAS rewards.
π 16 min readG-CO, G-SRT, G-C, G-GPE, G-GMD - Grade 10 Math MCAS: a complete guide to the Number and Quantity category
A deep-dive Grade 10 Math MCAS guide to the Number and Quantity category. Covers classifying rational and irrational numbers, the laws of exponents with zero and negative powers, simplifying radicals and rational exponents, unit analysis and precision, and proportional reasoning with percent change, plus the no-calculator skills the MCAS rewards.
π 14 min readN-RN, N-Q - Grade 10 Math MCAS: a complete guide to the Statistics and Probability category
A deep-dive Grade 10 Math MCAS guide to the Statistics and Probability category. Covers center and spread for one-variable data, reading scatterplots and two-way tables, the line of best fit and correlation, the probability rules, and interpreting statistics critically, with the reasoning and outlier-awareness the MCAS rewards.
π 15 min readS-ID, S-IC, S-CP