Philip MartinMay 192 minACT Math and "Picking Numbers"As one of the three or four ACT Math Mini-strategies, Picking Numbers is an extremely valuable tool for any student looking to take the ACT.
Philip MartinFeb 203 min"Illustrative figures are NOT necessarily drawn to scale..."Hopefully, students have been taught or intuitively know that reading the directions prior to any ACT test is a waste of time. There is...
Philip MartinDec 10, 20203 minBacksolving - The Math Multiple Choice AdvantageWhen I took Calculus I in college, I encountered something I had never seen: a multiple choice math test. The teacher gave us four answer...
Philip MartinNov 17, 20202 minACT Math Strategy - Eliminate the 5-minute Panic!If you’ve taken the ACT, you are probably familiar with the panic. You coast along through the first 20 to 30 problems thinking, “Not as...