McGraw Hill New York City SHSAT, Fourth Edition

by Drew D. Johnson

Overview

Complete preparation for the revised New York City’s Specialized High School Admission Test

If you’re applying to get into one of New York City’s highly selective specialized high schools, you’ll get the competitive edge you need with McGraw Hill New York City SHSAT, Fourth Edition. This test is required for students applying to the Bronx High School of Science, the Brooklyn Latin School, Brooklyn Technical High School, High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College, High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, Staten Island Technical School, and Stuyvesant High School.

McGraw Hill New York City SHSAT, Fourth Edition offers the most comprehensive preparation available, with complete information about the revised SHSAT, an intensive review of all topics, and three full-length practice tests.

Features:

• FULLY UPDATED for the latest exam requirements: all answer choices feature the updated four (rather than five) answer choices to match the latest test format
• 3 full-length practice tests
• Comprehensive review and practice for the new Revising/Editing in the English Language Arts section
• Grammar and Mechanics chapter with specific grammar rules typically covered by SHSAT
• Extensive practice for “grid-in” Math questions
• 300-question diagnostic test to help focus your preparation
• Review of all English Language Arts and Mathematics topics, including reading, arithmetic, algebra, probability, statistics, and geometry
• Special chapter focusing on math for 9th-grade test takers

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781264285754
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	04/29/2022
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	199,410
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Drew Johnson has more than 20 years’ experience writing and editing test-prep guides for America’s leading educational publishers.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Getting Started

Chapter 1 All About the Specialized High School Admissions Test 3

Taking the Test 3

What to Expect on the SHSAT 4

Ranking Schools 5

Test Day 5

Test Scores 5

Preparing for the Test 6

Chapter 2 SHSAT Test-Taking Strategies 7

Preparing for the Test 7

Things to Remember on Test Day 9

Tips for Taking the Test 9

Let's Review! 13

A Final Thought 14

Part 2 SHSAT Diagnostic Test

Chapter 3 Diagnostic Test with Answers 17

Part 1-English Language Arts 19

Part 2-Mathematics 37

Diagnostic Test Answer Key 47

Explanation of Answers-ELA Section 49

Explanation of Answers-Mathematics Section 57

Part 3 SHSAT Topic Reviews

Chapter 4 Revising/Editing Questions 67

Organization 67

Question Types 68

Shifting Sentences Around 69

Chapter 5 Grammar and Mechanics 73

Modifiers 73

Verbs 74

Pronoun Error 75

Dealing with Mechanics 76

Commas 76

More Commas 78

Apostrophes 79

Chapter 6 Reading Comprehension 81

Main Idea and Supporting Details 82

Fact and Opinion 83

Inferences 85

Drawing Conclusions 86

Context Clues 87

Multiple-Meaning Words 88

Summarizing 89

Synthesis 90

Organizational Structure 91

You Try It! 94

Let's Review! 97

Chapter 7 Arithmetic 99

Number Sense 99

Operations 101

Multiplication 103

Exponents (Grade 9 Test Only) 107

Roots (Grade 9 Test Only) 107

Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Decimals 110

Percentages 112

Ratios and Proportions 113

You Try It! 114

Let's Review! 116

Chapter 8 Algebra 119

Variables 119

Solving Algebraic Equations 120

Monomials and Polynomials (Grade 9 Test Only) 123

Solving Inequalities 125

Writing Algebraic Equations 127

You Try It! 130

Let's Review! 133

Chapter 9 Geometry 135

Lines and Angles 135

Two-Dimensional Figures 140

Three-Dimensional Figures 150

Coordinate Planes 153

Transformations (Grade 9 Test Only) 154

You Try It! 157

Let's Review! 158

Chapter 10 Probability and Statistics 161

Central Tendency 161

Determining Probability 164

Expressing Probability 165

Solving Problems Involving Probability 167

You Try It! 170

Let's Review! 173

Part 4 SHSAT Practice Tests

Chapter 11 SHSAT Practice Test 1 177

Part 1-English Language Arts 179

Part 2-Mathematics 197

Test 1 Answer Key 207

Explanation of Answers-ELA Section 209

Explanation of Answers-Mathematics Section 217

Chapter 12 SHSAT Practice Test 2 225

Part 1-English Language Arts 227

Part 2-Mathematics 245

Test 2 Answer Key 255

Explanation of Answers-ELA Section 257

Explanation of Answers-Mathematics Section 265

Chapter 13 Grade 9 SHSAT Mathematics Practice Problems 273

Grade 9 Mathematics Answer Key 279

Explanation of Answers-Grade 9 Mathematics 280