Final Exam
The final covers everything from the first two tests plus sections 10.2 and 10.3.
Make sure that, among other study
activities, you look through your homework, the quizzes, AND ESPECIALLY THE FIRST TWO TESTS.
Focus on
the big ideas and concepts though I will expect you to know some of the
more important vocabulary.
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disclaimer: You're responsible for everything we've covered whether or
not it shows up in this study guide.
I recommend that you look through the two previous study guides.
They're still online. The final exam will be slightly
longer than the first two tests but you'll have a full two
hours to finish it. Somewhere between a third and a half of the
questions will be about sections 10.2 and 10.3... it's hard to tell
because some of the questions have multiple parts and combine aspects
of multiple sections. Anyway, make sure you understand sections 10.2 and 10.3!!!!
10.2 and 10.3: Understand
perimeter, area, surface area, volume, the units
associated with each. Area is counting squares and volume is
counting cubes and length is counting "sticks". You won't need to
memorize any
overly-specialized formulas but you should know how to find perimeter
without a formula, circumference, area of circle, area of rectangles,
parallelograms, triangles, volume/surface area of prisms, cylinders,
pyramids, cones. You won't need to memorize formulas for spheres.
If you know these things you should be able to
figure out other areas, volumes, etc. For example, you can find
the formula for the area of a trapezoid by using the formulas for the
area of rectangles and triangles. There is not a simple
relationship between the perimeter of a 2-D shape and its area.
Likewise, there is not a simple relationship between the surface
area of a 3-D shape and its volume.
As for the rest of the test... okay, so there's a lot of material on
those first two study guides. I'm not going to ask you anything
too specific that would require you to have memorized something.
Here are some notes to help you focus (I still recommend going
through all of the study guides though... but then again I also
recommend doing every problem in the book). In general, you're in
good shape if the first two tests make sense to you. Here are
some thoughts that may help you figure out what not to prioritize in
your studying:
- You must know how to interpret the different ways to represent data but I won't ask to graph anything (Ch 7).
- Understand the big ideas of probability...probability as ratio,
when and why we multiply probability, when and why we add
probabilities. Look at the homework from section 7.3 (not #32
though). I won't ask you questions where you'll need to know the
permutation and combination formulas though you should understand these
things as ways to count.
- Know about classifying shapes, general attributes we consider
when classifying shapes, etc. but you don't need to dwell on all the
definitions in the book. You should know the vocabulary that is
on the bottom of the Test 2 study guide.
There's gonna be some problems that look familiar and there's gonna be
some that you'll need to think about but I hope there won't be
anything that makes you say, "I wish I would've memorized more stuff."
Make sure you understand the material from 10.2 and 10.3
(essential!)... then make sure the first two tests make sense to you
(essential!)... then prioritize your studying as you see fit (essential
but lower priority)..
Good luck.