{"id":"study-sat-math-formulas-not-given","audience":"high-school","category":"studying","technique":"context","track":"study","title":"Make a formula sheet of only what the SAT doesn't give you","free":false,"task":"The SAT gives you a reference sheet, so you only want to memorize the formulas that aren't on it. Get exactly 5 numbered lines in the form 'Name: formula', plain text, nothing else. Use only formulas from your tutor's list that are marked NOT on the reference sheet, and use her corrected slope formula.","materialLabel":"Your tutor's formula list (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"SAT MATH - Tutor session 6 - Ms. Adeyemi - \"What to memorize\"\n\nON the reference sheet (don't waste time memorizing):\n- Area of a circle: A = πr²\n- Circumference: C = 2πr\n- Area of a triangle: A = ½bh\n- Pythagorean theorem: a² + b² = c²\n- Volume of a cylinder: V = πr²h\n\nNOT on the reference sheet (MEMORIZE):\n- Slope: I wrote m = (x2 - x1) / (y2 - y1)\n   ** Ms. A: Backwards! Slope = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1). Rise over run. **\n- Slope-intercept form: y = mx + b\n- Quadratic formula: x = (-b ± √(b² - 4ac)) / 2a\n- Percent change: (new - old) / old x 100\n- Distance = rate x time\n- Average = sum / number of items\n\nMs. A: \"Pick the 5 you'll use most: slope, slope-intercept, quadratic formula, percent change, average. Distance-rate-time you can usually reason out.\"\n\nNext session: systems of equations. Test date Dec 6.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking for a formula sheet","why":"The AI lists every SAT formula, including the ones already printed on the test.","fix":"Say: \"Only the ones NOT on the reference sheet.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not saying how many lines","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more lines than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 5 numbered lines.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Ignoring your tutor's picks","why":"The AI may choose its own 5 instead of the ones your tutor said you'll use most.","fix":"Add: \"Use the 5 Ms. Adeyemi picked.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing the correction","why":"Your backwards slope formula is still in the notes.","fix":"Add: \"Use the corrected slope formula.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Fix the shape: \"name and formula only, no examples.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it will be read","why":"AI formats for a screen, with bold and headings that show up as stray symbols on a printed card.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Skips the reference sheet","patterns":["not on.{0,15}(reference|sheet)","reference sheet"]},{"label":"Says how many formulas","patterns":["\\b(5|five)\\b.{0,25}formula"]},{"label":"Uses the tutor's picks","patterns":["tutor","adeyemi","picked","use most"]},{"label":"Uses the correction","patterns":["correct","y2","rise over run"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"The AI doesn't know what's printed on your test or what your tutor chose. Tell it to skip the reference sheet formulas, use her 5 picks, and fix the slope formula.","rubricLabels":["Lists exactly the 5 formulas the tutor picked (slope, slope-intercept form, quadratic formula, percent change, average), each in the shape 'Name: formula'","Slope is written as (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1), the corrected version, not the backwards one","Includes no formulas that are on the reference sheet (circle, triangle, Pythagorean theorem, cylinder) and no distance-rate-time, explanations or examples"]}