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author: peter poer

peter poer
peter helps make sure magoosh students have the best possible content. a proud arizona wildcat and teach for america alum, he worked as an instructional coach before getting an mba at berkeley’s haas school of business. he is passionate about student achievement and educational equity. also prime numbers. peter enjoys cooking, running (slowly), and going to bed comically early.

  • making accurate inferences on the act science test

    easy act science test questions ask you what the passage or data tables explicitly say. more challenging questions require you to draw your own conclusions based on what is implied in the passages. mark up the passages as you read, paying close attention to the topic, experiment set-ups, given results, author’s point of view, and…

  • the mathematical mean vs. average speed on act math

    not all averages are created equal on the act math test. what can be somewhat confusing is that the word “average” on the act math can refer to two separate concepts: the arithmetic mean, and the average speed. it’s important not to confuse the two on the test day, as they require different formulas to…

  • sat reading comprehension – parallel reasoning

    a really difficult type of question on the sat has you take a scenario discussed in the passage and choose which of five hypothetical scenarios it is closest to. as you probably guessed, these five hypothetical scenarios make up the five answer choices. the passage below is already quite tricky, and the question below it…