The Bergen County Academies is one of the best high schools in the world, and every resident of Bergen County has a chance of becoming a BCA student. I wrote this book to help you do just that. The Get Ready Guide contains 12 chapters that cover all the math and essay topics and tricks you will need to know for the test. Emphasis throughout the book and in chapter 11 is given to solving problems without using a calculator because the use of calculators is not allowed on the Bergen Academies admission test. This new third edition of The Get Ready Guide for the 2014 BCA test has: 1.A completely new essay section that covers the structure of the essay, important writing techniques, and important writing tricks. The essay section covers organization, clarity, word choice, transitions, grammar, and language. Also in this new section are sample essays with detailed commentary and step by step examples on each paragraph. 2.A BCA level practice sheet that is answered in details. 3.A full length BCA math test that is identical in level and format to the actual BCA practice tests. All this is in addition to the 2000 practice questions from the past edition. Be sure to email us after buying the book for free videos, extra practice, and complimentary essay revision. Some topics presented in this book are: CHAPTER 1 THE BASIC STUFF 1. Types of Numbers 2. Place Value 3. Expanded Form 4. Ordering Numbers 5. Rounding Whole Numbers 6. Divisibility Tests 7. Commutative Property 8. Associative Property 9. Distributive Property 10. Adding & Subtracting Zero 11. Multiplying & Dividing by Zero 12. Multiplying & Dividing by One 13. Factors of a Number 14. Prime Factorization 15. Multiples of a Number 16. Exponents 17. Square Roots (Radicals) 18. Factorial Notation 19. Order of Operations 20. The Number Line 21. The Absolute Value 22. Adding & Subtracting with Negative Numbers 23. Multiplying & Dividing with Negative Numbers 24. Coordinates on a Grid CHAPTER 2 FRACTIONS 1. What is a Fraction? 2. Improper Fractions 3. Mixed Numbers 4. Comparing Fractions 5. Greatest Common Factor (Sometimes called the Greatest Common Divisor) 6. Least Common Multiple (Sometimes called the Lowest Common Denominator) 7. Multiplying or Dividing the Numerator & Denominator by the Same Number 8. The Simplest Form of a Fraction (Also called The Lowest Term) 9. Reciprocal 10. Converting Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions 11. Converting Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers 12. Converting a Fraction to a Decimal 13. Adding and Subtracting Fractions 14. Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers 15. Multiplying Fractions and Fractions 16. Multiplying Fractions and Whole Numbers 17. Multiplying Mixed Numbers 18. Dividing Fractions 19. Simplifying Complex Fraction CHAPTER 3 DECIMALS 1. Place Values of Decimal Numbers 2. Expanded Form of a Decimal Number 3. Adding Decimals 4. Subtracting Decimals 5. Comparing Decimal Numbers 6. Rounding Decimal Numbers 7. Estimating Sums and Differences 8. Multiplying Decimal Numbers 9. Dividing Decimals and Whole Numbers 10. Dividing Decimals by Decimals CHAPTER 4 RATIO & PROPORTION CHAPTER 5 PERCENTS CHAPTER 6 STATISTICS CHAPTER 7 PROBABILITY CHAPTER 8 SEQUENCES CHAPTER 9 BASIC ALGEBRA & WORD PROBLEMS CHAPTER 10 GEOMETRY CHAPTER 11 SEE YOU LATER CALCULATOR CHAPTER 12 THE ESSAY BCA PRACTICE SHEET WITH DETAILED ANSWERS