SAT Practice Questions

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Which choice most effectively uses information from the given sentences to emphasize a difference between the two paintings?

During hibernation, American black bears do not eat or replenish calories. A certain black bear weighed 270 pounds when entering hibernatio…

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?

The shaded region shown represents the solutions to which inequality?

\[(6x^{2} - 2) - (-3x^{2} + 9)\]The given expression is equivalent to \(bx^{2} - 11\), where \(b\) is a constant. What is the value of \(b\…

\[ f(x) = (x - a)(x - b) \] The function \( f \) is defined by the given equation, where \( a \) and \( b \) are integer constants. If \( f…

\[20x + 16y = 32\]How many solutions does the given system of equations have?

The student wants to emphasize a similarity between quack grass and giant reed. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information fro…

Which choice most logically completes the text?

A furniture company is selling all tables with a \(20\%\) discount off their original price for the month of October. What is the discount,…

Which choice most effectively uses information from the given sentences to explain the 50 Completers hiking challenge to a new audience?

\[ 3\left(x + \frac{b}{3} - 20\right) = 3x \] In the given equation, \( b \) is a constant. The equation has infinitely many solutions. Wha…

\[x^{2} - 2 = 14\]Which value is a solution to the given equation?

\[ f(x) = (x - a)(x - b) \]The function \( f \) is defined by the given equation, where \( a \) and \( b \) are integer constants. If \( f(…

\[r > 0.24t\]The given inequality describes the total rainfall \(r\), in inches, in a certain area over a period of \(t\) hours, where \(t …

Which expression is equivalent to \( 7xy(2x^{2} + 9y) \)?

\[\sqrt{w} + 22 = 28\]What is the solution to the given equation?

How many solutions does the equation \(14(x + 19) + 5x = 19(x + 14)\) have?

The student wants to indicate the year the Schomburg Center was founded. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the n…

The information in the text and the graph best supports which conclusion about the data sets used in Wang et al.'s study?

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

What is the main focus of the text?

The function \(p\) given by \(p(x) = 145 - 3x\) gives the number of blank sheets of paper, \(p(x)\), remaining in a printer \(x\) days afte…

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

The function \(f\) is defined by \(f(x) = \dfrac{15}{14 - x}\). What is the value of \(f(x)\) when \(x = 9\)?

The function \( h \) is defined by \( h(x) = 8x + 24 \). The graph of \( y = h(x) \) in the \( xy \)-plane has an \( x \)-intercept at \( (…

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Which choice most logically completes the text?

Which choice most logically completes the text?

\[ y = (x - 8)(x + 6) \\ y = 4x - 32 \] A solution to the given system of equations is \( (x, y) = (a, b) \). Which of the following could …

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

\[3x^{2} + 11x - 24 = 0\]What is one of the solutions to the given equation?

The sudden drop in atmospheric pressure indicated that a severe storm was __________ residents were advised to secure loose outdoor items a…

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

As used in the text, what does the word “considered” most nearly mean?

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

The estimated fuel cost \( C(x) \), in dollars, to drive a vehicle 100 kilometers is given by the function \( C(x) = 0.0019x^{2} - 0.248x +…

Which choice most logically completes the text?

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

There are 400 10th-grade students at Central High School. A sample of the 10th-grade students was selected at random and asked whether they…

\[\frac{1}{x-1} = \frac{x-4}{x^{2}-5.75}\] What is one of the solutions to the given equation?

Which finding, if true, would most directly support Núñez and colleagues’ claim?

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

What is the sum of the solutions to the equation \(2x^{2} - 12x + 9 = 41\)?

Which of the following expressions is a factor of \( 49p^{19} - 121p^{17} \)?

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the example?

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

If \(9x + 2 = 56\), what is the value of \(90x + 20\)?

\[ 40(x - 1) = 5(-8 + 8x) \]How many solutions does the given equation have?

When a scientist began observing a sample of an isotope, the mass of the sample was \(530{,}000\) milligrams. The mass of the sample decrea…

Which choice most logically completes the text?

According to the text, which factors seemed to be linked to the behavior of butterflies in Abbigail Merrill and colleagues' study?

\[ 2.7x = 270 \]What value of \(x\) is the solution to the given equation?

\[ y = -ax^{2} + bx + c \]A parabola in the \( xy \)-plane has a vertex at \( (1, 24) \). The equation \( y = -ax^{2} + bx + c \) represent…

\[ 9x(x + 5) = r \]In the given equation, \( r \) is a positive constant. Which of the following must be true?

What is the greatest solution to the given equation? \[ 5x^{2} + 9x + 1 = 0 \]

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Square A has side lengths that are 38 times the side lengths of square B. The area of square A is \(k\) times the area of square B. What is…

In 1912, meteorologist Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift, suggesting that all the Earth's continents were once joined…

The expression \( 4(x-5)(x+5)(x^{2}-3) \) is equivalent to \( 4x^{4}-rx^{2}+p \), where \( r \) and \( p \) are constants. What is the valu…

Which quotation from a literary critic would most effectively illustrate the text’s assertion about critics?

Which quotation from Peter Pan best supports the claim?

Which expression is equivalent to \(18(x^{2}-8)\)?

An online store is offering two different discounts on its sweaters: a bulk discount for large orders and a coupon discount. For orders of …

The function \( g \) is defined by \( g(x) = 16x + 25 \). For what value of \( x \) does \( g(x) = 29 \)?

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

The student wants to specify how many spacewalks Chari has completed. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the note…

Which equation has the same solution as the given equation? \[12x + 40 = 160\]

In \( \triangle FGH \), the measures of \( \angle F \) and \( \angle G \) are each \( 41^\circ \). What is the measure of \( \angle H \)?

Which choice most logically completes the text?

\[ x(kx - 120) = -9 \] In the given equation, \( k \) is an integer constant. If the equation has two distinct real solutions, what is the …

The student wants to specify how many spacewalks Whitson has completed. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the no…

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

\[ 1.3x = 130 \] What value of \(x\) is the solution to the given equation?

\[ 15x + 30 = 180 \]Which equation has the same solution as the given equation?

\[ y \ge x + 15 \\ y \le -2x - 15 \]Which point \((x, y)\) is a solution to the given system of inequalities in the \(xy\)-plane?

\[ x + 4y = 27 \\ 4y = 13 \]The solution to the given system of equations is \((x, y)\). What is the value of \(x\)?

If \( 7x + 6 = 62 \), what is the value of \( 70x + 60 \)?

Of the moons listed in the table, which has the smallest diameter?

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Which expression is a factor of \(25p^{15} - 121p^{13}\)?

If \( 4\sqrt{5x} = 16 \), what is the value of \( 15x \)?

What is the x-intercept of the graph of \( f(x) = ax + b \) in the xy-plane, where \( a \) and \( b \) are positive constants?

The lists give the values in data sets J and K. Which of the following statistics is greater for data set J than it is for data set K?

The function \(f\) is defined by \(f(x) = 4x - 6\). If \(f(a) + 1 = 3a\), what is the value of \(a\)?

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

\[ P(x) = 665(1.128)^{x} \] The function \( P(x) \) models the number of gray seal pups each year from 1967 through 1997 on Sable Island, N…

As used in the text, what does the word “kinds” most nearly mean?