SAT Practice Questions

Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the underlined portion in Text 1?

A model estimates that the initial number of photons in an X-ray beam is \(600\) when the beam reaches the surface of a certain material. T…

\[ -3x + 15px = 60 \] In the given equation, \( p \) is a constant. The equation has no solution. What is the value of \( p \)?

According to the table, what percentage of hermit crabs tried to flip the shell over when it was gently vibrating?

\[x + 40 = 140\] What value of \(x\) is the solution to the given equation?

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

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

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

\[y -4x - 12\] For which of the following tables are all the values of \(x\) and their corresponding values of \(y\) solutions to the given…

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

What is the \(y\)-intercept of the graph shown?

The function \( g \) is defined by \( g(x) = 2x + 8 \), where \( g(a) = 18 \) and \( g(4) = b \). What is the value of \( a + b \)?

A jar has \(570\) buttons, and \(20\%\) of these buttons are red. How many buttons in the jar are red?

\[ \frac{x}{8} = 5 \] What value of \(x\) is the solution to the given equation?

The function \(P(x) = 506(1.013)^{x}\) models the population of a certain town each year from \(1953\) through \(1968\), where \(x\) is the…

Line \(t\) in the xy-plane has a slope of \(\frac{1}{8}\) and passes through the point \((40, -9)\). Which equation defines line \(t\)?

The area of a rectangular region is increasing at a rate of \( 220 \) square feet per hour. Which of the following is closest to this rate …

The graph shows the estimated balance of a bank account, in dollars, \( x \) years after an initial deposit is made. According to the graph…

Based on the texts, how would the critics mentioned in Text 2 most likely respond to the underlined claim in Text 1?

The student wants to describe the process of making and applying the encaustic medium. Which choice most effectively uses relevant informat…

The function \(j\) is defined by \(j(x) = \dfrac{x}{7}\). What is the value of \(j(28)\)?

The function \( f \) is defined by \( f(x) = 41(0.26)^{x} \). For any positive integer \( n \), the value of \( f(n) \) is \( p\% \) less t…

The student wants to explain how participants performed on the set with Garfield. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information f…

The student wants to specify the snow depth at Cloud Peak Reservoir at the start of March 2021. Which choice most effectively uses relevant…

Which expression is equivalent to \(2x^{3} + 16w\)?

\[5|x - 5| = 10\]What is the sum of the solutions to the given equation?

In the xy-plane, circle M is the graph of the equation \((x - 5)^{2} + (y - 6)^{2} = 4\). Circle P has the same center as circle M but has …

Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to specify why Barbara Liskov won the A.M. Turing Award?

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

For isosceles triangle \( ABC \), \( AB = BC = 64 \), the measure of angle \( ABC \) is \( 36^\circ \), point \( D \) lies on \( \overline{…

Casey is raising horses and goats. Each horse requires \(2\) acres of land, and each goat requires \(1\) acre of land. The \(h\) horses and…

For the given function \(f(x) = x^{5} + 7x + 18\), the graph of \(y = f(x)\) in the xy-plane passes through the point \((0, b)\), where \(b…

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

\[(x + 4)(x - 14) = 0\]What is the positive solution to the given equation?

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

If \(3 - 2x = 42\), what is the value of \(\frac{1}{6}(3 - 2x)\)?

For the linear function \(f(x) = 3x + b\), \(b\) is a constant and \(f(7) = 21\). What is the value of \(b\)?

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to explain what cinematographers do?

Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to introduce Mexía to a new audience?

The line shown can be represented by the equation \( ax + by = 48 \), where \( a \) and \( b \) are constants. Which of the following is tr…

The student wants to contrast how shear affects fruit jam and oobleck. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the not…

\[4 + \frac{2(13 - x)}{9} = 3(13 - x) + 4\]If the given equation is true, what is the value of \(13 + x\)?

If \( x \geq -8 \) represents all solutions to the inequality \( ax - 12 \leq 36 \), where \( a \) is a constant, what is the greatest poss…

Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to specify why Marvin Minsky won the A.M. Turing Award?

\[7x^{2} - 55x - 72 = 0\] What is the positive solution to the given equation?

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

Taken together, information in the text and table best support which statement about the ISS dust samples following the conclusion of the e…

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

Which choice most logically completes the text?

The student wants to emphasize the number of migratory bird species that stop at the Great Salt Lake. Which choice most effectively uses re…

An event planner is planning an ice-skating event. It costs the event planner a onetime fee of \$35 to rent the skating rink and \$14.75 pe…

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

A bookstore is giving away free books every day. The equation \( f(x) = 210 - 14x \) gives the number of free books, \( f(x) \), that remai…

Which expression is NOT a factor of \( 5{,}670x^{4} - 1{,}120 \)?

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

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 graph of \(y = \left(\frac{1}{5}\right)^{x} + 1\) in the xy-plane is shifted up \(6\) units. What is an equation of the resulting graph?

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement? According to the table, the age group with the most membe…

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to support the underlined claim?

A right square prism has a height of 9 units. The volume of the prism is 324 cubic units. What is the length, in units, of an edge of the b…

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

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

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

\[ y = 4x^{2} + 47 \\ y = px + 43 \] In the given system of equations, \( p \) is a positive constant. The graphs of the equations in the g…

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole? [Underlined portion: "being happy is the ideal e…

Based on the text, what does the speaker most likely mean by saying that "night is worn"?

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

An exponential function \(f\) gives the estimated amount of an X-ray beam's initial intensity remaining after passing through a \(w\)-centi…

A researcher investigated two species of mites: a predator and its prey. At the start of a week, there was an equal number of the two speci…

A rectangle has a perimeter of \(48\) inches. If the sum of the lengths of three sides of the rectangle is \(32\) inches, what is the lengt…

Which choice most logically completes the text?

A circle in the xy-plane has its center at \((6, 9)\) and has a radius of length \(8\). Which equation represents this circle?

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

At a constant temperature, a scuba diver combines two different concentrations of nitrox mix (oxygen-nitrogen gas mixture) to fill a tank t…

\[8 - 4y = x \\ 4 + 4y = x\]The solution to the given system of equations is \((x, y)\). What is the value of \(x\)?

\[-3x + 18px = 36\]In the given equation, \(p\) is a constant. The equation has no solution. What is the value of \(p\)?

The graph shows a linear relationship between \(x\) and \(y\). Which equation represents this relationship, where \(R\) is a positive const…

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

Each \( 3.0 \)-ounce serving of cheddar cheese and each \( 1.2 \)-ounce serving of tuna provides about \( 1 \) microgram of vitamin B12. If…

Each \( 3.0 \)-ounce serving of cheddar cheese and each \( 1.2 \)-ounce serving of tuna provides about \( 1 \) microgram of vitamin B12. If…

Two lines intersect at exactly one point, forming two acute angles and two obtuse angles. The measure of one of these angles is \((9x-110)^…

The product of a number and \( -\dfrac{3}{16} \) is \( 1 \). What is the number?

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

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

Based on the text, which choice best describes Sir Winston Day?

The table shows the volume of two similar solids, right circular cylinder A and right circular cylinder B. The radius of right circular cyl…

In the given system of equations, \(a\) is a positive integer constant. The system has no real solutions. What is the least possible value …

In the figure, \(\overline{BC}\) is parallel to \(\overline{DE}\). If the length of \(DE\) is \(129\) and the length of \(AE\) is \(215\), …

One of the factors of \(5x^{3}+105x^{2}+540x\) is \(x+b\), where \(b\) is a positive constant. What is the smallest possible value of \(b\)?

In the figure, line \(AB\) is parallel to line \(CD\), and line \(AD\) intersects line \(BC\) at point \(E\). If \(y = 118\) and \(z = 114\…

In triangle \(EFG\), \(EF = 8\) and \(EG = 10\). Which of the following could NOT be the length of \(\overline{FG}\)?

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

Which statement best describes how King Henry presents himself in the text?

Which choice best presents a conclusion about the habits of New Year's resolution makers that is best supported by information in the text …

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

\[12x + 9 = k(6x + 9) + 6x\]In the given equation, \(k\) is a constant. The equation has exactly one solution. Which value CANNOT be the va…

The table shows three values of \( x \) and their corresponding values of \( y \), where \( s \) is a constant. There is a linear relations…