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May 25
Mathematics > Standard Multiple Choice
As of when this compilation was made, there were 58,792 responses with 60% being correct.
Read the following SAT test question and then click on a button to select your answer.
A mechanic can install carburetors in
mechanic to install carburetors in
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(A)
hr
min
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(B)
hr
min
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(C)
hr
min
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(D)
hr
min
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(E)
hr
min
cars every
hours. At that rate, how long will it take the
cars?
Hint: First you can write a proportion from the information given: cars is to
hours as
cars is to
hours. From this you can write an equation that can be solved for .
Answer: B. From the information given, you can write the proportion
cars is to
hours, where
carburetors in
cars. This gives
2).
May 26
minutes.
hours as
represents the number of hours the mechanic will take to install
. Therefore,
hours
cars is to
, which simplifies to
hours. Since
hour is
minutes,
is
Critical Reading > Sentence Completions
As of when this compilation was made, there were 45,439 responses with 86% being correct.
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of
the sentence as a whole.
Instead of praising the ------- employees who worked late every night to ensure that the project
was finished on time, the manager criticized them for not having ------- the work sooner.
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(A) assiduous . . complicated
(B) lethargic . . finalized
(C) meticulous . . discarded
(D) diligent . . completed
(E) neglectful . . overlooked
Hint: Consider what kind of people would work late to ensure that something is finished.
Answer: D. Reason: The employees worked long hours to make sure that the project was
finished on time, it makes sense to say that they are “diligent,” or that they show care and
consideration in their work and duties. And it is possible that a manager would criticize
employees for not having “completed” the project ahead of schedule, even though they did finish
the project on time.
3).
May 27
Writing > Improving Sentences
As of when this compilation was made, there were 80,409 responses with 48% being correct.
Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of
phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you
think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select
choice A.
The language of the Navajo people, like their Apache cousins, is classified in the Athabascan
language family.
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(A) their
(B) for their
(C) that of its
(D) its
(E) that of their
Hint: Make sure that the two things being compared in the sentence are of the same type (don’t
compare “language” to “cousins”).
Answer: E. It avoids the error of the original by using the pronoun “that” to refer to “The
language” so that one thing, “The language of the Navajo people,” is properly com pared to
another thing, “that [the language] of their Apache cousins.”
4).
May 28
Mathematics > Standard Multiple Choice
As of when this compilation was made, there were 67,076 responses with 44% being correct.
Read the following SAT test question and then click on a button to select your answer.
What is the volume of a cube with surface area

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)
Hint: A cube has
faces, each with the same area. If the surface area of a cube is
each of its faces has area
in terms of
. Now you can find the length of each edge of the cube
identical square faces. Since the total surface area of this cube is
, each face has area
The volume is
May 29
, then
, and then cube this value to find the volume.
Answer: B. Every cube has
5).
?
, or
. Therefore, each edge has length
.'
, or
.
Critical Reading > Sentence Completions
As of when this compilation was made, there were 44,913 responses with 75% being correct.
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of
the sentence as a whole.
Cecily is worried that, with all the recent innovations in computing, her five-year-old laptop and
its software will soon be -------.
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
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(A) redundant
(B) obsolete
(C) unnecessary
(D) renewable
(E) valuable
Hint: The word in the blank describes a computer that may be unable to perform some new
computing tasks.
Answer: B.Reason. It is logical that the owner of a five-year-old computer would be concerned
that her machine would soon be “obsolete,” or no longer useful, given the recent changes in
computing.
6).
May 30
Writing > Identifying Sentence Errors
As of when this compilation was made, there were 55,901 responses with 46% being correct.
The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains
an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If
the sentence contains no error, select choice E.
Farmers who grow major crops such as corn, rice and wheat, aware that new developments
A
B
in agricultural production can result in millions of dollars in additional revenue, switching
C
to newer, more efficient technologies. No error
D
E
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
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Hint: There must be a main verb to carry out the action of the sentence.
Answer: C.Reason: The participle “switching” cannot function as the main verb of the sentence
and should be replaced by the present tense verb phrase “are switching.
7).
May 31
Mathematics > Standard Multiple Choice
As of when this compilation was made, there were 29,954 responses with 49% being correct.
Read the following SAT test question and then click on a button to select your answer.
In a survey, a group of students from Westville High School were asked about their favorite
movie genre. Each student in the group selected exactly one movie genre, and the data collected
are summarized in the circle graph above. If
many students were surveyed in total?
more students chose Action than Drama, how

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)
Hint: First find the difference, in percent of all students surveyed, between the portion of
students that chose Action and the portion of students that chose Fiction as their favorite movie
genre.
Answer: D. From the circle graph,
of the students surveyed chose Action and
chose Drama as their favorite movie genre. Hence
students is equal to
of the total number of students surveyed. Let
be the number of
students surveyed; then the last statement can be written symbolically as
Solving for
gives
.
. Therefore, the total number of students surveyed was
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