SAT Vocabulary
SAT Math
ACT Math
SAT
Potpourri
100
Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
What is parched
100
What is the perimeter of a square that has an area of 25?
What is 20?
100
100 A train traveling miles per hour for hour covers the same distance as a train traveling miles per hour for how many hours?
What is 2 hours
100
What does the Latin prefix "meta" mean?
What is change
200
Marked by blithe unconcern
What is nonchalant
200
Sarah has a wooden board that is 12 feet long, if she cuts 3 28 inch pieces from the board,how much board will she have left?
What is 28 inches
200
What is the value of x when 2x + 3 = 3x - 4?
What is x = 7
200
Find the error. The students have discovered that they can address issues more effectively through letter-writing campaigns And not through public demonstrations.
What is no error
300
Found in the ordinary course of events
What is mundane
300
A train traveling 60 miles per hour for 1 hour convers the same distance as a train traveling 30 miles per hour for how many hours?
What is 2?
300
When x = 3 and y = 5, by how much does the value of 3x^2 – 2y exceed the value of 2x^2 – 3y?
What is 14
300
What is the only planet to rotate clockwise?
What is Venus
400
Anything short lived, as an insect that only lives for a day in its winged for,
What is ephemeral
400
What is the volume of a sphere with a diameter of 6
What is 27pie
400
Sales for a business were 3 million dollars more the second year than the first, and sales for the third year were double the sales for the second year. If sales for the third year were 38 million dollars, what were sales, in millions of dollars, for the first year?
What is 16
400
What year was the ACT started?
What is 1959
500
Repeated too often; overfamiliar
What is hackneyed
500
What is the perimeter of a regular hexagon with a side of 11
What is 72
500
A local high school is raffling off a college scholarship to the students in its junior class. If a girl has a .55 chance of winning the scholarship, and 154 of the juniors are girls, how many of the juniors are boys?
What is 126
500
A computer can perform c calculations in s seconds. How many minutes will it take the computer to perform k calculations?
What is ks/60c
500
Who invented "email"?
What is Shiva Ayyadurai
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