Geometry and trigonometry
A sphere of radius 2
inches is cut by three planes passing through its center. This partitions the solid into 8 equal parts, one of which is shown. The volume of each part is
pi cubic inches. What is the value of t?
4/3
If 10 = 8x, what is the value of x ?
5/4
Where can you view your SAT score after the test?
Colleges board
The following text is from Booth Tarkington’s 1921 novel Alice Adams.
Mrs. Adams had always been fond of vases, she said, and every year her husband’s Christmas present to her was a vase of one sort or another—whatever the clerk showed him, marked at about twelve or fourteen dollars.
Priced
The following text is adapted from Mohsin Hamid’s 2017 novel Exit West. Saeed lives with his mother and father.
On cloudless nights after a daytime rain, Saeed’s father would sometimes bring out the telescope, and the family would sip green tea on their balcony, enjoying a breeze, and take turns to look up at objects whose light, often, had been emitted before any of these three viewers had been born—light from other centuries, only now reaching Earth.
©2017 by Mohsin Hamid
As used in the text, what does the word “reaching” most nearly mean?
Arriving at
Let's Scream for Ice Cream serves 3 scoops of ice cream in its signature cone. Each scoop is a sphere with a radius of 4 centimeters. To the nearest cubic centimeter, what is the total volume of ice cream served per cone?
804 cm^3
If x/2 = 6, what is the value of x
12
How Long is the SAT test
2 hours 14mins
Dance choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar aims to give people the opportunity to be ______ her creative process. For example, live performances of her dance HairStories, which debuted in 2001, featured videos of people across the United States talking about their hair and audience members sharing pictures of their interesting hairstyles.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Involved
The following text is adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1837 story “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment.” The main character, a physician, is experimenting with rehydrating a dried flower.
At first [the rose] lay lightly on the surface of the fluid, appearing to imbibe none of its moisture. Soon, however, a singular change began to be visible. The crushed and dried petals stirred and assumed a deepening tinge of crimson, as if the flower were reviving from a deathlike slumber.
As used in the text, what does the phrase “a singular” most nearly mean?
An Extraordinary
A factory designs cylindrical cans 10cm in height to hold exactly 500cm^3 of liquid. Which of the following best approximates the radius of these cans?
4cm
If -25 + k = 21, what is the value of k?
4
How many sections of math are on the SAT
2
Novelist N. K. Jemisin declines to ______ the conventions of the science fiction genre in which she writes, and she has suggested that her readers appreciate her work precisely because of this willingness to thwart expectations and avoid formulaic plots and themes.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Conform to
Novelist N. K. Jemisin declines to ______ the conventions of the science fiction genre in which she writes, and she has suggested that her readers appreciate her work precisely because of this willingness to thwart expectations and avoid formulaic plots and themes.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Conform to
A regulation FIFA soccer ball is modeled after the Buckyball, a truncated icosahedron that was introduced by Buckminster Fuller. Due to air pressure, the inflated ball assumes the shape of an almost perfect sphere. A regulation soccer ball has a circumference of 70 centimeters cm. Which of the following is closest to the volume of the soccer ball in cubic centimeters cm^3?
5,792 cm^3
If 9 = 9x, what is the value of x ?
1
How many sections of math are on the SAT
2
As a young photographer in the 1950s, William Klein ______ the conventions of photography by creating images that were high contrast and included blurred and distorted elements—features generally seen as flaws. So unorthodox was Klein’s work that he had difficulty finding a publisher for his now-iconic 1956 photo book Life is Good & Good for You in New York.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Defied
As a young photographer in the 1950s, William Klein ______ the conventions of photography by creating images that were high contrast and included blurred and distorted elements—features generally seen as flaws. So unorthodox was Klein’s work that he had difficulty finding a publisher for his now-iconic 1956 photo book Life is Good & Good for You in New York.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
defied
Kaizen's rectangular computer monitor has a diagonal length of 19 inches. If the height of the monitor is 11.9 inches, which of the following is closest to the width of the monitor in inches?
14.8
The temperature in kelvin, K, is equal to 5/9 times the sum of 459.67
and the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, F. Which of the following equations best describes the relationship between temperature in kelvin and degrees Fahrenheit?
K=5/9(459.67+F)
Are any electronic devices allowed on your desk or in your possession at anytime during the test
No!
In recent years, economic sanctions—penalties designed to alter another government’s political and/or military behavior when the behavior does not comply with international norms—have become a frequently employed tool in international policy. While effective in some cases, these measures can also have unintended consequences, such as harming civilian populations or disrupting global markets. Some critics argue that economic sanctions tend to _____ the very issues they aim to resolve: by creating economic instability and deepening animosities between nations, sanctions can actually lead to an increase in domestic support for the targeted regime, thereby emboldening them to persist with the objectionable conduct.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Exacerbate
In recent years, economic sanctions—penalties designed to alter another government’s political and/or military behavior when the behavior does not comply with international norms—have become a frequently employed tool in international policy. While effective in some cases, these measures can also have unintended consequences, such as harming civilian populations or disrupting global markets. Some critics argue that economic sanctions tend to _____ the very issues they aim to resolve: by creating economic instability and deepening animosities between nations, sanctions can actually lead to an increase in domestic support for the targeted regime, thereby emboldening them to persist with the objectionable conduct.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
exacerbate