SAT Basics
The two main sections of the Digital SAT
What is Reading & Writing, and Math?
The “main idea” of a passage
What is the central point or overall message?
The punctuation used to join two independent clauses with a conjunction
What is a comma?
Solve: 3x + 5 = 20
What is x=5?
The sum of angles in a triangle
What is 180 degrees?
The device required to take the Digital SAT
What is a laptop/tablet with access to bluebook?
This type of passage often includes characters, conflict, and theme.
What is literature?
The purpose of a transition word in a sentence or paragraph
What is to show the relationship between ideas?
What does the slope of a line represent?
What is the rate of change?
The formula for the area of a circle
What is pi(r)^2?
The score range for each SAT section
What is 200-800?
In SAT reading questions, a “best evidence” question ask you to...
The rule for subject–verb agreement
What is singular subjects take singular verbs and vice versa?
If f(x) = 2x² – 3x, what is f(4)?
The Pythagorean theorem
The purpose of the adaptive module system on the Digital SAT
What is, it adjusts the difficulty based on your performance in the first module.
What is the author’s tone?
The author’s attitude toward the subject.
A common fix for a run on sentence
What is a period/conjunction/semicolon?
The solution to a system where two lines have the same slope but different y‑intercepts
What is no solution. (They're parallel)
What is sin(x) defined as in a right triangle?
What is opposite / Hypotenuse?
One way colleges use SAT scores besides admissions decisions
What is scholarships?
One clue that helps identify the author’s purpose
What is word choice/call to action?
The purpose of a colon in a sentence
To introduce something, such as an example.
What does it mean if the discriminant of a quadratic is negative?
What is no real solutions?
A triangle has sides 7, 24, and 25. Is it a right triangle?
Yes, because 7² + 24² = 25².