SAT Writing and Language
Any New York City construction project using municipal funds are required to consider whether historical artifacts will be affected during construction
a) no change
b) have been
c) is
d) were
What is C?
If 8/x =160, what is the value of x ?
A) 1,280
B) 80
C) 20
D) 0.05
What is D?
The weights, in pounds, for 15 horses in a stable were reported, and the mean, median, range, and standard deviation for the data were found. The horse with the lowest reported weight was found to actually weigh 10 pounds less than its reported weight. What value remains unchanged if the four values are reported using the corrected weight?
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Range
D) Standard deviation
What is B?
A sentence is ______ when its message is conveyed in as little words as possible.
What is Concise?
The highest possible score for the Reading or Math section.
What is 800?
At that depth, water pressure suppresses the explosive force of the volcano’s eruptions, allowing scientists to watch and observe them up close via remotely operated vehicles.
a. No change
b. watch
c. observe to see
d. visually watch
What is B?
2x − y = 8
x + 2y = 4
For the system of equations above, what is the value of x + y ?
A) –1
B) 4
C) 5
D) 20
What is B?
Washington High School randomly selected freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior students for a survey about potential changes to next year’s schedule. Of students selected for the survey, 1/4 were freshmen and 1/3 were sophomores. Half of the remaining selected students were juniors. If 336 students were selected for the survey, how many were seniors?
A) 240
B) 140
C) 120
D) 70
What is D?
This punctuation mark is used to separate two independent clauses that are closely related in thought. It is not a period (.)
What is a semicolon?
Name 2 things you are not allowed to bring into the SAT test.
HANDHELD/LAPTOP COMPUTERS, TABLETS, CELL PHONES, SMARTPHONES
ELECTRONIC WRITING PAD/PEN INPUT
DEVICES WITH INTERNET ACCESS
DEVICES WITH KEYPAD
DEVICES WITH PAPER TAKE
DEVICES THAT MAKE NOISE
DEVICES THAT MUST BE PLUGGED INTO OUTLET
Loihi shrimp—originally thought to exist only around an undersea volcano near Hawaii, survive by using tiny, shear-like claws to harvest rapidly growing bacterial filaments covering rocks near NW Rota-1’s hydrothermal vents.
a. No change
b. Hawaii;
c. Hawaii-
d. Hawaii
What is C?
Which of the following statements is true about the graph of the equation 2y − 3x = −4 in the xy-plane?
A) It has a negative slope and a positive y-intercept.
B) It has a negative slope and a negative y-intercept.
C) It has a positive slope and a positive y-intercept.
D) It has a positive slope and a negative y-intercept.
What is D?
Triangle PQR has right angle Q. If sin R = 4/5, what is the value of tan P?
3/4 or 0.75
This punctuation mark is used at the beginning and end of dependent clause in the middle of an independent clause.
What is a comma?
The first thing you should do when opening the reading section.
What is Look at the questions?
Shrimp of that species also graze on bacterial filaments as juveniles, resulting from their ability to cope with the noxious environment around the volcano. They feed on the Loihi shrimp and other organisms that are overcome by the toxic plumes of volcanic gas and ash.
Which choice most effectively sets up the information in the next sentence?
A) NO CHANGE
B) but their adaptations are not yet fully understood by the scientific community.
C) thriving in an unusual ecosystem that also includes crabs, limpets, and barnacles.
D) but as adults, their claws are large enough for the shrimp to be predators.
What is D?
y≥x+2
2x+3y ≤ 6
In which of the following does the shaded region represent the solution set in the xy-plane to the system of inequalities above?
What is B?
The figure above shows the complete graph of the function f in the xy-plane. The function g (not shown) is defined by g(x) = f (x) + 6. What is the maximum value of the function g?
8
This is a structure in a sentence where elements that perform similar functions are separated by commas.
i.e. performing on tour, traveling the world, making money...
What is Parallelism/Parallel Structure?
State how to go about doing the Writing and Language section.
Start reading, and tackle the questions as you reach them in the passage.
Not surprisingly, public transportation is used by more people when people do not have to pay a fare.
Which choice is the most effective version of the underlined portion?
a. No change
b. more people use public transportation if they do not have to pay a fare.
c. if people do not have to pay a fare, more of those people use public transportation.
d. using public transportation is done by more people when they do not have to pay a fare.
What is B?
The circle above has center O, the length of arc ADC
is 5π, and x=100. What is the length of arc ABC?
A) 9π
B) 13π
C) 18π
D) 13π
What is B?
The graph of the exponential function h in the xy-plane, where y = h(x), has a y-intercept of d, where d is a positive constant. Which of the following could define the function h ?
A) h(x) = −3(d)x
B) h(x) = 3(x) d
C) h(x) = d(−x)3
D) h(x) = d(3)x
What is D?
The word that a pronoun is replacing.
What is Antecedent?
State what you are writing about in the essay.
What is How the author builds an argument?