SAT Prep 1

The Details

100

Beginning in Spring of 2024, how will all students take the SAT?

Electronically/Digitally

200

How many content sections is the digital SAT divided into and how many total modules?

2 content sections (reading/writing and math) and four modules.

300

How many minutes do you get to take one module of math?

35

400

How many minutes do you get to take one module of reading/writing?

32 Minutes

500

What was the average score on the SAT in 2022-23?

1050 (the lowest score since the test changed format in 2016)

Reading/Writing

100

The parasitic dodder plant increases its reproductive
success by flowering at the same time as the host
plant it has latched onto. In 2020, Jianqiang Wu and
his colleagues determined that the tiny dodder
achieves this _______ with its host by absorbing and
utilizing a protein the host produces when it is about
to flower.

Which choice completes the text with the most
logical and precise word or phrase?

A) Synchronization

B) Hibernation

C) Prediction

D) Moderation

    

A) Synchronization

200

In ancient Greece, an Epicurean was a follower of Epicurus, a philosopher whose beliefs revolved around the pursuit of pleasure. Epicurus defined pleasure as "the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the ________ that all life's virtues derived from this absence.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of English?

A) soul," positing

B) soul": positing

C) soul"; positing

D) soul." Positing

A) soul," positing

300

For painter Jacob Lawrence, being _______ was an important part of the artistic process. Because he paid close attention to all the details of his Harlem neighborhood, Lawrence's artwork captured nuances in the beauty and vitality of the Black experience.

A) Skeptical

B) Observant

C) Critical

D) Confident

B) Observant

400

Lucia Michel of the University of Chile observed that alkaline soils contain an insoluble form of iron that blueberry plants cannot absorb, thus inhibiting bluebreey growth. If these plants were grown in alkaline soil alongisde grasses that aid in iron solubilization, ________ Micehl was determing to find out.

Which choice complete the text?

A) could the blueberries thrive

B) the blueberries could thrive

C) the blueberries could thrive?

D) could the blueberries thrive?

D) Could the blueberries thrive?

500

Before California’s 1911 election to approve a proposition granting women the right to vote, activists across the state sold tea to promote the cause of suffrage. In San Francisco, the Woman’s Suffrage Party sold Equality Tea at local fairs. _______ in Los Angeles, activist Nancy Tuttle Craig, who ran one of California’s largest grocery store firms, distributed Votes for Women Tea.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

A) For example, 

B) To conclude

C) Similarly,

D) In other words,

                                   

    

C) Similarly,

Misc.

100

Given the new digital format of the SAT, which is a shorter test: The ACT or the SAT?

The Digital SAT (2 Hours and 14 Minutes) vs. ACT (2 Hours and 55 Minutes)

Side Note: "Students who struggle with Reading may prefer the Digital SAT over the ACT. The ACT reading section includes a long passage followed by ten questions, whereas the Digital SAT has short passages followed by only 1 question."

200

What subject area does the ACT include that is not represented as a standalone subject in the SAT?

Science

300

A perfect score on an SAT would be what? A perfect score on the ACT would be what?

A 1600 on the SAT and a 36 on the ACT.

400

One test (the ACT or the SAT) is adaptive while another increases difficulty as the test goes on. Which is which?

The SAT is adaptive (difficulty in module 2 depends on performance in module 1). The ACT relies on increased difficulty.

500

How many total questions are on the SAT? How many total questions are on the ACT?

98 (SAT) vs. 215 (ACT).

Math

100

What is 10% of 470?

A) 37

B) 47

C) 423

D) 460

B) 47

200

Right triangles LMN and PQR are similar, where L
and M correspond to P and Q, respectively. Angle M
has a measure of 53°. What is the measure of
angle Q ?

A) 37 Degrees

B) 53 Degrees

C) 127 Degrees

D) 143 Degrees

B) 53 Degrees

300

y = -3x

4x + y = 15

The solution to the given system of equations is (x,y). Wht is the value of x?

A) 1

B) 5

C)15

D) 45

C) 15

400

Vivian bought party hats and cupcakes for $71. Each package of party hats cost $3, and each cupcake cost $1. If Vivian bought 10 packages of party hats, how many cupcakes did she buy?

41

500

A neighborhood consists of a 2-acre park and a 35-acre residential area. The total number of trees in the neighborhood is 3,934. The equation 2x + 35y = 3,934 represents this situation. Which of the following is the best interpretation of x in this context?

A) The average number of trees per acre in the park.

B) The average number of trees per acre in the residential area

C) The total number of trees in the park

D) The total number of trees in the residential area

Choice A: The average number of trees per acre in the park.

Vocab

100

Which word means "slowly and subtly harmful"

Insidious 

Pedantic

Winsome

Tedious

Deleterious

Insidious

200

Which word means "a prayer or a chant; a long list"?

Martinet

Inception

Iconoclast

Cloister

Litany

Litany

300

Which of the following is an adjective meaning "transparent; clear in meaning"?

Estimable

Pellucid

Obsequious 

Insidious

Pellucid

400

Which word is an adjective meaning "characterized by excessive haste and lack of deliberation; moving with great force and energy"

Cerebral

Sylvan

Eccentric

Impetuous

Choleric

Impetuous

500

Which word is a noun meaning "petty nagging criticism"?

Iconoclast

Foible

Paroxysm

Aperture

Carping

Carping