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SAT Practice Questions - April, 2010

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For April 30, 2010

Mathematics > Standard Multiple Choice

If 3 less than x less than 7 and 4 less than y less than 7, which of the following best describes the range of values of x minus y?

• (A) -4) < x - y < 3
• (B) 0 < x - y < 4
• (C) 3 < x - y < 4
• (D) 3 < x - y < 7
• (E) 4 < x - y < 7

For April 29, 2010

Writing > Identifying Sentence Errors

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

Many types of dance music and jazz (a) call for special instruments, (b) which includes the hi-hat, a pair of cymbals (c) operated by a foot pedal; a cowbell struck with a wooden-tipped drumstick; and wire brushes (d) used on both drums and cymbals to produce a swishing sound. (e) No error

• (A)
• (B)
• (C)
• (D)
• (E)

For April 28, 2010

Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Exotics and indigenous weeds include some of the most ------- species: their visual impact often eclipses that of nearby plants.

• (A) lethal
• (B) diffuse
• (C) varied
• (D) striking
• (E) resilient

For April 26, 2010

Writing > Improving Sentences

Part of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

The finest quality raw silk comes from the commonly domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori, it feeds on the leaves of the mulberry tree.

• (A) it feeds
• (B) feeding
• (C) they feed
• (D) which feeds
• (E) having fed

For April 23, 2010

Writing > Identifying Sentence Errors

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

The newspaper (a) reported that despite the increase (b) in the minimum wage, many people (c) are still (d) having trouble making ends meet. (e) No error

• (A)
• (B)
• (C)
• (D)
• (E)

For April 22, 2010

Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Gwendolyn Brooks’ character Maud Martha appears ------- but feels great rage: she ------- her emotions with a mask of compliance.

• (A) responsive . . echoes
• (B) nonchalant . . exposes
• (C) docile . . camouflages
• (D) uncontrolled . . belies
• (E) invincible . . catapults

For April 21, 2010

Mathematics > Standard Multiple Choice

What is the area of the triangle in the figure above?

• (A) 4.0
• (B) 7.5
• (C) 8.0
• (D) 8.5
• (E) 15.0

For April 20, 2010

Writing > Improving Sentences

Part of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

They use light that is 100 million times dimmer than the midday sun, and tropical nocturnal sweat bees leave their nests to forage for food.

• (A) They use light that is 100 million times dimmer than the midday sun, and
• (B) By using light that is 100 million times dimmer than midday,
• (C) In light that is 100 million times dimmer than the midday sun,
• (D) With the light being 100 million times as dim as midday,
• (E) When the light is 100 million times as dim as with the midday sun,

For April 19, 2010

Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Because he felt intimidated in his new position, he was ------- divulging his frank opinions of company proposals.

• (A) scurrilous about
• (B) candid in
• (C) chary of
• (D) fervid about
• (E) precipitate in

For April 16, 2010

Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Their ideal was to combine individual liberty with material equality, a goal that has not yet been realized and that may be as ------- as transmutation of lead into gold.

• (A) chimerical
• (B) indispensable
• (C) historical
• (D) cynical
• (E) inharmonious

For April 15, 2010

Mathematics > Standard Multiple Choice

In a community of 416 people, each person owns a dog or a cat or both. If there are 316 dog owners and 280 cat owners, how many of the dog owners own no cat?

• (A) 36
• (B) 100
• (C) 136
• (D) 180
• (E) 316

For April 14, 2010

Writing > Improving Sentences

Part of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

Though its early history is not fully known, origami, the art of folding objects out of paper without cutting, pasting, or decorating, seems that it had developed from the older art of folding cloth.

• (A) seems that it had developed from
• (B) seems to have developed from
• (C) seems to have been developed out of
• (D) had developed, it would seem, out of
• (E) developing, it seems, out of

For April 13, 2010

Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

I found that the writer’s ideas were sufficiently ------- to make me bear with his ------- language.

• (A) intriguing . . skill with
• (B) interesting . . abuses of
• (C) humble . . mastery of
• (D) shallow . . errors in
• (E) misguided . . style of

For April 12, 2010

Mathematics > Standard Multiple Choice

There are n students in a biology class, and only 6 of them are seniors. If 7 juniors are added to the class, how many students in the class will not be seniors?

• (A) n - 3
• (B) n - 2
• (C) n - 1
• (D) n + 1
• (E) n + 2

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