Question ID e5c57163

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: e5c57163

Square A has side lengths that are times the side lengths of square B. The area of square A is times the area of square B.
What is the value of ?

ID: e5c57163 Answer

Correct Answer:
27556
Rationale
The correct answer is . The area of a square is , where is the side length of the square. Let represent the length of
each side of square B. Substituting for in yields . It follows that the area of square B is . It’s given that square A has
side lengths that are times the side lengths of square B. Since represents the length of each side of square B, the length of
each side of square A can be represented by the expression . It follows that the area of square A is , or .
It’s given that the area of square A is times the area of square B. Since the area of square A is equal to , and the area
of square B is equal to , an equation representing the given statement is . Since represents the length of
each side of square B, the value of must be positive. Therefore, the value of is also positive, so it does not equal . Dividing
by on both sides of the equation yields . Therefore, the value of is .

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 983412ea
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: 983412ea

A right square prism has a height of units. The volume of the prism is cubic units. What is the length, in units, of an edge
of the base?

ID: 983412ea Answer

Correct Answer:
12
Rationale
The correct answer is . The volume, , of a right square prism can be calculated using the formula , where
represents the length of an edge of the base and represents the height of the prism. It’s given that the volume of the prism is
cubic units and the height is units. Substituting for and for in the formula yields
. Dividing both sides of this equation by yields . Taking the square root of both sides of this
equation yields two solutions: and . The length can't be negative, so . Therefore, the length, in units, of an
edge of the base is .

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID deff8a2f
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: deff8a2f

The circumference of the base of a right circular cylinder is meters, and the height of the cylinder is meters. What is the
volume, in cubic meters, of the cylinder?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: deff8a2f Answer

Correct Answer:
C
Rationale
Choice C is correct. The volume, , of a right circular cylinder is given by the formula , where is the radius of the base
of the cylinder and is the height of the cylinder. It’s given that a right circular cylinder has a height of meters. Therefore, .
It's also given that the right circular cylinder has a base with a circumference of meters. The circumference, , of a circle is
given by , where is the radius of the circle. Substituting for in the formula yields . Dividing
each side of this equation by yields . Substituting for and for in the formula yields ,
or . Therefore, the volume, in cubic meters, of the cylinder is .

Choice A is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice B is incorrect. This is the lateral surface area, not the volume, of the cylinder.

Choice D is incorrect. This is the result of using the diameter, not the radius, for the value of in the formula .

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 9966235e
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: 9966235e

A cube has an edge length of inches. A solid sphere with a radius of inches is inside the cube, such that the sphere touches
the center of each face of the cube. To the nearest cubic inch, what is the volume of the space in the cube not taken up by the
sphere?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: 9966235e Answer

Correct Answer:
A
Rationale
Choice A is correct. The volume of a cube can be found by using the formula , where is the volume and is the edge
length of the cube. Therefore, the volume of the given cube is , or cubic inches. The volume of a sphere can be
found by using the formula , where is the volume and is the radius of the sphere. Therefore, the volume of the
given sphere is , or approximately cubic inches. The volume of the space in the cube not taken up by the
sphere is the difference between the volume of the cube and volume of the sphere. Subtracting the approximate volume of the
sphere from the volume of the cube gives cubic inches.

Choice B is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID a07ed090
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: a07ed090

The figure shown is a right circular cylinder with a radius of and height of . A second right circular cylinder (not shown) has a
volume that is times as large as the volume of the cylinder shown. Which of the following could represent the radius , in
terms of , and the height , in terms of , of the second cylinder?

A. and

B. and

C. and

D. and

ID: a07ed090 Answer

Correct Answer:
C
Rationale
Choice C is correct. The volume of a right circular cylinder is equal to , where is the radius of a base of the cylinder and is
the height of the cylinder. It’s given that the cylinder shown has a radius of and a height of . It follows that the volume of the
cylinder shown is equal to . It’s given that the second right circular cylinder has a radius of and a height of . It follows
that the volume of the second cylinder is equal to . Choice C gives and . Substituting for and for
in the expression that represents the volume of the second cylinder yields , or , which is equivalent to
, or . This expression is equal to times the volume of the cylinder shown, . Therefore,
and could represent the radius , in terms of , and the height , in terms of , of the second cylinder.

Choice A is incorrect. Substituting for and for in the expression that represents the volume of the second cylinder
yields , or , which is equivalent to , or . This expression is equal to , not ,
times the volume of the cylinder shown.

Choice B is incorrect. Substituting for and for in the expression that represents the volume of the second cylinder
yields , or , which is equivalent to , or . This expression is equal to ,
not , times the volume of the cylinder shown.

Choice D is incorrect. Substituting for and for in the expression that represents the volume of the second cylinder
yields , or , which is equivalent to , or . This expression is equal to
 , not , times the volume of the cylinder shown.

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 345cc36a
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Lines, angles, and

Trigonometry triangles

ID: 345cc36a

In the figure shown, and intersect at point . , , , and . What is the length
of ?

ID: 345cc36a Answer

Correct Answer:
54
Rationale
The correct answer is . The figure shown includes two triangles, triangle and triangle , such that angle and
angle are vertical angles. It follows that angle is congruent to angle . It’s also given in the figure that the
measures of angle and angle are . Therefore angle is congruent to angle . Since triangle and triangle
have two pairs of congruent angles, triangle is similar to triangle by the angle-angle similarity postulate, where
corresponds to , and corresponds to . Since the lengths of corresponding sides in similar triangles are proportional,
it follows that . It’s given that , , and . Substituting for , for , and
for in the equation yields . Multiplying each side of this equation by yields , or
. Therefore, the length of is .

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 2d2cb85e
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Lines, angles, and

Trigonometry triangles

ID: 2d2cb85e

In the figure, , the measure of angle is , and the measure of angle is . What is the value of ?

ID: 2d2cb85e Answer

Correct Answer:
156
Rationale
The correct answer is . In the figure shown, the sum of the measures of angle and angle is . It’s given that
the measure of angle is . Therefore, the measure of angle is , or . The sum of the measures of
the interior angles of a triangle is . In triangle , the measure of angle is and it's given that the measure of
angle is . Thus, the measure of angle is , or . It’s given that . Therefore,
triangle is an isosceles triangle and the measure of is equal to the measure of angle . In triangle , the
measure of angle is and the measure of angle is . Thus, the measure of angle is ,
or . The figure shows that the measure of angle is , so the value of is .

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID a0369739
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Lines, angles, and

Trigonometry triangles

ID: a0369739

In triangle , the measure of angle is and is an altitude of the triangle. The length of is and the length of
is greater than the length of . What is the value of ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: a0369739 Answer

Correct Answer:
D
Rationale
Choice D is correct. It's given that in triangle , the measure of angle is and is an altitude of the triangle.
Therefore, the measure of angle is . It follows that angle is congruent to angle and angle is congruent to angle
. By the angle-angle similarity postulate, triangle is similar to triangle . Since triangles and are similar,
it follows that . It's also given that the length of is and the length of is greater than the length of .
Therefore, the length of is , or . Substituting for and for in the equation yields
. Therefore, the value of is .

Choice A is incorrect. This is the value of .

Choice B is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID e10d8313
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Lines, angles, and

Trigonometry triangles

ID: e10d8313

In the figure shown, points , , , and lie on line segment , and line segment intersects line segment at point .
The measure of is , the measure of is , the measure of is , and the measure of is
. What is the measure, in degrees, of ?

ID: e10d8313 Answer

Correct Answer:
123
Rationale
The correct answer is . The triangle angle sum theorem states that the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a triangle
is degrees. It's given that the measure of is and the measure of is . Since points , , and form a
triangle, it follows from the triangle angle sum theorem that the measure, in degrees, of is , or . It's also
given that the measure of is . Since and are supplementary angles, the sum of their measures is
degrees. It follows that the measure, in degrees, of is , or . Since points , , and form a triangle,
and is the same angle as , it follows from the triangle angle sum theorem that the measure, in degrees, of
is , or . It's given that the measure of is . Since and are supplementary
angles, the sum of their measures is degrees. It follows that the measure, in degrees, of is , or . Since
points , , and form a triangle, and is the same angle as , it follows from the triangle angle sum theorem that
the measure, in degrees, of is , or .

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 694b7fce
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Lines, angles, and

Trigonometry triangles

ID: 694b7fce

In the figure shown, units, units, and units. What is the area, in square units, of triangle ?

ID: 694b7fce Answer

Correct Answer:
480
Rationale
The correct answer is . It's given in the figure that angle and angle are right angles. It follows that angle is
congruent to angle . It's also given that angle and angle are the same angle. It follows that angle is
congruent to angle . Since triangles and have two pairs of congruent angles, the triangles are similar. Sides
and in triangle correspond to sides and , respectively, in triangle . Corresponding sides in similar
triangles are proportional. Therefore, . It's given that units and units. Therefore, units.
It’s also given that units. Substituting for , for , and for in the equation yields
, or . Multiplying each side of this equation by yields . By the Pythagorean theorem, if a
right triangle has a hypotenuse with length and legs with lengths and , then . Since triangle is a right
triangle, it follows that represents the length of the hypotenuse, , and and represent the lengths of the legs, and .

Substituting for and for in the equation yields , which is equivalent to

, or . Subtracting from both sides of this equation yields . Taking the
square root of both sides of this equation yields . Since represents a length, which must be positive, the value of is
. Therefore, . Since and represent the lengths of the legs of triangle , it follows that and can
be used to calculate the area, in square units, of the triangle as , or . Therefore, the area, in square units, of triangle
is .

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID f731d88b
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Lines, angles, and

Trigonometry triangles

ID: f731d88b

In convex pentagon , segment is parallel to segment . The measure of angle is degrees, and the
measure of angle is degrees. What is the measure, in degrees, of angle ?

ID: f731d88b Answer

Correct Answer:
47
Rationale
The correct answer is . It's given that the measure of angle is degrees. Therefore, the exterior angle formed by extending
segment at point has measure , or , degrees. It's given that segment is parallel to segment .
Extending segment at point and extending segment at point until the two segments intersect results in a
transversal that intersects two parallel line segments. One of these intersection points is point , and let the other intersection
point be point . Since segment is parallel to segment , alternate interior angles are congruent. Angle and the
exterior angle formed by extending segment at point are alternate interior angles. Therefore, the measure of angle is
degrees. It's given that the measure of angle in pentagon is degrees. Therefore, angle has measure
, or , degrees. Since angle in pentagon is an exterior angle of triangle , it follows that the measure
of angle is the sum of the measures of angles and . Therefore, the measure, in degrees, of angle is , or
.

Alternate approach: A line can be created that's perpendicular to segments and and passes through point . Extending
segments and at points and , respectively, until they intersect this line yields two right triangles. Let these
intersection points be point and point , and the two right triangles be triangle and triangle . It's given that the
measure of angle is degrees. Therefore, angle has measure , or , degrees. Since the measure of angle
is degrees and the measure of angle is degrees, it follows that the measure of angle is ,
or , degrees. It's given that the measure of angle is degrees. Therefore, angle has measure , or ,
degrees. Since the measure of angle is degrees and the measure of angle is degrees, it follows that the
measure of angle is , or , degrees. Since angles , , and angle in pentagon form
segment , it follows that the sum of the measures of those angles is degrees. Therefore, the measure, in degrees, of angle
is , or .

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID c6dff223
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Right triangles and

Trigonometry trigonometry

ID: c6dff223

Triangle is similar to triangle , where angle corresponds to angle and angles and are right angles. The
length of is times the length of . If , what is the value of ?

ID: c6dff223 Answer

Correct Answer:
.7241, 21/29
Rationale
The correct answer is . It's given that triangle is similar to triangle , where angle corresponds to angle and
angles and are right angles. In similar triangles, the tangents of corresponding angles are equal. Therefore, if ,
then . In a right triangle, the tangent of an acute angle is the ratio of the length of the leg opposite the angle to the
length of the leg adjacent to the angle. Therefore, in triangle , if , the ratio of the length of to the length of
is . If the lengths of and are and , respectively, then the ratio of the length of to the length of is .
In a right triangle, the sine of an acute angle is the ratio of the length of the leg opposite the angle to the length of the hypotenuse.
Therefore, the value of is the ratio of the length of to the length of . The length of can be calculated using the
Pythagorean theorem, which states that if the lengths of the legs of a right triangle are and and the length of the hypotenuse is
, then . Therefore, if the lengths of and are and , respectively, then , or
. Taking the positive square root of both sides of this equation yields . Therefore, if the lengths of
and are and , respectively, then the length of is and the ratio of the length of to the length of is .
Thus, if , the value of is . Note that 21/29, .7241, and 0.724 are examples of ways to enter a correct answer.

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 2be01bd9
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Right triangles and

Trigonometry trigonometry

ID: 2be01bd9

Triangle is similar to triangle , where angle corresponds to angle and angle corresponds to angle . Angles
and are right angles. If , what is the value of ?

ID: 2be01bd9 Answer

Correct Answer:
.14, 7/50
Rationale
The correct answer is . It's given that triangle is similar to triangle , where angle corresponds to angle and
angle corresponds to angle . In similar triangles, the tangents of corresponding angles are equal. Since angle and angle
are corresponding angles, if , then . It's also given that angles and are right angles. It follows
that triangle is a right triangle with acute angles and . The tangent of one acute angle in a right triangle is the inverse of
the tangent of the other acute angle in the triangle. Therefore, . Substituting for in this equation
yields , or . Thus, if , the value of is . Note that 7/50 and .14 are examples
of ways to enter a correct answer.

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 8027db3f
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Right triangles and

Trigonometry trigonometry

ID: 8027db3f

In triangle , and angle is a right angle. What is the value of ?

ID: 8027db3f Answer

Correct Answer:
.8823, .8824, 15/17
Rationale
The correct answer is . It's given that angle is the right angle in triangle . Therefore, the acute angles of triangle
are angle and angle . The hypotenuse of a right triangle is the side opposite its right angle. Therefore, the hypotenuse of
triangle is side . The cosine of an acute angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to the angle
to the length of the hypotenuse. It's given that . This can be written as . Since the cosine of angle
is a ratio, it follows that the length of the side adjacent to angle is and the length of the hypotenuse is , where is a
constant. Therefore, and . The Pythagorean theorem states that in a right triangle, the square of the length
of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides. For triangle , it follows that
. Substituting for and for yields . This is equivalent to
. Subtracting from each side of this equation yields . Taking the square root of
each side of this equation yields . Since , it follows that , which can be rewritten as
. Note that 15/17, .8824, .8823, and 0.882 are examples of ways to enter a correct answer.

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 25da87f8
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Right triangles and

Trigonometry trigonometry

ID: 25da87f8

A triangle with angle measures 30°, 60°, and 90° has a perimeter of . What is
the length of the longest side of the triangle?

ID: 25da87f8 Answer

Rationale
The correct answer is 12. It is given that the triangle has angle measures of 30°, 60°, and 90°, and so the triangle is a special right
triangle. The side measures of this type of special triangle are in the ratio . If x is the measure of the shortest leg, then the

measure of the other leg is and the measure of the hypotenuse is 2x. The perimeter of the triangle is given to be ,
and so the equation for the perimeter can be written as . Combining like terms and factoring out a

common factor of x on the left-hand side of the equation gives . Rewriting the right-hand side of the

equation by factoring out 6 gives . Dividing both sides of the equation by the common factor
gives x = 6. The longest side of the right triangle, the hypotenuse, has a length of 2x, or 2(6), which is 12.

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 58c26db8
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Right triangles and

Trigonometry trigonometry

ID: 58c26db8

The perimeter of an isosceles right triangle is inches. What is the length, in inches, of the hypotenuse of this triangle?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: 58c26db8 Answer

Correct Answer:
C
Rationale
Choice C is correct. The perimeter of a triangle is the sum of the lengths of its sides. Since the given triangle is an isosceles right
triangle, the length of each leg is the same and the length of the hypotenuse is equal to times the length of a leg. Let
represent the length, in inches, of a leg of this isosceles right triangle. Therefore, the perimeter, in inches, of the triangle is
, or , which is equivalent to . It's given that the perimeter of this triangle is

inches. Thus, . Dividing both sides of this equation by yields . Multiplying the

right-hand side of this equation by yields , or . It follows that the length, in inches, of a leg
of this isosceles right triangle is . Therefore, the length, in inches, of the hypotenuse of this isosceles right triangle is
, or .

Choice A is incorrect. If this were the length of the hypotenuse, the perimeter would be inches.

Choice B is incorrect. This is the length, in inches, of a leg of this triangle, not the hypotenuse.

Choice D is incorrect. If this were the length of the hypotenuse, the perimeter would be inches.

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 76c73dbf
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Circles

Trigonometry

ID: 76c73dbf

The graph of in the xy-plane is a circle. What is the length of the circle’s radius?

ID: 76c73dbf Answer

Correct Answer:
10
Rationale
The correct answer is . It's given that the graph of in the xy-plane is a circle. The equation of a circle in
the xy-plane can be written in the form , where the coordinates of the center of the circle are
and the length of the radius of the circle is . The term in this equation can be obtained by adding the square of half the
coefficient of to both sides of the given equation to complete the square. The coefficient of is . Half the coefficient of is .
The square of half the coefficient of is . Adding to each side of yields
, or . Similarly, the term can be obtained by
adding the square of half the coefficient of to both sides of this equation, which yields
, or . This equation is equivalent to
, or . Therefore, the length of the circle's radius is .

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID c8345903
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Circles

Trigonometry

ID: c8345903

The circle above has center O, the length of arc is , and

. What is the length of arc ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: c8345903 Answer

Correct Answer:
B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. The ratio of the lengths of two arcs of a circle is equal to the ratio of the measures of the central angles that
subtend the arcs. It’s given that arc is subtended by a central angle with measure 100°. Since the sum of the measures of

the angles about a point is 360°, it follows that arc is subtended by a central angle with measure . If s

is the length of arc , then s must satisfy the ratio . Reducing the fraction to its simplest form gives .

Therefore, . Multiplying both sides of by yields .

Choice A is incorrect. This is the length of an arc consisting of exactly half of the circle, but arc is greater than half of the

circle. Choice C is incorrect. This is the total circumference of the circle. Choice D is incorrect. This is half the length of arc ,
not its full length.

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 9adb86ed
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Circles

Trigonometry

ID: 9adb86ed

Points and lie on a circle with center . The radius of this circle is inches. Triangle has a perimeter of inches.
What is the length, in inches, of ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: 9adb86ed Answer

Correct Answer:
B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. Since it's given that is the center of a circle with a radius of inches, and that points and lie on that
circle, it follows that and of triangle each have a length of inches. Let the length of be inches. It follows
that the perimeter of triangle is inches. Since it's given that the perimeter of triangle is inches, it
follows that , or . Subtracting from both sides of this equation gives . Therefore, the
length, in inches, of is .

Choice A is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 35d37640
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Circles

Trigonometry

ID: 35d37640

Point lies on a unit circle in the xy-plane and has coordinates . Point is the center of the circle and has coordinates
. Point also lies on the circle and has coordinates , where is a constant. Which of the following could be the
positive measure of angle , in radians?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: 35d37640 Answer

Correct Answer:
D
Rationale
Choice D is correct. It's given that the circle is a unit circle, which means the circle has a radius of . It's also given that point is
the center of the circle and has coordinates and that point lies on the circle and has coordinates . Since the
radius of the circle is , the value of must be , as all other points with an x-coordinate of are a distance greater than away
from point . Since and are points on the unit circle centered at , let side be the starting side of the angle and side
be the terminal side of the angle. Since side is on the positive x-axis and side is on the negative x-axis, side is
half of a rotation around the unit circle, or radians, away from side . Therefore, the positive measure of angle , in
radians, is equal to plus an integer multiple of . In other words, the positive measure of angle , in radians, is an odd
integer multiple of . Of the given choices, only is an odd integer multiple of .

Choice A is incorrect. This could be the positive measure of an angle where the starting side is and the terminal side contains
the point , not .

Choice B is incorrect. This could be the positive measure of an angle where the starting side is and the terminal side contains
the point , not .

Choice C is incorrect. This could be the positive measure of an angle where the starting side is and the terminal side contains
the point , not .

Question Difficulty:
Hard
Question ID 69b0d79d
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Circles

Trigonometry

ID: 69b0d79d

Point O is the center of the circle above, and the measure of is . If the

length of is 18, what is the length of arc ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: 69b0d79d Answer

Correct Answer:
B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. Because segments OA and OB are radii of the circle centered at point O, these segments have equal lengths.
Therefore, triangle AOB is an isosceles triangle, where angles OAB and OBA are congruent base angles of the triangle. It’s given
that angle OAB measures . Therefore, angle OBA also measures . Let represent the measure of angle AOB. Since the

sum of the measures of the three angles of any triangle is , it follows that , or .

Subtracting from both sides of this equation yields , or radians. Therefore, the measure of angle AOB, and

thus the measure of arc , is radians. Since is a radius of the given circle and its length is 18, the length of the radius

of the circle is 18. Therefore, the length of arc can be calculated as , or .

Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may result from conceptual or computational errors.

Question Difficulty:
Hard