Name: ____________________ Date: ____________________

SAT Math Practice: Module 1

Directions: For questions 1–20, solve each problem and choose the best answer from the choices
provided. For questions 21–27, solve the problem and enter your answer in the response area. You
may use a calculator for all questions.
1. If 3x + 9 = 21, what is the value of 6x?
A) 4
B) 8
C) 24
D) 36
2. A line in the xy -plane passes through the points (0, 3) and (2, 7). Which of the following is an
equation of the line?
A) y = 2x + 3
B) y = 3x + 2
C) y = 4x + 3
D) y = 2x + 7
3. The function f is defined by f (x) = x2 − 5x + 6. What is the value of f (4)?
A) 2
B) 6
C) 10
D) 42

Daily Sales (Units)

20
18

15

12
Units Sold

10

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

Day of the Week

Figure for Question 4

4. Based on the bar chart above, what is the median number of units sold per day over the five-
day period?
A) 10
B) 12
C) 15
D) 18
5. A circle in the xy -plane has center (3, −4) and a radius of 5. Which of the following is an
equation of the circle?
A) (x − 3)2 + (y + 4)2 = 5
B) (x + 3)2 + (y − 4)2 = 25
C) (x − 3)2 + (y + 4)2 = 25
D) (x − 3)2 + (y − 4)2 = 25
6. Which of the following is equivalent to the expression (3x2 + 2x − 5) + (2x2 − 4x + 1)?
A) 5x2 − 2x − 4
B) 5x2 + 6x − 6
C) x2 − 2x − 4
D) 5x4 − 2x2 − 4

Triangle LMN

10
y

L x M
7. In the right triangle LMN shown above, LN = 6. What is the value of x?
A) 4
B) 8
C) 12
D) 16
8. If 2(x + 3) = x − 4, what is the value of x?
A) -10
B) -7
C) -1
D) 2
9. A bag contains 5 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 2 green marbles. If one marble is selected at
random, what is the probability that the marble is NOT blue?
A) 0.3
B) 0.5
C) 0.7
D) 0.8
10. The population of a town increases by 3% every year. If the current population is P , which
expression represents the population after 5 years?
A) P (0.03)5
B) P (1.03)5
C) P + 5(0.03)
D) P (1.3)5
11. If x > 0 and x2 − 16 = 0, what is the value of x?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 8
D) 16
12. A rectangular prism has a length of 4, a width of 3, and a height of h. If the volume of the
prism is 60, what is the value of h?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 12
D) 15
13. Which of the following values of x satisfies the inequality −3x + 7 < 1?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3

Graph of y = f(x)

5
y

1
x
-5 -3 -1 0 1 3 5
-1

-3

-5
14. The graph of the function f is shown in the xy -plane above. For which value of x is f (x) = 0?
A) −2
B) 0
C) 2 ​

D) 2
15. If a + b = 10 and a − b = 4, what is the value of a2 − b2 ?
A) 14
B) 24
C) 40
D) 100
16. A data set consists of the numbers 2, 2, 4, 5, 7. If the number 10 is added to the data set, which
of the following statistical measures will increase the most?
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode
D) Range
17. In the xy -plane, the graph of y = 3x2 − 6x + 5 has a vertex at (h, k). What is the value of h?
A) -2
B) -1
C) 1
D) 2
18. If sin(x∘ ) = cos(20∘ ) and 0 < x < 90, what is the value of x?
A) 20
B) 40
C) 70
D) 80
19. A system of equations is given below:

2x + 3y = 7

4x − 3y = 5

What is the value of x?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 6
20. The expression x2 −9 is equivalent to which of the following for x =
 3?
x−3
​

A) x − 3
B) x + 3
C) x + 9
D) 3
Student-Produced Response Questions
21. If 5x = 25, what is the value of x + 10?

22. A line passes through the origin and the point (4, 12). What is the slope of the line?

23. What is the positive solution to the equation x2 − 49 = 0?

24. In a certain triangle, the measures of two angles are 35∘ and 45∘ . What is the measure, in
degrees, of the third angle?

25. If f (x) = 2x + 7 and f (k) = 19, what is the value of k ?

26. A sample of 200 items contains 6 defective items. At this rate, how many defective items
would be expected in a sample of 1,000 items?

27. What is the value of x that satisfies the equation 12 x + 13 x = 10?

​ ​
 Name: ____________________ Date: ____________________
SAT Math Module 2: Advanced/Hard Mix

Module Instructions
This module contains 27 questions. You have 35 minutes to complete this section. You may use
a calculator for all questions. For multiple-choice questions, select the best answer. For
student-produced response questions, enter your answer in the space provided.

1. The function f is defined by f (x) = a(x − h)2 + k , where a, h, and k are constants. The
graph of y = f (x) in the xy -plane has its vertex at (4, −5) and passes through the point (2, 7).
What is the value of a?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 6
D) 12
2. A circle in the xy -plane has the equation x2 + y 2 − 6x + 10y = 47. What is the radius of the
circle?
A) 7
B) 9
C) 47
D) 81
3. In the figure below, line l is parallel to line m. If x = 55 and y = 120, what is the value of z ?

x°
l
z°
t
y°
m

A) 65
B) 115
C) 125
D) 175
4. The population of a certain species of bacteria doubles every 4 hours. If the initial population is
P0 , which of the following functions models the population P after t hours?
​

A) P (t) = P0 (2)4t ​

B) P (t) = P0 (2) 4
t
​

C) P (t) = P0 (4)2t ​

D) P (t) = P0 (0.5) 4
t
​

x5 ⋅y 3
5. If = xa y b for all positive values of x and y , what is the value of a + b?
​

3
x2 ⋅y
​

A) 13
6
​

B) 3
C) 17
6
​

D) 19
6
​
6. The table below shows the distribution of scores on a 10-point quiz for a class of 25 students.
What is the median score for the class?

Quiz Score Frequency

6 3

7 5

8 8

9 6

10 3

A) 7
B) 8
C) 8.5
D) 9
7. A system of equations is given below:

y = x2 − 4x + 7

y = 2x + k

For what value of k will the system have exactly one real solution?
A) −2
B) −1
C) 1
D) 2
2x−5
8. In the xy -plane, the graph of the function g(x) = x+3
​ has a horizontal asymptote at y = c.
What is the value of c?
A) −3
B) −2.5
C) 2
D) 5
9. A right circular cylinder has a volume of 432π cubic inches. If the height of the cylinder is 12
inches, what is the surface area, in square inches, of the cylinder?
A) 72π
B) 144π
C) 216π
D) 288π
10. If sin(x∘ ) = cos(72∘ ) and 0 < x < 90, what is the value of x?
A) 18
B) 28
C) 72
D) 108
Student-Produced Response Questions
Directions: For questions 11-15, solve the problem and enter your answer in the response area
provided.
11. If 3x − 7 = 14, what is the value of 6x + 5?

12. The sum of two numbers is 45. One number is 5 more than three times the other number.
What is the value of the larger number?

13. A researcher estimates that the population of a city is increasing at a constant annual rate of
3%. If the population in 2020 was 150,000, what is the estimated population in 2022? (Round to
the nearest whole number).

14. In the xy -plane, the line with equation y = mx + b passes through the points (2, 5) and
(6, 13). What is the value of m?
15. If x2 − 10x + c = 0 has exactly one real solution, what is the value of c?
Advanced Data Analysis & Functions
16. The scatterplot below shows the relationship between the number of hours spent studying and
the score on a final exam for 10 students. Which of the following equations best models the line of
best fit for the data?

100
Exam Score
Line of Best

90

80

70

60

50
0 2 4 6 8 10

A) y = 5x + 50
B) y = 10x + 40
C) y = 2x + 60
D) y = 5x + 70
17. If f (x) = 3x − 2 and g(x) = x2 + 1, what is the value of f (g(4))?
A) 15
B) 49
C) 51
D) 121
18. A rectangular garden has a length that is 4 feet longer than its width. If the area of the garden
is 96 square feet, what is the perimeter, in feet, of the garden?
A) 20
B) 24
C) 40
D) 44
19. Which of the following is equivalent to (3x2 − 5x + 2) − (x2 + 2x − 4)?
A) 2x2 − 3x − 2
B) 2x2 − 7x + 6
C) 4x2 − 3x − 2
D) 2x2 − 7x − 2
20. The graph of y = f (x) is shown in the xy -plane below. For which value of x is f (x) at its
minimum?

5
y

1
x
-5 -3 -1 0 1 3 5
-1

-3

-5

A) −3
B) −1
C) 1
D) 3
21. A certain polynomial p(x) has a remainder of 5 when divided by x − 2. Which of the following
must be true?
A) p(2) = 5
B) p(−2) = 5
C) p(5) = 2
D) x − 2 is a factor of p(x)
22. If x > 0 and x2 − 9 = 0, what is the value of x3 + x2 ?
A) 12
B) 18
C) 27
D) 36
1
23. The expression 1 1
+ x+3
​

is equivalent to which of the following?

x+2
​ ​

A) x22x+5
+5x+6
​

2
B) x 2x+5
+5x+6
​

C) 2x + 5
D) x2 + 5x + 6
Final Hard-Track Questions (Operational & Pretest)
24. A circle has a center at (3, −4) and a point (7, −1) lies on the circle. Which of the following is
the equation of the circle?
A) (x − 3)2 + (y + 4)2 = 5
B) (x + 3)2 + (y − 4)2 = 25
C) (x − 3)2 + (y + 4)2 = 25
D) (x − 7)2 + (y + 1)2 = 25
25. If a2 + b2 = 25 and ab = 12, what is the value of (a + b)2 ?
A) 37
B) 49
C) 61
D) 169
26. (Student-Produced Response) In a right triangle, the tangent of one acute angle is 34 . What is
​

the sine of the same angle?

27. (Student-Produced Response) The function h is defined by h(x) = −4.9x2 + 20x + 5,

representing the height in meters of a ball x seconds after it is thrown. To the nearest tenth of a
second, after how many seconds does the ball reach its maximum height?
 Name: ____________________ Date: ____________________
SAT Math Reference
The following formulas and figures are provided to you during the SAT Math sections. Familiarize
yourself with these shapes and equations to save time during the exam.

Area of a Circle Area of a Rectangle Area of a Triangle

l l
h
r

A = πr2 A = lw 1
A= bh
2
​

C = 2πr

Pythagorean Theorem Special Right Triangles

30°-60°-90°:
a2 + b2 = c2 Sides: x, x 3, 2x
​

In a right triangle, the square of the 45°-45°-90°:

hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares Sides: s, s, s 2 ​

of the legs.
Rect. Prism Cylinder Sphere Cone Pyramid

V = lwh V = πr2 h V = 43 πr3

​ V = 13 πr2 h
​ V = 13 lwh
​

Additional Information
The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.
The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2π .
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.
 Name: ____________________ Date: ____________________
SAT Math Practice: Detailed Answer Key and Explanations

Module 1: Standard Mix

This module covers foundational concepts in Algebra, Advanced Math, Problem Solving, and
Geometry. Follow the logical steps below to master the SAT Math approach.

1. Linear Equations
Correct Answer: D) 36
Step 1: Isolate the variable term. Subtract 9 from both sides: 3x + 9 − 9 = 21 − 9 → 3x = 12
.
Step 2: Solve for x. Divide by 3: x = 4.
Step 3: Answer the specific question. The problem asks for the value of 6x. Substitute 4 for x:
6(4) = 36.
2. Linear Functions
Correct Answer: A) y = 2x + 3
Step 1: Calculate the slope (m) using m = xy22 −y
​

​
1
−x1
​

. Using points (0, 3) and (2, 7):

​
​

7−3 4
m = 2−0 = 2 = 2.
​ ​

Step 2: Identify the y -intercept (b). Since the point (0, 3) is given, b = 3.
Step 3: Write the equation in slope-intercept form y = mx + b: y = 2x + 3.
3. Function Notation
Correct Answer: A) 2
Step 1: Substitute the input value (4) into every instance of x in the function
f (x) = x2 − 5x + 6.
Step 2: Evaluate the terms: f (4) = (4)2 − 5(4) + 6 = 16 − 20 + 6.
Step 3: Simplify: 16 − 20 = −4, and −4 + 6 = 2.
4. Median and Data Sets
Correct Answer: C) 15
Step 1: Arrange the data in ascending order: 10, 12, 15, 18, 20.
Step 2: Identify the middle value. Since there are 5 values (an odd number), the median is the
3rd value.
Step 3: The 3rd value is 15.
5. Circle Equations
Correct Answer: C) (x-3)^2 + (y+4)^2 = 25
Step 1: Recall the standard form: (x − h)2 + (y − k)2 = r2 , where (h, k) is the center and r is
the radius.
Step 2: Substitute the center (3, −4):
(x − 3)2 + (y − (−4))2 = r2 → (x − 3)2 + (y + 4)2 = r2 .
Step 3: Square the radius: 52 = 25. The final equation is (x − 3)2 + (y + 4)2 = 25.
6. Polynomial Addition
Correct Answer: A) 5x^2 - 2x - 4
Step 1: Group like terms: (3x2 + 2x2 ) + (2x − 4x) + (−5 + 1).
Step 2: Combine coefficients: 5x2 − 2x − 4.
7. Pythagorean Theorem
Correct Answer: B) 8
Step 1: Use a2 + b2 = c2 . Here, a = 6 and c = 10.
Step 2: Substitute and solve: 62 + b2 = 102 → 36 + b2 = 100.
Step 3: b2 = 64 → b = 64 = 8.​

8. Multi-Step Equations
Correct Answer: A) -10
Step 1: Distribute: 2(x + 3) = x − 4 → 2x + 6 = x − 4.
Step 2: Subtract x from both sides: x + 6 = −4.
Step 3: Subtract 6 from both sides: x = −10.
9. Probability
Correct Answer: C) 0.7
Step 1: Find the total number of outcomes: 5 + 3 + 2 = 10.
Step 2: Identify favorable outcomes (NOT blue). This includes red (5) and green (2): 5 + 2 = 7.
Step 3: Calculate probability: 10
7
​= 0.7.
10. Exponential Growth
Correct Answer: B) P(1.03)^5
Step 1: Use the growth formula A = P (1 + r)t .
Step 2: Identify r = 3% = 0.03 and t = 5.
Step 3: Substitute: P (1 + 0.03)5 = P (1.03)5 .
 Module 2: Advanced/Hard Mix
These problems require deeper analysis, including completing the square, discriminant
analysis, and complex geometric properties.

1. Quadratic Vertex Form

Correct Answer: A) 3
Step 1: Start with vertex form y = a(x − h)2 + k . Given vertex (4, −5), the equation is
y = a(x − 4)2 − 5.
Step 2: Substitute the point (2, 7) to solve for a: 7 = a(2 − 4)2 − 5.
Step 3: Simplify: 7 = a(−2)2 − 5 → 7 = 4a − 5.
Step 4: Add 5 to both sides: 12 = 4a → a = 3.
2. Circle Radius (Completing the Square)
Correct Answer: B) 9
Step 1: Group x and y terms: (x2 − 6x) + (y 2 + 10y) = 47.
Step 2: Complete the square for x: ( −62
​ )2 = 9. For y : ( 10
​

2
)2 = 25.
Step 3: Add these to both sides: (x2 − 6x + 9) + (y 2 + 10y + 25) = 47 + 9 + 25.
Step 4: Simplify the right side: 47 + 9 + 25 = 81. Since r2 = 81, r = 81 = 9.
​

3. Parallel Lines and Transversals

Correct Answer: A) 65
Step 1: Identify the relationship between angles. If y = 120, its supplementary interior angle is
180 − 120 = 60.
Step 2: In the triangle formed by the transversal, the interior angles must sum to 180.
Step 3: Alternatively, use the exterior angle theorem: z = y − x. 120 − 55 = 65.
4. Discriminant and Intersections
Correct Answer: A) -2
Step 1: Set the equations equal to find intersection points: x2 − 4x + 7 = 2x + k .
Step 2: Move all terms to one side: x2 − 6x + (7 − k) = 0.
Step 3: For exactly one solution, the discriminant b2 − 4ac must equal 0.
Step 4: (−6)2 − 4(1)(7 − k) = 0 → 36 − 28 + 4k = 0 → 8 + 4k = 0.
Step 5: Solve for k : 4k = −8 → k = −2.
5. Rational Exponents
Correct Answer: D) 19/6
Step 1: Convert radicals to exponents: x5 = x5/2 and 3 x2 = x2/3 . ​ ​

Step 2: Use the quotient rule xxb = xa−b . For x: 52 − 23 = 15 − 46 = 11

a
​

6 6
. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Step 3: For y : 32 − 13 = 96 − 26 = 76 .
​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Step 4: Sum the exponents a + b: 11 6

+ 86 = 19
6
​
. (Note: Re-calculation confirms y exponent is
​ ​

8/6 if original was y /y ).

3/2 1/6

6. Surface Area of a Cylinder

Correct Answer: C) 216\pi
Step 1: Find the radius from the volume V = πr2 h. 432π = πr2 (12) → 432 = 12r2 .
Step 2: Solve for r: r2 = 36 → r = 6.
Step 3: Use the Surface Area formula SA = 2πrh + 2πr2 .
Step 4: Substitute: 2π(6)(12) + 2π(62 ) = 144π + 72π = 216π .
7. Trigonometric Ratios
Correct Answer: 0.6
Step 1: Given tan(θ) = 34 , we know Opposite = 3 and Adjacent = 4.
​

Step 2: Find the hypotenuse using a2 + b2 = c2 → 32 + 42 = c2 → 9 + 16 = 25. Thus, c = 5.

Opposite
Step 3: Calculate sin(θ) = Hypotenuse = 35 . ​ ​

Step 4: Convert to decimal: 0.6.

8. Projectile Motion (Vertex)
Correct Answer: 2.0
Step 1: The maximum height of a parabola y = ax2 + bx + c occurs at the vertex t = − 2a
b
. ​

Step 2: Identify a = −4.9 and b = 20.

20 20
Step 3: Calculate: t = − 2(−4.9) = − −9.8
​ ≈ 2.0408. ​

Step 4: Round to the nearest tenth as requested: 2.0.