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Thursday, August 28

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

A right circular cylinder has height 6 and volume 54pi symbol. What is the circumference of its base?


A.  click to choose answer A   2pi symbol
B.  click to choose answer B   3pi symbol
C.  click to choose answer C   6pi symbol
D.  click to choose answer D   9pi symbol
E.  click to choose answer E   18pi symbol
 
Friday, August 29

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

Explorer David Livingstone has ------- reputation: some historians revile him as a proponent of imperialism, while others ------- him as a founder of African Nationalism.


A.  click to choose answer A   a substantial . . exalt
B.  click to choose answer B   a sketchy . . vilify
C.  click to choose answer C   an illustrious . . dismiss
D.  click to choose answer D   a dichotomous . . praise
E.  click to choose answer E   a pristine . . castigate
Sunday, August 31

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

If the function ƒ is defined by ƒ(x) = 2x + 3, and if ƒ(a) = 11, what is the value of a?


A.  click to choose answer A   4
B.  click to choose answer B   7
C.  click to choose answer C   11
D.  click to choose answer D   17
E.  click to choose answer E   25
Tuesday, September 2

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.

Cola nuts are the caffeine-rich nuts of Cola auminata
 
and Cola nitida, evergreen forest trees that are
 
native to  tropical West Africa and that are  a member
A   B
of  the same botanical family  as  cocas.  No error 
C   D   E


A.  click to choose answer A   (A)
B.  click to choose answer B   (B)
C.  click to choose answer C   (C)
D.  click to choose answer D   (D)
E.  click to choose answer E   (E)
Wednesday, September 3

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

Troy bought a bag of 20 marbles for $2.00, a bag of 50 marbles for $4.00, and a bag of 100 marbles. If the average (arithmetic mean) cost of the marbles in all three bags was exactly $0.08 each, what was the price of the bag of 100 marbles?


A.  click to choose answer A   $7.00
B.  click to choose answer B   $7.20
C.  click to choose answer C   $7.40
D.  click to choose answer D   $7.60
E.  click to choose answer E   $7.80
Thursday, September 4

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

When, in 1864, a factory established by Alfred Nobel to manufacture nitroglycerin blew up, the scientist discovered that the explosive was as ------- as it was powerful, ------- to detonate without warning.


A.  click to choose answer A   dormant . . ready
B.  click to choose answer B   fickle . . unlikely
C.  click to choose answer C   volatile . . liable
D.  click to choose answer D   unprecedented . . intended
E.  click to choose answer E   inactive . . designed
Friday, September 5

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 first 10,000 United States patents, known to be the X-patents, were burned in a fire in 1836.


A.  click to choose answer A   to be
B.  click to choose answer B   to have been
C.  click to choose answer C   as
D.  click to choose answer D   as they were
E.  click to choose answer E   as being
Friday, September 5

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 first 10,000 United States patents, known to be the X-patents, were burned in a fire in 1836.


A.  click to choose answer A   to be
B.  click to choose answer B   to have been
C.  click to choose answer C   as
D.  click to choose answer D   as they were
E.  click to choose answer E   as being
Saturday, September 6

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

MATH GRAPHIC

Note: Figure not drawn to scale.

In the figure above, x = 60 and y = 40. If the dashed lines bisect the angles with measures of x° and y°, what is the value of z?


A.  click to choose answer A   25
B.  click to choose answer B   35
C.  click to choose answer C   40
D.  click to choose answer D   45
E.  click to choose answer E   50
Monday, September 8

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.

Most saxophones,  except for  the straight-bodied
  A  
sopranino and soprano  models,  with  an upturned
  B C  
lower end and a detachable crook,  or neck , at the
  D  
upper end.  No error
  E


A.  click to choose answer A   (A)
B.  click to choose answer B   (B)
C.  click to choose answer C   (C)
D.  click to choose answer D   (D)
E.  click to choose answer E   (E)
Friday, September 12

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

First, 3 is subtracted from x and the square root of the difference is taken. Then, 5 is added to the result, giving a final result of 9. What is the value of x?


A.  click to choose answer A   3
B.  click to choose answer B   4
C.  click to choose answer C   5
D.  click to choose answer D   16
E.  click to choose answer E   19
Saturday, September 13

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

The accident left Tom not so much incapacitated as -------: he was left weak, but the doctors gave him reason to expect -------.


A.  click to choose answer A   enfeebled . . progression
B.  click to choose answer B   inconvenienced . . deterioration
C.  click to choose answer C   frustrated . . enervation
D.  click to choose answer D   vindicated . . complication
E.  click to choose answer E   debilitated . . recovery
Sunday, September 14

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.

Used in  sculpture, carving is the process
A  
and it reduces  substances  such as  stone,
B   C  
wood, or ivory to a desired shape  by cutting
  D
or chipping away unnecessary parts.  No error
  E


A.  click to choose answer A   (A)
B.  click to choose answer B   (B)
C.  click to choose answer C   (C)
D.  click to choose answer D   (D)
E.  click to choose answer E   (E)
Monday, September 15

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

If s = 1 + 1 over 2 + 1 over 4 + 1 over 8 + 1 over 16 + 1 over 32 and t = 1 + 1 over 2s, then t exceeds s by


A.  click to choose answer A   1 over 4
B.  click to choose answer B   1 over 8
C.  click to choose answer C   1 over 16
D.  click to choose answer D   1 over 32
E.  click to choose answer E   1 over 64
Tuesday, September 16

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

Amelia Earhart, recognized as a pioneer in aviation, ------- praise for her successful solo flights as well as her efforts to open the male-dominated field to other women.


A.  click to choose answer A   embodied
B.  click to choose answer B   hoarded
C.  click to choose answer C   garnered
D.  click to choose answer D   compiled
E.  click to choose answer E   dispersed
Wednesday, September 17

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.

At the airline, their pilots were angry with the prospect of seeing their pension plans replaced with less generous versions, vowed to use legal means to fight such a move.


A.  click to choose answer A   At the airline, their pilots were angry with
B.  click to choose answer B   The airline’s pilots had anger because of
C.  click to choose answer C   Pilots at the airline, angered at
D.  click to choose answer D   It angered pilots at the airline,
E.  click to choose answer E   Their pilots, angry at the airline for
Thursday, September 18

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

The sum of the positive odd integers less than 50 is subtracted from the sum of the positive even integers less than or equal to 50. What is the resulting difference?


A.  click to choose answer A   0
B.  click to choose answer B   25
C.  click to choose answer C   50
D.  click to choose answer D   100
E.  click to choose answer E   200
Friday, September 19

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

Since the two legislators had a long history of major disagreements, the senator considered his colleague’s enthusiastic assurances that they would be in agreement on a forthcoming piece of legislation -------.


A.  click to choose answer A   fatuous
B.  click to choose answer B   precious
C.  click to choose answer C   sagacious
D.  click to choose answer D   meritorious
E.  click to choose answer E   ignoble
 
Friday, October 10

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

The jellyfish’s slow pulsing action propels it in a graceful, seemingly ------- drift, but its tentacles contain a poison potent enough to stun a swimming human.


A.  click to choose answer A   sinister
B.  click to choose answer B   rhythmic
C.  click to choose answer C   murky
D.  click to choose answer D   harmless
E.  click to choose answer E   patient
Saturday, October 11

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.

Warmer coastal air and water has accelerated melting in Antarctica’s ice shelves and increased the flow of glaciers into the sea.


A.  click to choose answer A   has accelerated melting in Antarctica’s
B.  click to choose answer B   has accelerated Antarctica’s melting
C.  click to choose answer C   having accelerated the melting of Antarctica’s
D.  click to choose answer D   accelerated Antarctica’s melting
E.  click to choose answer E   have accelerated the melting of Antarctica’s
Sunday, October 12

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

3, 6, 11, 18, ...

The first four terms of a sequence are shown above. Which of the following could be the formula that gives the nth term of this sequence for all positive
integers n?


A.  click to choose answer A   2n
B.  click to choose answer B   2n + 1
C.  click to choose answer C   3n
D.  click to choose answer D   n2 + 1
E.  click to choose answer E   n2 + 2
Monday, October 13

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

Refuting the claim that the surest way to reduce anger is to express it, the author asserts that ------- anger can actually increase its ------- .


A.  click to choose answer A   denying . . impact
B.  click to choose answer B   understanding . . importance
C.  click to choose answer C   overcoming . . likelihood
D.  click to choose answer D   venting . . intensity
E.  click to choose answer E   voicing . . benefits
Tuesday, October 14

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.

From its modest beginnings  as  a series of brief
  A  
vignettes to  its establishment as  the
  B  
longest-running prime-time animated series on
 
television, The Simpsons  transformed  the way
  C  
both the  audiences and television programmers
D  
view the animated sitcom.  No error
  E


A.  click to choose answer A   (A)
B.  click to choose answer B   (B)
C.  click to choose answer C   (C)
D.  click to choose answer D   (D)
E.  click to choose answer E   (E)
Wednesday, October 15

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

MATH GRAPHIC

In the figure above, inscribed triangle ABC is equilateral. If the radius of the circle is r, then the length of arc AXB is


A.  click to choose answer A   2 pi symbol R over 3
B.  click to choose answer B   4 pi symbol R over 3
C.  click to choose answer C   3 pi symbol R over 2
D.  click to choose answer D   pi symbol R squared over 3
E.  click to choose answer E   2 pi symbol R squared over 3
Friday, October 17

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.

A Raisin in the Sun won for its author Lorraine Hansberry the distinction of being the first African American to receive the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award.


A.  click to choose answer A   of being the first African American to receive
B.  click to choose answer B   to be the first African American receiving
C.  click to choose answer C   of the first African American to receive
D.  click to choose answer D   that she had been the first African American to receive
E.  click to choose answer E   that she was to be the first African American having received
Saturday, October 18

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

figure

Note: Figure not drawn to scale.

In the figure above, the length of AB is 2x and the length of BC is 3x. If a point is chosen at random from AC, what is the probability that the point will lie on BC?


A.  click to choose answer A   two over five
B.  click to choose answer B   one over two
C.  click to choose answer C   three over five
D.  click to choose answer D   two over three
E.  click to choose answer E   five over six
Sunday, October 19

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

Barbara McClintock’s systematic examination of corn demonstrated the transposition of genes, a finding that overturned entrenched beliefs and proved that ------- study may produce brilliant insights and ------- change.


A.  click to choose answer A   haphazard . . radical
B.  click to choose answer B   inherent . . controversial
C.  click to choose answer C   improvised . . startling
D.  click to choose answer D   methodical . . revolutionary
E.  click to choose answer E   derivative . . gradual
Monday, October 20

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.

Although not  the  first animated  feature film, Disney’s
A   B  
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first
 
animated film  to use  up-to-the-minute techniques
  C  
as well as achieving  widespread release.  No error
D   E


A.  click to choose answer A   (A)
B.  click to choose answer B   (B)
C.  click to choose answer C   (C)
D.  click to choose answer D   (D)
E.  click to choose answer E   (E)
Tuesday, October 21

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

If S is the set of positive integers that are multiples
of 7, and if T is the set of positive integers that are multiples of 13, how many integers are in the intersection of S and T?


A.  click to choose answer A   None
B.  click to choose answer B   One
C.  click to choose answer C   Seven
D.  click to choose answer D   Thirteen
E.  click to choose answer E   More than thirteen
Thursday, October 23

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 gong, believed to have originated in Western Asia, reached China in the sixth century, where it continues to be used for a wide range of purposes, including as a military signal, a rhythmic accompaniment for vocal performance, and a ritual instrument.


A.  click to choose answer A   including as
B.  click to choose answer B   which include
C.  click to choose answer C   which includes
D.  click to choose answer D   including
E.  click to choose answer E   they include as
Friday, October 24

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

If N · 5 over 14 = 5 over 14 · 7 over 9 , then N =


A.  click to choose answer A   7 over 9
B.  click to choose answer B   9 over 7
C.  click to choose answer C   5
D.  click to choose answer D   7
E.  click to choose answer E   14