Barron's SAT, 29th Edition

<Question>
SAT Math
4. What is the slope of the line that passes through (a , b)∧ ( 1a ,b) ?
<Answer>
A. 0
y 2− y 1 b−b
¿ = =0
Slope of line x 2−x 1 1
−a
a
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SAT Math
10. In the figure above, each of the small circles has a radius of 2 and the large circle has a radius
of 6. If a point is chosen at random inside the large circle, what is the probability that the point
lies in the shaded region?
<Answer>
7
A.
9
Total area ¿ π × 62=36 π
Area of white circle ¿ 2 × π × 22=8 π
Area of black circle ¿ π × 62−8 π =36 π −8 π=28 π
If a point is chosen at random inside the large circle, the probability that the point lies in the
shaded region ¿ Area of black ¿˚ =
28 π 7
= ¿
Total area 36 π 9
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SAT Math
9. At the audition for the school play, n people tried out. If k people went before Judy, who went
before Liz, and m people went after Liz, how many people tried out between Judy and Liz?
<Answer>
A. n−m−k −2
Since k people went before Judy, Judy is (k+1)th to try.

m people went after Liz, which means Liz was (n-m)th.
So, number of people between Judy and Liz ¿ ( n−m )−( k +1 ) −1=n−m−k −2
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SAT Math
6. A printer that can print 1 page in 5 seconds shuts down for 3 minutes to cool off after every
hour of operation. How many minutes will the printer take to print 3600 pages?
<Answer>
B. 312
Printer prints 1 page in 5 seconds.

1 pages 3600 pages pages
So, printing rate n= = =720
5 seconds 5 hour hour
3600
∴To print 3600 pages, required time ¿ =5 hour=300 minutes
720
After printing 720 pages, it needs 3 minutes to cooldown.
Here, printer needs to cool off 4 time.
∴cool off time ¿ 4 ×3=12minutes
∴Total time ¿ 300+12=312 minutes

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SAT Math
7. In the figure above, how many paths are there from A to X if the only ways to move are up and
to the right?
<Answer>
B. 6
Let’s label all the vertices.
To go from A to X, possible paths are as follow:

A-B-C-F-X, A-B-E-F-X, A-B-E-H-X, A-D-G-H-X, A-D-E-F-X, A-D-E-H-X.
There are no other possibilities.
So, total different 6 paths are possible.
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SAT Math
8. A jar contains 20 marbles: 4 red, 6 white, and 10 blue. If you remove 1 marble at a time,
randomly, what is the minimum number that you must remove to be certain that you have at
least 2 marbles of each color?
<Answer>
D. 18
To be certain to have at least 2 marbles of each color, let’s take worst case scenario.
We picked up all 10 blue and 6 white marble. To have at least 2 marble of each color, we need 2
red marble. And there are 4 red marble in jar. So, we must pick 2 marble from jar.
So, maximum number of try ¿ 10+6+ 2=18

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SAT Math
2. Dwight Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890 and died on March 28, 1969. What was his
age, in years, at the time of his death?
<Answer>
B. 78
To calculate age, we must find last birthday. Dwight Eisenhower’s last birthday was in October
1968.
So, age at death ¿ 1968−1969=78 year

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SAT Math
3. There are 27 students in Mr. White’s homeroom. What is the probability that at least 3 of
them have their birthdays in the same month?
<Answer>
D. 1
27
=2.25 which means at least 2 students have their birthday in same month.
12
So, in worst case when 24 students have their birthday in different month, still 2 students have
their birthday in same month. There are total 27 students. So, there are 3 students are left out.
So, it is guaranteed that at least one month have 3 or more birthdays.
So, the probability is 1.
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SAT Math
5. A cafeteria has a lunch special consisting of soup or salad, a sandwich, coffee or tea, and a
dessert. If the menu lists 3 soups, 2 salads, 8 sandwiches, and 7 desserts, how many different
lunches can you choose? (NOTE: Two lunches are different if they differ in any aspect.)
<Answer>
D. 560
You can choose first course in 5 ways., beverage in 2 ways, sandwich in 8 ways and desserts in 7
ways.
So, total different launches ¿ ( 51)( 21)( 81)( 71 )=5 ×2 ×8 ×7=560

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SAT Math
4. A jar has 5 marbles, 1 of each of the colors red, white, blue, green, and yellow. If 4 marbles are
removed from the jar, what is the probability that the yellow marble was removed?
<Answer>
4
C.
5
the probability that the yellow marble was removed ¿ 1−¿ (the probability that the yellow
marble was not removed)
¿ 1−
( 4)
4
1 4
=1− =
( 54) 5 5
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SAT Math
Questions 14 and 15 refer to the following diagram. A is the set of positive integers less than 20;
B is the set of positive integers that contain the digit 7; and C is the set of primes.
15. What is one number less than 50 that is a member of the region labeled y?
<Answer>
37 or 47
Since y contains positive integers that contain the digit 7 which are prime number and greater
than 20.
So, 37 or 47 are required number which are less than 50, greater than 20, contains the digit 7
and are prime number.
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SAT Math
5. If c ≠ 0 and the slope of the line passing through (-c, c) and (3c, a) is 1, which of the following
is an expression for a in terms of c?
<Answer>
D. 5c
y 2− y 1 a−c
Slope of line ¿ = =1 ⇒ a−c=4 c ⇒ a=5 c
x 2−x 1 3 c +c
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SAT Math
3. A circle whose center is at (6,8) passes through the origin. Which of the following points is
NOT on the circle?
<Answer>
D. (-2, 12)
Since center of circle is (6, 8) and passes through origin, equation of circle is,
( x−6 )2+ ( y −8 )2=6 2+ 82 ⇒ ( x−6 )2 + ( y−8 )2=102

(12, 0), (6, -2), (16, 8) satisfy the equation of circle, and point (-2, 12) does not satisfies the
equation of line.
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SAT Math
Questions 11 and 12 refer to circle O, in which A (-1, 0) and B (3, -2) are the endpoints of a
diameter.
11. What is the area of circle O?
<Answer>
5π
√ 2
Length of diameter ¿ AB= ( 3− (−1 ) ) + (−2−0 )2 =√ 20
π 2 π
Area of circle ¿ A B = × 20=5 π
4 4
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SAT Math
7. What is the slope of the line that passes through (3, 2) and is perpendicular to the line that
passes through (-2, 3) and (2, -3)?
<Answer>
2
C.
3
Slop of line passing through (-2, 3) and (2, -3),

y 2− y 1 −3−3 −6 −3
¿ = = =
x 2−x 1 2−(−2) 4 2
Since the line that passes through (3, 2) is perpendicular to line passing through (-2, 3) and
(2, -3), product of their slope is -1.
−3 2
∴ m=−1⇒ m=
2 3
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SAT Math
Questions 11 and 12 refer to circle O, in which A (-1, 0) and B (3, -2) are the endpoints of a
diameter.
12. Which of the following is the equation of circle O?
<Answer>
D. ( x−1 )2 + ( y +1 )2=5
Since A (-1, 0) and B (3, -2) are the endpoints of a diameter, midpoint of AB is center of the
circle.
∴Center of the circle ¿ ( −1+3

2
,
2 )
0−2
=(1 ,−1)
√ 2
Length of diameter ¿ AB= ( 3− (−1 ) ) + (−2−0 )2 =√ 20
diameter √ 20
∴ radius ¿ = =√ 5
2 2
∴ Equation of circle with center (1 ,−1) and radius √ 5 is,
( x−1 )2 + ( y +1 )2=5
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SAT Math
9. Line l is tangent to a circle whose center is at (3, 2). If the point of tangency is (6, 6), what is
the slope of line 6?
<Answer>
−3
B.
4
As we can observe in figure that line l is perpendicular to OP.
y 2− y 1 6−2 4
Now, slope of OP ¿ = =
x 2−x 1 6−3 3
1 −3
Since l is perpendicular to OP, slope of l ¿− =
slope of OP 4
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SAT Math
10. What is the equation of the line that crosses the y-axis at (0, 5) and crosses the x-axis at
(5, 0)?
<Answer>
D. y=−x+5
y 2− y 1 0−5 −5
Slope of line, m= = = =−1
x 2−x 1 5−0 5
Equation of line: y=mx+c ⇒ y=−x +c
Which passes through point (0, 5).
∴ 5=0+c ⇒ c=5
∴ equation of line: y=−x+5

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SAT Math
10. What is the equation of the line that passes through (4, -4) and (4, 4)?
<Answer>
A. x=4
As we can observe that in both the point through which line is passing, x coordinate is constant,
which suggest that line is vertical, and slope is not defined.
∴equation of line: x=4

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SAT Math
Questions 13-15 concern the parabola whose equation is y=−2 x 2 +12 x−16
14. What is the sum of the x-coordinates of the points' where the graph of the parabola crosses
the x-axis?
<Answer>
C. 6
When parabola crosses the x-axis, y=0
∴−2 x2 +12 x−16=0 ⇒ x 2−6 x+ 8=0⇒ ( x −4 )( x−2 )=0 ⇒ x=4∨2
The sum of x-coordinate ¿ 4 +2=6

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SAT Math
15. Which of the following is the sum of the x-coordinate and y-coordinate of the parabola’s
vertex?
<Answer>
B. 5
Parabola’s vertices on the axis of symmetry is,
−b −12
x= = =3
2 a −4
∴ y=−2 ( 3 )2 +12 ( 3 )−16=2
So, vertex is (3 , 2) .
∴ the sum of the x-coordinate and y-coordinate of the parabola’s vertex ¿ 3+2=5
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SAT Math
13. Where does the graph of the parabola cross the y-axis?
<Answer>
A. -16
the graph of the parabola crosses the y-axis when x-coordinate is zero.
∴ take x=0
⇒ y =−2 ( 0 )2+ 12 ( 0 )−16=−16

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SAT Math
A line graph indicates how one or more quantities change over time. The horizontal axis is
usually marked off in units of time; the units on the vertical axis can represent almost any type
of numerical data: dollars. Weights, exam grades, number of people, and so on.
Here is a typical line graph:
Before reading even one of the questions based on the above graph, you should have
acquired at least the following information:
(i) The graph gives the values of two different stocks.
(ii) The graph covers the period from January 1, 2005, to January I, 2010.
(iii) During that time, both stocks rose in value.
There are literally dozens of questions that could be asked about the data in this graph. The next
seven examples are typical of the types of questions that could appear on the SAT.
Example 3. On January 1 of what year was the ratio of the value of a share of stock A to the value
of a share of stock B the greatest?
<Answer>
2007
As we can observe that in 2008, 2009 and 2010, values of the two stocks are very close, so ratio
wouldn’t be the height.
30
In year 2005, ratio ¿ =3
10
35
In year 2006, ratio ¿ =1.75
20
40
In year 2007, ratio ¿ =4
10
So, 4 is the maximum ratio.
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SAT Math
Questions 18 and 19 concern the circle whose equation is x 2 — 8 x+ y 2 — 4 y +11=0.
18. If the area of the circle is expressed as kπ , what is the value of k?
<Answer>
k =9
2 2 2 2
x — 8 x+ y — 4 y +11=0 ⇒ x — 8 x +16+ y — 4 y + 4=−11+16+4
∴ equation of circle: ( x−4 )2 + ( y−2 )2 =9
∴ radius of the circle ¿ 3
∴ Area of the circle ¿ π r 2=9 π
∴ k =9
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SAT Math
20. What is the area of quadrilateral ABCD ?
<Answer>
77
2
As we can observe in figure,

1 77
ABCD= ABED+ BEC=7 × 4 + ×7 ×3=
2 2
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SAT Math
Example 2. On January 1 of what year was the difference in the value of a share of stock A to the
value of a share of stock B the greatest?
<Answer>
2007
As we can observe in the figure that, in year 2007, difference between height of graph is
greatest. So, in January of 2007, the difference in the value of a share of stock A to the value of a
share of stock B was the greatest
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SAT Math
17. If the area of circle O below is kπ , what is the value of k?
<Answer>
18
As we can observe in the figure that (3, 3) is center of the circle and (0, 0) is on the circle.
∴ radius r =√ 3 2+3 2=√ 18
Area of the circle ¿ π e2=18 π
∴ k =18
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SAT Math
Questions 18 and 19 concern the circle whose equation is x 2 — 8 x+ y 2 — 4 y +11=0.
19. What is the sum of the coordinates of the center of the circle?
<Answer>
2 2 2 2
x — 8 x+ y — 4 y +11=0 ⇒ x — 8 x +16+ y — 4 y + 4=−11+16+4
∴ equation of circle: ( x−4 )2 + ( y−2 )2 =9
∴ (4, 2) is center of the circle.
2234 the sum of the coordinates of the center of the circle ¿ 4 +2=6
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SAT Math
Example 4: In what year was the percentage increase in the value of a share of stock B the
greatest?
<Answer>
2007
When the slope is maximum, percentage increase is also maximum.

As we can observe in the graph, slope of the graph is maximum in 2007.
So, rate of growth was maximum in year 2007.
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SAT Math
Example 1: What is the difference, in dollars, between the highest and lowest values of a share
of stock A?
<Answer>
15
Lowest value of stock A ¿ $ 25 and Height value of stock A ¿ $ 40
∴ the difference, in dollars, between the highest and lowest values of a share of stock A
¿ 40−25=15
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SAT Math
16. If the coordinates of Δ RST are R(0 ,0), 8(7 , 0), and T (2 ,5), what is the sum of the slopes
of the three sides of the triangle?
<Answer>
3
2
y 2− y 1
Slope ¿
x 2−x 1
5−0 5
Now, slope of RT ¿ =
2−0 2
5−0 5
Slope of ST ¿ = =−1
2−7 −5
0−0
Slope of RS ¿ =0
7−0
5 3
Sum of slope ¿ −1=
2 2
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SAT Math
Example 7: If from 2005 to 2015 the value of each stock increases at the same rate as it did from
2005 to 2010, what will then be the ratio of the value of a share of stock B to the value of a share
of stock A?
<Answer>
2.37
45−30
Increase in price of stock A from 2005 to 2010 ¿ ×100=50 %
30
40−10
Increase in price of stock B from 2005 to 2010 ¿ ×100=300 %
10
Since increase rate is same,
( 100
Price of Stock A in 2015 ¿ 45 × 1+
50
)=$ 67.5
Price of Stock B in 2015 ¿ 40 × ( 1+
100 )
300
=$ 160
160
∴ratio ¿ ≈ 2.37
67.5
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SAT Math
Example 5: During how many years did the value of stock B grow at a faster rate than that of
stock A?
<Answer>
When slope is higher, growth rate is faster.

In 2005, B rose more sharply than A.
In 2006, B fell while A rose.
In 2007, A fell while B rose.
In 2008, A rose more sharply than B.
In 2009, A rose and B stayed the same.
So, in total 2 years, B grows faster than A.
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SAT Math
Example 6: What was the average yearly increase in the value of a share of stock A from 2005 to
2010?
<Answer>
$3 per year
From 2005 to 2010, Total increase in price ¿ 45−30=$ 15
15
∴ Average yearly increase ¿ =$ 3 per year
5
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SAT Math
Questions 1-3 refer to the following graph.
3. What was Marc’s average speed, in miles per hour, between 8:30 and 9:30?
<Answer>
C. 42.5
From 8:30 to 9:00, average speed ¿ 40 miles per hour
40+50
From 9:00 to 9:30, average speed ¿ =45 miles per hour
2
40+ 45
∴ Average speed from 8:30 to 9:30 ¿ =42.5 miles per hour
2
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SAT Math
The following bar graph shows the numbers of students taking courses in the various foreign
languages offered at a state college.
In a slight variation of the horizontal bar graph, the bars are replaced by a string of icons. or
symbols. For example. the graph below, in which each picture of a person represents 100
students, conveys the same information as does the preceding bar graph.
From either of the two preceding graphs. many questions could be asked. Examples 8-10
illustrate a few types.
Example 10: If the number of students studying Italian in 2011 was the same as the number
taking Spanish in 2010, by what percent did the number of students taking Italian increase?
<Answer>
125% increase
Since If the number of students studying Italian in 2011 was the same as the number taking
Spanish in 2010, number of students studying Italian in 2011 ¿ 900
900−400
Increase in the number of students taking Italian ¿ ×100=125 %
400
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SAT Math
Example 8: What is the total number of students enrolled in language classes in 2010?
<Answer>
2500
From the graph, the total number of students enrolled in language classes in 2010
¿ 500+900+350+ 400+150+200=2500
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SAT Math
2. How far, in miles, did Marc drive between 8:30 and 9:00?
<Answer>
B. 20
Distance travelled between 8:30 to 9:30 ¿ average speed × time
1
¿ 40 mph × hour=20miles
2
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SAT Math
Very often on the SAT. some data are omitted from a circle graph, and it is your job to determine
the missing item. Examples 11 and 12 are based on the following circle graph, which shows the
distribution of marbles by color in a large jar.
Example 12: Assume that the jar contains 1200 marbles, and that all of the red ones are
removed and replaced by an equal number of marbles, all of which are blue or yellow. If the
ratio of blue to yellow marbles remains the same, how many additional yellow marbles are
there?
<Answer>
160
Number of red marbles ¿ 1200 ×0.3=360
So, 360 red marble are removed, and equal number of marbles are added.
Assume x yellow marble are added, and 360-x red marble are added. But ratio remains same,
1200× 25 5
Ratio of blue and yellow marble ¿ =
1200× 20 4
4 4
∴ = of 360 marbles will be yellow.
4+ 5 9
4
∴ additional yellow marbles ¿ ×360=160
9
<Question>
SAT Math
Example 9: If the “Other” category includes five languages, what is .the average (arithmetic
mean) number of students studying each language offered at the college?
<Answer>
250
Total students ¿ 2500
Total subjects ¿ 10
2500
Average ¿ =250
10
<Question>
SAT Math
Very often on the SAT. some data are omitted from a circle graph, and it is your job to determine
the missing item. Examples 11 and 12 are based on the following circle graph, which shows the
distribution of marbles by color in a large jar.
Example 11: If the jar contains 1200 marbles and there are twice as many orange marbles as
there are green, how many green marbles are there?
<Answer>
100
Suppose there are x green marble and y orange marbles.
Since there are twice as many orange marbles as there are green, y=2 x
Percentage of orange and green combined ¿ 100−30−25−20=25 %
25
∴ x + y=1200 × ⇒ x +2 x=300 ⇒ x=100
100
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SAT Math
1. For what percent of the time was Marc driving at 40 miles per hour or faster?
<Answer>
D. 50
As we can observe in the graph, Merc was driving from 8:00 to 10:30 which is 2.5 hour,
From which, from 8:30 to 9:45, Merc was driving at 40 mph or faster which is 1.25 hour.
These number suggests that 50% of the time, Merc was driving at 40 mph or faster.
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SAT Math
4. How many juniors at Central High School took the SAT?
<Answer>
1100
Total number of students ¿ 50+100+ 400+350+150+50=1100

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SAT Math
Examples 1-3 require only arithmetic. Be careful, though; they are not the same.
John is the 109th person in a line, and Kim is the 113th person. How many people are there
between John and Kim?
<Answer>
Since John is 109th person and Kim is the 113th person, there are 110th, 111th and 112th person
between them. So, there are 3 persons between John and Kim.
<Question>
SAT Math
Questions 9 and 10 refer to the following graph.
9. How many students earned a grade of D?
<Answer>
25
Percentage of students who earned a grade of D ¿ 100− (25+ 35+10+25 ) =5 %
Since there are total 500 students,

5
Number of students who earned a grade of D ¿ 500 × =25
100
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SAT Math
10. What percent of the students who failed the exam would have had to pass it, in order for the
percent of students passing the exam to be at least 85%?
<Answer>
40%
85% of students have to pass the exam which means 15% (75) students have to pass the exam.
Here, 25% (125) students have failed the exam.
So, to have 85% passed students, 125−75=50 students out of 125 students have to pass the
exam.
50
50 out of 125 ¿ ×100=40 %
125
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SAT Math
7. If the Smiths’ income in 2010 was $40,000, how much more did they spend on insurance and
taxes than they did on clothing?
<Answer>
A. 1600
Percentage of Insurance and taxes ¿ 100−28−22−16−5−3−11=15 %
So, Smiths spent ( 15−11 ) %=4 % of $40000 more on insurance and taxes than clothing.
4
4 % of $40000 ¿ × 40000=$ 1600
100
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SAT Math
5. What percent of the juniors had Critical Reading SAT scores of less than 600?
<Answer>
9
C. 81
11
percent of the juniors had Critical Reading SAT scores of less than 600
50+ 100+400+350 900 9
¿ ×100= =81
1100 11 11
<Question>
SAT Math
Example 2: Kim was selling tickets for the school play. One day she sold tickets numbered 109
through 113. How many tickets did she sell that day?
<Answer>
Number of tickets sold by Kim ¿ 113−109+ 1=4 +1=5

<Question>
SAT Math
6. How many juniors had Critical Reading SAT scores between 450 and 550?
D. It cannot be determined from the information given.
Here we know students’ information who have scored between 400-490 and 500-590.
There is no way to know students with score between 450-550 because we don’t have enough
information.
<Question>
SAT Math
Example 1: John bought some apples. If he entered the store with $113 and left with $109. how
much did the apples cost?
<Answer>
$4
Cost of apple ¿ 113−109=$ 4

<Question>
SAT Math
8., What is the degree measure of the central angle of the sector representing insurance and
taxes?
<Answer>
B. 54
Percentage of Insurance and taxes ¿ 100−28−22−16−5−3−11=15 %
Degree of measure of the central angle of the sector representing insurance and taxes
¿ 15 % of 360=360× 0.15=54 °
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SAT Math
Example 4: From 1:09 to 1:13, Elaine read pages 109 through 113 in her English book. What
was her rate of reading, in pages per minute?
<Answer>
5
D.
4
Number of pages read by Elaine ¿ 113−109+ 1=5
Time ¿ 13−9=4 minutes
5
Average rate of reading ¿
4
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SAT Math
Example 5: Blair has 4 paintings in the basement. She is going to bring up 2 of them and hang 1
in her den and 1 in her bedroom. In how many ways can she choose which paintings go in each
room?
<Answer>
12
There are total ( 42) possible combination. Which means there are 6 different possibilities to
select 2 painting. And we can set it in 2 orders.
So, number of ways to choose ¿ ( 42 ) ×2=6 ×2=12

<Question>
SAT Math
Example 6: How many integers are there between 100 and 1000, all of whose digits are odd?
<Answer>
125
From 0 to 9, 5 of them are odd number.
So, 3-digit number with all odd digit¿ ( 51) × (51)× (51 )=5 × 5× 5=125
<Question>
SAT Math
Example 9: An integer between 100 and 999, inclusive, is chosen at random. What is the
probability that all the digits of the number are odd?
<Answer>
5
36
From 0 to 9, 5 of them are odd number.
So, 3-digit number with all odd digit¿ ( 51) × (51)× (51 )=5 × 5× 5=125
125 5
probability that all the digits of the number are odd ¿ =
900 36
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SAT Math
Example 7: Of the 410 students at Kennedy High School, 240 study Spanish and 180 study
French. If 25 students study neither language, how many students study both?
<Answer>
35
n ( U )=410
n ( S )=240
n ( F )=180
'
n ( S ∪ F ) =25 ⇒n ( S ∪ F )=410−25=385
n ( S ∩ F ) =n ( S ) +n ( F ) −n ( S ∪ F )=240+180−385=35
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SAT Math
Example 10:
In the figure above, a white square whose sides are 4 has been pasted on a black square whose
sides are 5. If a point is chosen at random from the large square, what is the probability that the
point is in the black area?
<Answer>
9
25
Total area ¿ 5 ×5=25
Black Area ¿ Total area – White area ¿ 25−4 × 4=25−16=9
If a point is chosen at random from the large square, the probability that the point is in the black
Black Area 9
area ¿ =
Total Area 25
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SAT Math
Example 8: In 2003, Thanksgiving was on Thursday, November 27, and there are 30 days in
November. If one day in November 2003 was chosen at random for a concert. what is the
probability that the concert was on a weekend (Saturday or Sunday)?
1
3
Total days ¿ 30
In 28 days, there are 4 Sunday and 4 Saturday.

Since, November 27 was Thursday, November 28 is Friday.
So, one 29 and 30 November, there are one extra Saturday and Sunday in the month.
4+ 4+ 1+ 1 10 1
Probability that concert was on a weekend ¿ = =
30 30 3
<Question>
SAT Math
1. Let A be the set of primes less than 6, and B be the set of positive odd numbers less than 6.
How many different sums of the form a + b are possible if a is in A and b is in B?
<Answer>
B. 7
A={ prime number less than 6 }={ 2,3,5 }

B= {Odd number less than 6 }= { 1,3,5 }
a b a+ b
2 1 3
2 3 5
2 5 7
3 1 4
3 3 6
3 5 8
5 1 6
5 3 8
5 5 10
As we can observe, 6 and 8 are repeated twice.
So, there are 7 different sums.
<Question>
SAT Math
In Examples 2-4, the sequences Sn are formed as follows:
For any positive integer n: the first term of the sequence Sn is n, and every term after the first is
1 more than twice the preceding term.
Example 2: What is the value of the smallest term of S5 that is greater than 100?
<Answer>
191
S5= {5,11,23,47,95,191 , … , }
Here we can observe that first smallest term which is greater than 100 is 191.
<Question>
SAT Math
11. There are 100 people on a line. Andy is the 37th person and Ali is the 67th person. If a
person on line is chosen at random, what is the probability that the person is standing between
Andy and Ali?
<Answer>
0.29
There are 67−37−1=29 people between Andy and Ali.
29
∴ the probability that the person is standing between Andy and Ali ¿ =0.29
100
<Question>
SAT Math
Questions 14 and 15 refer to the following diagram. A is the set of positive integers less than 20;
B is the set of positive integers that contain the digit 7; and C is the set of primes.
14. How many numbers are members of the region labeled x?
<Answer>
x contains positive integers less than 20 which are prime numbers and they don’t contain the
digit 7.
∴ x= {2,3,5,7,11,13,19 }
So, x has 6 members.

<Question>
SAT Math
13. How many ways are there to rearrange the letters in the word elation, if the first and last
letter must each be a vowel?
<Answer>
1440
Since there are 4 vowels.

Since first and last characters are vowel, there are 4 possibilities for 1 st character and 3
possibilities for last character. Now, out of 7 characters, 2 are used. So, 5 characters are
remaining, and we can arrange it in 5 ! ways.
4 5 4 3 2 1 3
Total possible arrangement ¿ 4 ×5 × 4 ×3 ×2 ×1 ×3=1440

<Question>
SAT Math
Example 1: A sequence is formed as follows: the first term is 3, and every other term is 4 more
than the term that precedes it. What is the 100th term?
<Answer>
399
Given series is arithmetic progression with first term a=3 and common difference d=4
For Arithmetic Progression,
a n=a+ ( n−1 ) d ⇒ a100 =3+ ( 100−1 ) 4=399

<Question>
SAT Math
12. How many four-digit numbers have only even digits?
<Answer>
500
A={ even digit }={0,2,4,6,8}

4-digit number cannot have first number zero.
So, there are 4 possibilities for first digit and 5 possibilities for other 3 digits.
∴Total different combination ¿ 4 ×5 ×5 ×5=500

<Question>
SAT Math
Example 3: What is the units digit of the 500th term of S9?
<Answer>
S9 ={ 9,19,39,79,159 ,… }
As we can observe that every member of S9 has units digit 9. So, there is no doubt that the units
digit of 500th term is 9.
<Question>
SAT Math
Example 7: In order to divide the campers at a camp into six teams (the reds, whites, blues,
greens, yellows, and browns), the director had all the campers form a line. Then, starting with
the first person, each camper on line called out a color, repeating this pattern: red, white, blue,
green, yellow, brown, red, white, blue, green, yellow, brown, what color was called out by the
500th camper?
<Answer>
B. White
Since color are repeating after every 6 campers,
500=83× 6+2
So, 500th camper called the same color as 2nd person called which is white.
<Question>
SAT Math
Examples 5 and 6 refer to the infinite sequence 1, 4, 2, 8, 5, 7, 1, 4, 2, 8, 5, 7, , in which the six

digits 1, 4, 2, 8, 5, and 7 keep repeating in that order.
Example 5: What is the 500th term of the sequence?
<Answer>
Since sequence is repeating after every 6 terms,

500=83× 6+2
So, 500th term will be the same as 2nd term which is 4.
<Question>
SAT Math
Examples 8: Last year Elaine’s birthday was on Friday. If Susan's birthday was 150 days after
Elaine’s, how many Sundays were there between Elaine’s birthday and Susan’s birthday?
<Answer>
22
Here sequence is Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,…
So, sequence is repeating after every 7 terms,
∴150=21× 7+3
So, 150th day after Elaine’s birthday is Sunday.
So, there are total 21+1=22 Sundays between Elain’s birthday and Susan’s birthday.
<Question>
SAT Math
Examples 5 and 6 refer to the infinite sequence 1, 4, 2, 8, 5, 7, 1, 4, 2, 8, 5, 7, , in which the six

digits 1, 4, 2, 8, 5, and 7 keep repeating in that order.
Example 6: What is the sum of the 800th through the 805th terms of the sequence?
<Answer>
27
Since sequence is repeating after every 6 terms,

800=133× 6+2 which is same as second term.
and 805=134 ×6+ 1 which is same as first term.
So, 800th term to 805th term are: 4 , 2, 8 , 5 ,7 ,1
Sum of them ¿ 4 +2+8+5+7 +1=27

<Question>
SAT Math
Example 4: If one of the first 10 terms of S1000 is chosen at random, what is the probability that it
is odd?
<Answer>
9
10
Here 1st term is 100.

Series follows like next term is 1 more then twice of previous term.
So, if current term in m then next term is 2 m+ 1, which is always odd.
So, in first 10 terms, only first term is even, and other 9 terms are odd.
9
So, from first 10 terms, the probability that it is odd ¿
10
<Question>
SAT Math
Example 5:
Which of the following could be the equation of the graph shown in the figure above?
<Answer>
D. y=x 2−4 x +4
Since curve is parabola, degree of x should be 2. So option A and B are eliminated.
Parabola does not passed through origin O(0 , 0), so option C is also eliminated.
So, option D is the correct answer.

<Question>
SAT Math
Example 2: If f ( x )=x 2 +2 x , what is f ( x +2 ) ?
<Answer>
D. x 2+ 6 x+ 8
f ( x +2 )= ( x +2 )2 +2 ( x +2 ) =x2 + 4 x+ 4+ 2 x +4=x 2 +6 x +8
<Question>
SAT Math
Example 6: Which of the following numbers is NOT in the domain of f ( x )= √ 4−x
<Answer>
D. 6
√ x, x≥0
∴ √ 4−x , 4−x ≥ 0 ⇒ x ≤ 4
So, 6 is not in the domain of f .

<Question>
SAT Math
7. A sequence is formed by choosing a number, x, to be the first term. Every term after the first is
y more than the preceding term. If the 8th term is 19 and the 12th term is 29, what is xy ?
<Answer>
15
4
Given series is arithmetic progression with first term as x and common difference as y.
∴8th term ¿ x+ 7 y=19 and 12th term ¿ x+ 11 y =29
3 5
Solving both the equation simultaneously, we het x= , y=
2 2
3 5 15
∴ xy= × =
2 2 4
<Question>
SAT Math
5. Three children guessed the number of jelly beans in a jar. The guesses were 98, 137, and 164.
None of the guesses was correct. One guess was off by 12, another by 27, and the third by 39.
How many jelly beans were in the jar?
<Answer>
125
Here we can observe that the 39 is the max difference and 164−39=125 which is more than
100. So, number of jelly beans in the jar is more than 100. And it should be at least 125. Suppose
98 was off by 12 then 98+12=110 which is less than 125. So, 98 can be off by 27.
98+27=125 , that is in range. So, 137 must be of by 12. 137−12=125. So, 98 is off by 27, 137 is
off by 12 and 164 is off by 39 and there are 125 jelly beans in the jar.
<Question>
SAT Math
Example 3: If f ( x )=3 x +3 , for what value of a is it true that 3 f ( a )=f (2 a ) ?
<Answer>
B. -2
3 f ( a )=f ( 2 a ) ⇒3 ( 3 a+3 )=3 ( 2 a ) +3 ⇒ 9 a+ 9=6 a+3 ⇒3 a=−6 ⇒a=−2

<Question>
SAT Math
4. If a population that is initially 100 triples every year, which of the following is an expression
for the size of the population after t months?
<Answer>
t
C. 100 ×3 12
Population after t year ¿ 100 ×3t where t is in year.
12 months=1 year
t
∴t months= year
12
t
∴ population ¿ 100 ×3 12
<Question>
SAT Math
6. The pointer on the dial below moves 3 numbers clockwise every minute. If it starts at 1, what
number will it be pointing to in exactly 1 hour?
<Answer>
After 1 minutes, pointer moves 3 times.
So, we can convert it into series 1,4,7,3,6,2,5,1 …(where 1 is 0th term and 5 is 6th term)
Which repeats after 7 term.

Since 1 hour ¿ 60 minutes, pointer points to the 60th term of the series.
60=7 ×8+ 4
So, 60th term is same as 4th term which is 6.
<Question>
SAT Math
2 4
Example 4: Which of the following is NOT a point on the graph of f ( x )=x + 2?
x
<Answer>
C. (−2 ,−5)
4
As we can observe that in f , x 2 and has degree 2, so f ( x) will always be greater than 0.
x2
So, (−2 ,−5) is correct answer.
<Question>
SAT Math
3. The Declaration of Independence was signed in July 1776. What month and year was it 500
months later?
<Answer>
C. March 1818
500=12× 41+8
∴ 12 ×41=492 month ¿ 41 years
∴After 492 months, year was 1776+ 41=1817
So, date was July 1817. After 8 month, date was March 1818.
<Question>
SAT Math
Example 1: If f ( x )=x 2 +2 x ,what is f ( 3 )+ f (−3 ) ?
<Answer>
18
2 2
f ( 3 )+ f (−3 )=3 + 2 ( 3 ) + (−3 ) +2 (−3 ) =9+6+ 9−6=18
<Question>
SAT Math
2. A gum-ball dispenser is filled with exactly 1000 pieces of gum. The gum balls always come out
in the following order: 1 red, 2 blue, 3 green, 4 yellow, and 5 white. After the fifth white, the
pattern repeats, starting with 1 red, and so on. What is the color of the last gum ball to come out
of the machine?
<Answer>
D. Yellow
Since sequence repeat after 1+2+3+ 4+5=15 terms,
1000 ¿ 15 ×66+10
So, 1000th ball is same color as 10th ball.

Here 10th ball is yellow.
<Question>
SAT Math
1. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. Which
of the following statements is (are) true?
I. Thanksgiving is always the last Thursday in November.
II. Thanksgiving is never celebrated on November 22.
III. Thanksgiving cannot be celebrated on the same date 2 years in a row.
<Answer>
D. III only
Thanksgiving is on 4th Thursday of November. Suppose November 1 is Thursday, then 4th

Thursday is on 22 and last Thursday is on 29th November. So, first statement s not true.
Thanksgiving could fall on November 22, so II is wrong.
Assume Thanksgiving is celebrated on November x, then next year(after 365 ¿52×7+1 days or
366 ¿52×7+2 days), Thanksgiving is celebrated on November x+1 or November x+2.
So, Thanksgiving cannot be celebrated on the same date 2 years in a row.
So, statement III is correct.
<Question>
SAT Math
Example 7: Which of the following is NOT in the range of f ( x )=x 2−3 ?
<Answer>
D. -6
2 2
x ≥ 0 ⇒ x −3 ≥−3
∴ -6 is not in the range of f .
<Question>
SAT Math
Example 8:
If the figure above is the graph of y=f (x ), which of the following is the graph of y=f (x +2)?
<Answer>
D.
Since y=f ( x +2) which means that f (x) is left shifted such that x=x ' −2.
So, option D is the correct answer because it is the i=only option in which f is left shifted.
<Question>
SAT Math
Questions 1-4 concern the function y=f ( x )=√ x }, whose graph is shown below. Choices (A)—
(D) are graphs of functions that are somehow related to f (x).
4. If g ( x )=f ( f ( x ) ) , what is g ( 4 ) ?
<Answer>
C. √ 2
g ( x )=f ( f ( x ) ) =f ( √ x )=√ √ x
∴ f ( 4 ) =√ √ 4=√ 2
<Question>
SAT Math
3. Which of the graphs is the graph of y=f ( x +3)+3?
<Answer>
D.
y=f ( x +3)+3 ⇒ y−3=f (x+ 3)

Which means that f is shifted left such that x ' =x+ 3 and shifted up such that y ' = y −3.
So, D is the correct choice.

<Question>
SAT Math
5. If f ( x )=| x+1|, for what value of x does f ( x−2 )=f ( x +2 ) ?
<Answer>
A. -1
f ( x−2 )=f ( x +2 ) ⇒ |x−2+1|=|x+ 2+1|⇒ |x−1|=| x−3| ⇒ x−1=±(x−3)

∴ x−1=x +3 ⇒ −1=3 which is not possible.
∴ x−1=−( x+3 ) ⇒2 x=−2 ⇒ x=−1

<Question>
SAT Math
7. What is the smallest integer that is NOT in the domain of f ( x )= √ π−x ?
<Answer>
Domain of √ π −x : π−x >0 ⇒ x < π
So, any number greater than π is not in the domain of f . Smallest integer after π is 4.
<Question>
SAT Math
6. If f ( x )=4 x −x 4 , what is the value of f ( 2 ) + f ( 4 ) ?
<Answer>
2 4 4 4
f ( 2 ) + f ( 4 )=4 −2 + 4 −4 =16−16+16−16=0
<Question>
SAT Math
2. What is the domain of the function y=f (x−3)?
<Answer>
D. All the real numbers greater than or equal to 3.
y=f ( x−3 )= √ x−3

∴ Domain of √ x−3: x−3 ≥ 0 ⇒ x ≥ 3
So, domain of y is all the real numbers greater than or equal to 3.

<Question>
SAT Math
Question 8 and 9 concern the function f ( x )=8−2 x 2 .
8. How many integers satisfy the condition that f ( x) is positive?
<Answer>
2 2 2
8−2 x >0 ⇒2 x < 8⇒ x < 4
The only integers whose square are less than 4 are −1,0,1.
So, total 3 integers satisfy the condition that f ( x) is positive.

<Question>
SAT Math
1. Which of the graphs is the graph of y=f ( x−3 ) ?
<Answer>
A.
y=f ( x−3)
Which means f is shifted right 3 units.
So, A is correct choice.

<Question>
SAT Math
10. If f ( x )=x +5 , for what value of x does f ( 4 x )=f ( x + 4 ) ?
<Answer>
4
3
4
f ( 4 x )=f ( x + 4 ) ⇒ 4 x +5=( x+ 4 )+ 5⇒ 4 x +5=x +9 ⇒ x =
3
<Question>
SAT Math
Question 8 and 9 concern the function f ( x )=8−2 x 2 .
8. How many positive integers are in the range of f ( x ) ?
<Answer>
x 2 ≥ 0 ⇒−2 x 2 ≤0 ⇒ 8−2 x 2 ≤ 8
So, there are 8 positive integers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 which are in the range of f (x) .
<Question>
SAT Math
Example 5: A 20-foot ladder is leaning against a vertical wall. If the base of the ladder is 13 feet
from the wall, what is the angle formed by the ladder and the ground?
<Answer>
49.46 °
Let’s draw the diagram,
cos θ=
13
20
⇒θ=cos−1 ( )
13
20
=49.46 °
<Question>
SAT Math
Example 3: What are the value of a and b in the triangle below?
<Answer>
a=7.66
b=6.43
a
cos 40 °= ⇒ a=10 cos 40 ° =7.66
10
b
sin 40 °= ⇒ b=10sin 40 °=6.43
10
<Question>
SAT Math
15
Example 2: If sin θ= , what are the value of cos θ and tan θ
17
<Answer>
8
cos θ=
17
15
tanθ=
8
√
cos θ=√ 1−sin 2 θ= 1−
225
289
=
√
64
=
289 17
8
15
sin θ 17 15
tanθ= = =
cos θ 8 8
17

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<Question>

Total area ¿ π × 62=36 π

Area of white circle ¿ 2 × π × 22=8 π

Area of black circle ¿ π × 62−8 π =36 π −8 π=28 π

Since k people went before Judy, Judy is (k+1)th to try.

Printer prints 1 page in 5 seconds.

∴cool off time ¿ 4 ×3=12minutes

∴Total time ¿ 300+12=312 minutes

Let’s label all the vertices.

To go from A to X, possible paths are as follow:

So, maximum number of try ¿ 10+6+ 2=18

So, age at death ¿ 1968−1969=78 year

So, total different launches ¿ ( 51)( 21)( 81)( 71 )=5 ×2 ×8 ×7=560

( x−6 )2+ ( y −8 )2=6 2+ 82 ⇒ ( x−6 )2 + ( y−8 )2=102

Slop of line passing through (-2, 3) and (2, -3),

∴Center of the circle ¿ ( −1+3

As we can observe in figure that line l is perpendicular to OP.

Which passes through point (0, 5).

∴ equation of line: y=−x+5

∴equation of line: x=4

When parabola crosses the x-axis, y=0

∴−2 x2 +12 x−16=0 ⇒ x 2−6 x+ 8=0⇒ ( x −4 )( x−2 )=0 ⇒ x=4∨2

The sum of x-coordinate ¿ 4 +2=6

Parabola’s vertices on the axis of symmetry is,

⇒ y =−2 ( 0 )2+ 12 ( 0 )−16=−16

Questions 18 and 19 concern the circle whose equation is x 2 — 8 x+ y 2 — 4 y +11=0.

18. If the area of the circle is expressed as kπ , what is the value of k?

∴ radius of the circle ¿ 3

∴ Area of the circle ¿ π r 2=9 π

20. What is the area of quadrilateral ABCD ?

As we can observe in figure,

17. If the area of circle O below is kπ , what is the value of k?

∴ radius r =√ 3 2+3 2=√ 18

Area of the circle ¿ π e2=18 π

Questions 18 and 19 concern the circle whose equation is x 2 — 8 x+ y 2 — 4 y +11=0.

∴ (4, 2) is center of the circle.

When the slope is maximum, percentage increase is also maximum.

Lowest value of stock A ¿ $ 25 and Height value of stock A ¿ $ 40

When slope is higher, growth rate is faster.

From 2005 to 2010, Total increase in price ¿ 45−30=$ 15

Questions 1-3 refer to the following graph.

From 8:30 to 9:00, average speed ¿ 40 miles per hour

Questions 1-3 refer to the following graph.

Distance travelled between 8:30 to 9:30 ¿ average speed × time

Number of red marbles ¿ 1200 ×0.3=360

Total students ¿ 2500

Suppose there are x green marble and y orange marbles.

Percentage of orange and green combined ¿ 100−30−25−20=25 %

Questions 1-3 refer to the following graph.

Questions 1-3 refer to the following graph.

4. How many juniors at Central High School took the SAT?

Total number of students ¿ 50+100+ 400+350+150+50=1100

Questions 9 and 10 refer to the following graph.

9. How many students earned a grade of D?

Percentage of students who earned a grade of D ¿ 100− (25+ 35+10+25 ) =5 %

Since there are total 500 students,

Questions 9 and 10 refer to the following graph.

Questions 7 and 8 refer to the following graph.

Percentage of Insurance and taxes ¿ 100−28−22−16−5−3−11=15 %

Questions 1-3 refer to the following graph.