SAT Math Easy Practice Quiz

Numbers and Operations 5. A number is divided by four. The result is divided by

three, for a final result of two. What was the original
number?
1. Aubrey can run at a pace of 6 miles per hour. Running
at the same rate, how many miles can she run in 90
minutes? (A) 6
(B) 12
(C) 18
(A) 4 (D) 24
(B) 6 (E) 36
(C) 8
(D) 9
(E) 12

6. A farmer can pick 12 cabbages in 1 hour. Working at the

same rate, how long in hours would it take two farmers
to pick 48 cabbages?
2. Which of the following is a factor of 15 + 45 ?
(A) 1
(A) 18 (B) 2
(B) 25 (C) 4
(C) 30 (D) 6
(D) 35 (E) 8
(E) 45

abcdeabcdeabc . . .
3. Which of the following is NOT a positive multiple of
9+3? 7. In the sequence of letters shown above, the first letter is
a, followed by b, c, d, and e, at which point the pattern
repeats. Which of the following is the 31st letter in this
(A) 3 sequence?
(B) 12
(C) 24
(D) 48 (A) a
(E) 60 (B) b
(C) c
(D) d
(E) e

x, 2x, 4x, . . .

4. The first term in the sequence above is x, and each term 8. The month of July has 31 days. What is the greatest
thereafter is equal to twice the previous term. Which possible number of Saturdays that can occur in July?
of the following is the sum of the first five terms of this
sequence?

(A) 10x
(B) 15x
(C) 30x
(D) 31x
(E) 32x

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9. Bill is 27 years older than Ted, who is 38 years younger 12. When a particular number is added to its own reciprocal,
than Amy. In how many years will Bill be the same age the resulting sum is −2. The number is which of the
as Amy is now? following?

(A) −2

(B) −1

1
(C) −
2
10. Aubrey can walk 3000 feet in 10 minutes. Walking at the
(D) 1
same rate, how many feet can she walk in 10 seconds?

(E) 2

13. Two consecutive integers m and n are prime numbers.

Which of the following is equal to mn ?
All cabbages are red.

(A) 1
11. Which of the following statements shows that the state- (B) 2
ment above is FALSE? (C) 6
(D) 9
(A) David is eating a red apple. (E) 15
(B) Bill is eating a green apple.
(C) Alice is not eating a red cabbage.
(D) Ted is eating a red cabbage.
(E) Keisha is eating a green cabbage.

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Algebra and Functions

x 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. If x + 1 = 23, what is the value of 3x + 3 ? g(x) 3 11 19 27 a 43

(A) 22 5. The table above defines several values of the linear func-
(B) 46 tion g. What is the value of a ?
(C) 66
(D) 69
(E) 72 (A) 31
(B) 33
(C) 35
(D) 37
(E) 41
√ √
2. If 2x + 4 = 36, what is the value of x ?

(A) 1 6. A pool that is being drained contains 300 − 6t gallons of

(B) 6 water after t minutes of draining. How many gallons of
(C) 8 water does the pool contain after 15 minutes of draining?
(D) 12
(E) 16

7. If x + 1 = 7, what is the value of x2 + 2x + 1 ?

3. If 2a + 3b = 12, and 3b − 4 = 2, then what is the value
of a ?
(A) 36
(B) 37
(A) 2 (C) 48
(B) 3 (D) 49
(C) 4 (E) 81
(D) 6
(E) 8

8. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to 12 less

than the product of x and y ?

4. For all numbers x, y, and z, let x y z be defined by (A) 12 − xy

(B) xy − 12
x y z = x − y + z. What is the value of 1 2 3 ? (C) 12 − (x + y)
(D) (x + y) − 12
(E) 12xy
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

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9. If 3x = 13 and 2y = 7, what is the value of 3(2x)−2(3y) ? 12. If x2 = 4, then which of the following could be the value
of x3 ?

(A) −8
(B) −4
(C) 2
(D) 6
(E) 12
10. If 3m−3 + 3m−3 = 18, what is the value of m ?

(A) 3
(B) 4
3m < 13
(C) 5
(D) 6 2m > 7
(E) 9
13. If m is an integer that satisfies the equations above, what
is the value of m ?

(A) 0
(B) 2
11. If 2x = 5, 3y = 4, and 4z = 3, what is the value of (C) 3
24xyz ? (D) 4
(E) 5
(A) 12
(B) 18
(C) 36
(D) 48
(E) 60

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Geometry

y
O
(0, 2)
l
x
O 4. A portion of the circle with center O is shaded as in the

figure above. If the area of the shaded region is 12π, and

1. In the figure above, line l is perpendicular to the y-axis
1
and a distance of two units from the x-axis. Which of of the circle is shaded, what is the area of the circle?
the following points is on line l ? 6

(A) 2π
(A) (−1, 2)
(B) 10π
(B) (−2, 1)
(C) 24π
(C) (2, 3)
(D) 48π
(D) (3, 1)
(E) 72π
(E) (4, 3)

2x◦
x◦ x◦
l
x◦ 2x◦
2. In the figure above, two line segments meet at a point on l
P
line l. What is the value of x ?

5. A square is tangent to a line at point P in the figure

above. What is the value of x ?

B C

A 6 D 6. A particular cube has edges of length 2. If half the faces

are painted green and half the faces are painted red, what
3. In the figure above, ABCD is a rectangle. If AD = 6, is the total area of the faces painted green?
which of the following could be the length of AC ?

(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 7

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7. The area of a particular rectangle is 72. If the length of B C

the rectangle is twice the width, what is the width of the
rectangle?

A D
(A) 6
(B) 8 8. Rectangle ABCD is subdivided into two identical square
(C) 10 regions, as in the figure above. If the area of each square
(D) 12 is 9, what is the perimeter of ABCD ?
(E) 16

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Data, Statistics, and Probability 3. A basket contains turnips that are either red or white. If

the total number of turnips in the basket is 24, and the

y ◦ 5
probability of choosing a red turnip at random is , how
6
x◦ z◦ many red turnips are in the basket?

1. In the triangle above, what is the average (arithmetic

mean) of x, y, and z ?

(A) 30
(B) 45
(C) 60
(D) 75
(E) 90

4. Let set M = {x, 2x, 4x} for any number x. If the average
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 (arithmetic mean) of the numbers in set M is 14, what
is the value of x ?
2. If a number is selected at random from the list above,
what is the probability that the number is divisible by
3? (A) 2
(B) 6
1 (C) 7
(A)
3 (D) 10
4 (E) 12
(B)
9
5
(C)
9
2
(D)
3

(E) 1

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Answers 8. 5 (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

Numbers and Operations Hint: you need to know that there are seven days in a
week, which means that after 28 days, there have been
4 Saturdays.
1. D (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1)
9. 11 (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

Hint: make up a number for Bill’s age.

2. C (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1)

10. 50 (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

Hint: you need to know that one minute equals 60 sec-

3. A (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1) onds. How many seconds are in 10 minutes?

11. E (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

4. D (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1) Hint: you need a statement that mentions a cabbage
which isn’t red.

12. B (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

5. D (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1)
Hint: work with the answers to make this particular
problem really easy.

6. B (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1) 13. C (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

Hint: for the SAT you should know the first few prime
numbers (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, . . .) as well the meaning of
“consecutive integers”.
7. A (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1)

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Algebra and Functions 9. 5 (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

Hint: sometimes on the SAT, it is better not to solve

1. D (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1) for x, especially if the question doesn’t ask you for x.
Here, 3(2x) = 2(3x) = 26 and 2(3y) = 3(2y) = 21, so
that 3(2x) − 2(3y) = 5. Who cares what x and y are?

2. E (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1)

10. C (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

Okay, perhaps this problem is a little harder than a

level 2 question. But, if you work with the answers by
3. B (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1) plugging them in for m until the equation works, then
this problem is really pretty easy!

11. E (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

4. B (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1)
Hint: 2x · 3y · 4z = 24xyz.

12. A (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

5. C (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1)
Hint: if x2 = 4, then x could be either +2 or −2. Since
people tend to forget about the negative solution to
equations like this, the negative answer is often the cor-
6. 210 (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1) rect one on the SAT.

13. D (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

7. D (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2) Hint: work with the answers to make this particular
problem really easy.
Hint: you can solve for x and then plug it in. Or, you
could notice that (x + 1)2 = x2 + 2x + 1.

8. B (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

Hint: “6 less than m” is the same as m − 6 and the

word “product” means “multiply”.

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Geometry 5. 30 (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

Hint: each angle of a square measures 90◦ .

1. A (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1)

6. 12 (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

Hint: a cube has 6 faces, and each face is a square.

2. 45 (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1)

7. A (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

Hint: work with the answers to make this particular

problem really easy.
3. E (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

8. 18 (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

Hint: if the area of a square

√ is A, then the length of
4. E (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2) one side of the square is A. You are probably used to
getting the area by squaring one of the sides; the SAT
Hint: the area of the shaded region is 1/6 times the area likes to make you do things in reverse.
of the circle.

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Data, Statistics, and Probability 3. 20 (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1)

1. C (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1)

4. B (Estimated Difficulty Level: 2)

Hint: work with the answers to make this particular

2. A (Estimated Difficulty Level: 1) problem really easy.

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