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SAT Practice 3

Practice 3 for SAT: 25 questions, explained answers, and a review routine.

These questions are for study practice only and are not official exam questions.

Question 1

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Original passage: A historian claims the factory's closure ended all local manufacturing. Town records, however, list three small workshops operating for decades afterward. How do the records relate to the claim?

Question 2

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A paragraph describes how a city converted a vacant lot into a garden. Which detail most directly supports the claim that residents shared the work?

Question 3

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For f(x) = 2x^2 - 3, what is f(-2)?

Question 4

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What is the x-intercept of the line 3x + 2y = 18?

Question 5

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Original passage: Mina expected the archive to settle the debate. Instead, the letters revealed that the two inventors had exchanged ideas for years. Which inference is best supported?

Question 6

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Choose the form that completes this sentence in standard written English: The collection of rare maps ___ stored upstairs.

Question 7

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A rectangle has width x and length x + 3. Its area is 40. What is its width?

Question 8

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A price rises from $80 to $100. What is the percent increase?

Question 9

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Original passage: In the quiet rehearsal, each misplaced note seemed enormous. Once the audience arrived, the same hall filled with applause, and Leo stopped counting his mistakes. What changes during the passage?

Question 10

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Which version correctly shows that the laboratory belongs to one scientist?

Question 11

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What is the positive solution of 4x^2 = 100?

Question 12

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Which equation describes a line perpendicular to y = 2x + 1?

Question 13

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Original passage A: Digitizing manuscripts allows distant researchers to inspect them. Original passage B: Digital images are valuable, but paper texture and binding can contain evidence images do not capture. On what point would both authors most likely agree?

Question 14

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Choose the form that preserves parallel structure: The course teaches students to observe carefully, to record accurately, and ___.

Question 15

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For which k does x^2 + 6x + k = 0 have exactly one distinct real solution?

Question 16

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A machine fills 48 bottles in 6 minutes at a constant rate. Which equation gives bottles b filled in t minutes?

Question 17

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Original passage: The new sensor used less power than the old one. Its measurements, however, became less reliable in freezing weather. What is the function of however?

Question 18

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Choose the most precise verb: The technician ___ the scale by adjusting it against a known reference weight.

Question 19

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The polynomial p(x) = x^3 - 2x + 7 is divided by x - 2. What is the remainder?

Question 20

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A researcher models temperature by T = 0.8d + 15. What d corresponds to T = 31?

Question 21

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Original passage: The guide names the bridge's designer and construction date, then describes how its arches transfer weight to the supports. The final sentence explains why the structure survived repeated floods. How is the passage primarily organized?

Question 22

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Which revision removes redundancy from She returned back to the original starting point?

Question 23

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A quadratic has zeros -2 and 5 and leading coefficient 1. Which expression represents it?

Question 24

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The table pairs x = 0, 1, 2, 3 with y = 7, 12, 17, 22. Which equation matches all four pairs?

Question 25

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Original passage: The museum retained the faded photograph because its handwritten caption identified people missing from official records. Which choice best states the photograph's value?

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