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ISBN9780593517529EbookISBN9780593517536SATisatrademarkregisteredbytheCollegeBoard,whichisnotaffiliatedwith,anddoesnotendorse,thisproduct.Thisbookisthe2025editionofPrincetonReviewSATPrep.SomematerialinthisbookwaspreviouslypublishedinPrincetonReviewPSATPrep2024,atradepaperbackrespectivelypublishedbyRandomHouseLLCin2023.ThePrincetonReviewisnotaffiliatedwithPrincetonUniversity.Editor:LauraRoseProductionEditors:LizDaceyandWendyRosenProductionArtist:DeborahWeber©2024PenguinRandomHouseLLCCoverartbyMadeleineJettre/AlamyStockPhotoCoverdesignbySuzanneLeePhotoselectionandlayoutbyCarlingDesign,Inc.Forcustomerservice,pleasecontacteditorialsupport@review.com,andbesuretoinclude:«fulltitleofthebook*ISBN*pagenumbera_prh_7.0_147466945_c0_r0fStudyxy

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AcknowledgmentsAnSATcourseismuchmorethanclevertechniquesandpowerfulcomputerscorereports.Thereasonourresultsaregreatisthatourteacherscaresomuchabouttheirstudents.Manyteachershavegoneoutoftheirwaytoimprovethecourse,oftengoingsofarastowritetheirownmaterials,someofwhichwehaveincorporatedintoourcoursemanualsaswellasintothisbook.Thelistoftheseteacherscouldfillthispage.Specialthankstoallthosewhocontributedtothisyear’sedition:KennethBrenner,SaraKuperstein,AmyMinster,ScottO’Neal,BrittanyBudzon,TaniaCapone,RemyCosse,StaceyCowap,JenniferDaniels,BethHollingsworth,AdamKeller,AliLandreau,AaronLindh,ChristineLindwall,JomilLondon,SweenaMangal,SionainnMarcoux,ValerieMeyers,GabbyPeterson,DenisePollard,KathyRuppert,JessThomas,JimmyWilliams,andSuzanneWint.Wearealso,asalways,veryappreciativeofthetimeandattentiongiventoeachpagebyDeborahWeber,LizDacey,andWendyRosen.Finally,wewouldliketothankthepeoplewhotrulyhavetaughtuseverythingweknowabouttheSAT:ourstudents.

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ContentsForewordGetMore(Free)ContentPartI:Orientation1TheDigitalSAT.ThePrincetonReview,andYouGeneralInformationAbouttheDigitalSATHowtoBegin2PracticeTest13PracticeTest1:DiagnosticAnswerKeyandExplanations4CrackingtheDigitalSAT:BasicPrinciplesBasicPrinciplesofCrackingtheTestTakingtheEasyTestFirstCrackingMultiple-ChoiceQuestionsProcessofElimination(POE)SummaryPartll:HowtoCracktheReadingandWritingSection5ReadingandWritingIntroductionFindYourStrengthsandWeaknessesReading,Rules,andRhetoricQuestionsStartwiththeQuestion6TheReadingQuestionsSATReading:CrackingthePassagesStepsoftheBasicApproach

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ApplyingtheStepsPOECriteriaSummary7ReadingQuestionTypes1-3:CraftandStructureVocabularyQuestionsPurposeQuestionsDualTextsQuestionsSummary8ReadingQuestionTypes4-8:InformationandIdeasRetrievalQuestionsMainIdeaQuestionsClaimsQuestionsChartsQuestionsConclusionsSummary9AdvancedReadingSkillsVocabulary:PlayingtheGreatestHitsDowntoTwo(orMore):MasteringPOEPoetry:KeepingYourCoolSentenceFunction:UnderstandingWhySentencesareIncludedSummary10ComprehensiveReadingDrillComprehensiveReadingDrillAnswersandExplanations11IntroductiontoRulesQuestionsLearntheRulesandFollowThemToolsforRulesWhat'sChangingintheAnswersExercise

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AnswerstoWhat'sChangingintheAnswersExercise12RulesQuestions:CompleteSentencesWhatDoesaSentenceNeed?QuestionorStatement?VerbFormsinCompleteSentencesCompleteSentencesDrillCompleteSentencesDrillAnswersandExplanationsSummary13RulesQuestions:DescribingPhrasesWhoorWhatAreYouTalkingAbout?Extra!Extra!PutPunctuationAroundlt!Specifyingvs.ExtraInformationExerciseAnswerstoSpecifyingvs.ExtraInformationExerciseDescribingPhrasesDrillDescribingPhrasesDrillAnswersandExplanationsSummary14RulesQuestions:LinkingIndependentClausesHowtoConnectIndependentClausesPunctuationwithTransitionsLinkingIndependentClausesDrillLinkingIndependentClausesDrillAnswersandExplanationsSummary15RulesQuestions:DependentClauses,Lists,andNoPunctuationDependentClausesIndependentvs.DependentClausesExercisePunctuatingListsWherePunctuationisNotNeeded

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AnswerstoIndependentvs.DependentClausesExerciseDependentClauses,Lists,andNoPunctuationDrillDependentClauses,Lists,andNoPunctuationDrillAnswersandExplanationsSummary16RulesQuestions:GrammarGrammarandConsistencyVerbsSubjectsandVerbsExerciseVerbTenseExercisePronounsNounsModifiersAnswerstoSubjectsandVerbsExerciseAnswerstoVerbTenseExerciseGrammarDrillGrammarDrillAnswersandExplanationsSummary17RhetoricQuestionsTransitionQuestionsRhetoricalSynthesisQuestionsRhetoricDrillRhetoricDrillAnswersandExplanationsSummaryPartlll:HowtoCracktheMathSection18MathIntroductionTheMathBreakdown

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UsingtheOnlineToolsandScratchPaper19DigitalSATMath:TheBigPictureTheBigPictureandImportantStrategiesBallparkingStrategyReadtheFinalQuestionStrategyBite-SizedPiecesStrategyWordProblemsTheCalculatorSummary20FunwithFundamentalsTheBuildingBlocksTheSixArithmeticOperationsOrderofOperationsFractionsDecimalsExponentsandSquareRootsHowtoReadChartsandGraphsFundamentalsDrillFundamentalsDrillAnswersandExplanationsSummary21Algebra:CrackingtheSystemDigitalSATAlgebra:CrackingtheSystemFundamentalsofDigitalSATAlgebraSolvingRadicalEquationsSolvingRationalEquationsSolvingforExpressionsSolvingSystemsofEquationsSolvingInequalities

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WritingYourOwnEquationsSimplifyingExpressionsSolvingQuadraticEquationsGrowthandDecayWhenValuesareAbsoluteAlgebraDrillAlgebraDrillAnswersandExplanationsSummary22OtherDigitalSATAlgebraStrategiesPrincetonReviewAlgebra—AKAHowtoAvoidAlgebraontheDigitalSATPluggingIntheAnswers(PITA)SolvingRationalEquationsPluggingInYourOwnNumbersMeaningInContextOtherDigitalSATAlgebraStrategiesDrillOtherDigitalSATAlgebraStrategiesDrillAnswersandExplanationsSummary23FunctionsandGraphsCallontheCalculatorFunctionFundamentalsTheCoordinatePlanePointsonaLineSlopeEquationsofaLineParallelandPerpendicularLinesTwoEquationswithInfinitelyManySolutions

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TwoEquationswithNoSolutionsPointsofIntersectionCallontheCalculatorGraphingFunctionsEquationsofaParabolaEquationofaCircleFunctionsandGraphsDrillFunctionsandGraphsDrillAnswersandExplanationsSummary24AdvancedArithmeticCallontheCalculatorRatiosandProportionsPercentagesFractions,Decimals,andPercentsExerciseAveragesWhatIsaMedian?WhatIsaMode?WhatIsaRange?WhatisMarginofError?WhatisaFrequencyTable?WhatisaStandardDeviation?ProbabilityRatesIsThereScienceontheDigitalSAT?AdvancedArithmeticDrillAnswerstoFractions,Decimals,andPercentsExerciseAdvancedArithmeticDrillAnswersandExplanationsSummary

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25GeometryandTrigonometryGeometryontheDigitalSATLinesandAnglesTrianglesTrigonometryCirclesRectanglesandSquaresVolumeBallparkingPluggingInDrill1:GeometryDrill2:TrigonometryDrill1andDrill2AnswersandExplanationsSummary26Fill-InsWhatisaFill-In?TheInstructionsFill-Ins:ATestDriveMorePOODMultipleCorrectAnswersFill-InDrillFill-InDrillAnswersandExplanationsSummaryPartIV:TakingtheDigitalSATTheDigitalSATisaWeekAway—WhatShouldYouDo?PartV:PracticeTest2

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ForewordWelcometoThePrincetonReviewDigitalSATPrep!TheDigitalSATisnotatestofaptitude,howgoodofapersonyouare,orhowsuccessfulyouwillbeinlife.TheDigitalSATsimplytestshowwellyoutaketheDigitalSAT.AndperformingwellontheDigitalSATisaskill,onethatcanbelearnedlikeanyother.ThePrincetonReviewwasfoundedmorethan40yearsagoonthisverysimpleidea,and—asourstudents’testscoresshow—ourapproachistheonethatworks.Sure,youwanttodowellontheDigitalSAT,butyoudon’tneedtoletthetestintimidateyou.Asyouprepare,remembertwoimportantthingsthathavealwaysbeentrueabouttheSAT:eItdoesn’tmeasurethestuffthatmatters.Itmeasuresneitherintelligencenorthedepthandbreadthofwhatyou’relearninginhighschool.Itdoesn’tpredictcollegegradesaswellasyourhighschoolgradesdo.Collegesknowthereismoretoyouasastudent—andasaperson—thanwhatyoudoinasingle2-hourtestadministeredonarandomSaturdaymorning.eItunderpredictsthecollegeperformanceofwomen,minorities,anddisadvantagedstudents.Historically,womenhavedonebetterthanmenincollegebutworseontheSAT.Foratestthatisusedtohelppredictperformanceincollege,that’saprettypoorrecord.YourpreparationfortheDigitalSATstartshere.WeatThePrincetonReviewspendmillionsofdollarseveryyearimprovingourmethodsandmaterialssothatstudentsarealwaysreadyfortheDigitalSAT,andwe’llgetyoureadytoo.

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However,thereisnomagicpill:justbuyingthisbookisn’tgoingtoimproveyourscores.Solidscoreimprovementtakescommitmentandeffortfromyou.Ifyoureadthisbookcarefullyandworkthroughtheproblemsandpracticetestsincludedinthebook,notonlywillyoubewell-versedintheformatoftheDigitalSATandtheconceptsittests,butyouwillalsohaveasoundoverallstrategyandapowerfularsenaloftest-takingstrategiesthatyoucanapplytowhateveryouencounterontestday.InadditiontothecomprehensivereviewinDigitalSATPrep,we’veincludedadditional~~practiceonline,accessiblethroughourwebsite—PrincetonReview.com—tocontinuehelpingyoutoimproveyourscores.Beforedoinganythingelse,besuretoregisteryourbookatPrincetonReview.com/prep.Whenyoudo,you’llgainaccesstotheStudentTools,whichhasthemostup-to-dateinformationontheDigitalSAT,aswellastheonlinepracticetestsandcollegeadmissionsresources.Themoreyoutakeadvantageoftheresourceswe’veincludedinthisbookandtheonlineStudentToolsthatgowithit,thebetteryou’lldoonthetest.Readthebookcarefullyandlearnourstrategies.Takethefull-lengthpracticetestsunderactualtimedconditions.Analyzeyourperformanceandfocusyoureffortswhereyouneedimprovement.Perhapsevenstudywithafriendtostaymotivated.AttendafreeeventatThePrincetonReviewtolearnmoreabouttheDigitalSATandhowitisusedinthecollegeadmissionsprocess.Searchourwebsiteforaneventthatwilltakeplacenearyouortakeplaceonline!Thistestischallenging,butyou'reontherighttrack.We’llbewithyoualltheway.Goodluck!TheStaffofThePrincetonReview

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1GotoPrincetonReview.com/prepandenterthefollowingISBNforyourbook:97805935175362AnswerafewsimplequestionstosetupanexclusivePrincetonReviewaccount.(Ifyoualreadyhaveone,youcanjustlogin.)

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fulltitleofthebook*ISBN*pagenumberNeedtoreportatechnicalissue?ContactTPRStudentTech@review.comandprovide:*yourfullname«emailaddressusedtoregisterthebook«fullbooktitleandISBN«Operatingsystem(Mac/PC)andbrowser(Chrome,Firefox,Safari,etc.)LET'SGOMOBILE!Accessfree,additionalresourcesbydownloadingthenewPrincetonReviewappatwww.princetonreview.com/mobile/apps/highschool.Onceyou'veregistered,youcan...eAccesstwopracticeDigitalSATexamsaswellascomprehensivescoringreports*Checkoutourcomprehensivestudyguidestohelpenhanceyourtestprep*Readourspecial“SATInsider”andgetvaluableadviceaboutthecollegeapplicationprocess,includingtipsforwritingagreatessayandwheretoapplyforfinancialaid*AccessonlineflashcardswithkeyReadingandWritingandMathconcepts

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*Watchvideoexplanationsofkeyin-bookquestions+Downloadprintablebubblesheetsforthein-booktestseUseoursearchablerankingsofTheBest390Collegestofindoutmoreinformationaboutyourdreamschool«Checktoseeiftherehavebeenanycorrectionsorupdatestothisedition*GetourtakeonanyrecentorpendingupdatestotheDigitalSATLookForTheseIconsThroughoutTheBookONLINEARTICLESONLINEPRACTICETESTSPROVENTECHNIQUESAPPLIEDSTRATEGIESOTHERREFERENCESWATCHUSCRACKIT

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STUDYBREAK

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PartIOrientation1TheDigitalSAT,ThePrincetonReview,andYou2PracticeTest13PracticeTest1:DiagnosticAnswerKeyandExplanations4CrackingtheDigitalSAT:BasicPrinciples

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LET'SGETTHISPARTYSTARTED!Youareabouttounlockavastrepertoireofpowerfulstrategiesthathaveoneandonlyonepurpose:tohelpyougetabetterscoreontheDigitalSAT.ThisbookcontainsthecollectedwisdomofThePrincetonReview,whichhasspentmorethan40yearshelpingstudentsachievehigherscoresonstandardizedtests.We’vedevotedmillionsofdollarsandyearsofourlivestobeatingtheSAT.It’swhatwedo(twistedasitmaybe),andwewantyoutobenefitfromourexpertise.WHATISTHEPRINCETONREVIEW?ThePrincetonReviewistheleaderintestprep.OurgoalistohelpstudentseverywherecracktheSATandabunchofotherstandardizedtests,includingthePSATandtheACTaswellasgraduate-levelexamsliketheGREandtheGMAT.Startingfromhumblebeginningsin1981,ThePrincetonReviewisnowthenation’slargestSATpreparationcompany.Weoffercoursesinmorethan500locationsin20differentcountries,aswellasonline;wealsopublishbest-sellingbooks,liketheoneyou’reholding,andonlineresourcestogetstudentsreadyforthistest.Ourtechniqueswork.WedevelopedthemafterspendingcountlesshoursscrutinizingrealSATs,analyzingthemwithcomputers,andprovingourtheoriesintheclassroom.ThePrincetonReviewWayThisbookwillshowyouhowtoscorehigherontheDigitalSATbyteachingyouto:eextractimportantinformationfromtrickytestquestionstakefulladvantageofthelimitedtimeallowed¢systematicallyanswerquestions—evenifyoudon’tfullyunderstandthemoavoidthetrapsthattheDigitalSAThaslaidforyou(andusethosetrapstoyouradvantage)

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ThetestiswrittenandadministeredbyCollegeBoard,andtheyknowthatourtechniqueswork.Foryears,thetest-writersclaimedthattheSATcouldn’tbecoached.Butwe’veproventhatviewwrong,andthey,inturn,havestruggledtofindwaysofchangingtheSATsothatThePrincetonReviewwon’tbeabletocrackit—ineffect,acknowledgingwhatourstudentshaveknownallalong:thatourtechniquesreallydowork.(Infact,CollegeBoardhasrecentlyadmittedthatstudentscanandshouldpreparefortheSAT.Sothere!)TheSAThasremainedhighlyvulnerabletoourtechniques.AndthecurrentversionoftheSATisevenmoresusceptibletoourmethods.Readthisbook,workthroughthedrills,takethepracticetests,andyou’llseewhatwemean.Study!Ifyouweregettingreadytotakeabiologytest,you'dstudybiology.Ifyouwerepreparingforabasketballgame,you'dpracticebasketball.So,ifyou'repreparingfortheSAT,youneedtostudyandpracticefortheSAT.Theexamcan'ttesteverythingyoulearninschool(infact,ittestsverylittle),soconcentrateonlearningwhatitdoestest.StudyXY

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Chapter1TheDigitalSAT,ThePrincetonReview,andYouWelcome!OurjobistohelpyougetthebestpossiblescoreontheDigitalSAT.ThischapterwilltellyouwhattoexpectfromtheDigitalSATaswellassomespecificsaboutthetest.ItwillalsoexplainhowtomakethemostofallyourPrincetonReviewmaterials.

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GENERALINFORMATIONABOUTTHEDIGITALSATYoumayhaveboughtthisbookbecauseyouknownothingabouttheDigitalSAT,orperhapsyoutooktheSATonceandwanttoraiseyourscore.Eitherway,it’simportanttoknowaboutthetestandthepeoplewhowriteit.Let’stakeasecondtodiscusssomeDigitalSATfacts,someofwhichmaysurpriseyou.WhatIsTestedontheDigitalSAT?JustbecausetheDigitalSATfeaturesmath,reading,andwritingquestionsdoesn’tmeanthatitreflectswhatyoulearnedinschool.YoucanacecalculusorwritelikeShakespeareandstillstrugglewiththeSAT.Thetest-writersclaimthatthetestpredictshowwellyouwilldoincollegebymeasuring“reasoningability,”butalltheDigitalSATreallymeasuresishowwellyoutaketheDigitalSAT.Itdoesnotrevealhowsmart—orhowgood—apersonyouare.WhoWritestheDigitalSAT?EventhoughcollegesanduniversitiesmakewideuseoftheSAT,they’renottheoneswhowritethetest.That’sthejobofCollegeBoard,theorganizationthatcreatesthetestsanddecideshowtheywillbeadministeredandused.Thetest-writershavebeencriticizedfortheSATovertheyears.Manyeducatorshavearguedthatthetestdoesnotmeasuretheskillsyoureallyneedforcollege.In2005,thisledCollegeBoardtooverhaultheentiretest,onlytoreviseitalloveragaininearly2016.AndinJanuary2022,CollegeBoardannouncedanothermajorchange—theshifttoadigital,adaptiveSAT.TheimportanttakeawayhereisthatthepeoplewhowritetheDigitalSAThavemademanychangestothetestovertheyears,sounderstandingthestructureofthecurrentexamisyourfirststeptoimprovingonthetest.Wait,WhoWritesThisTest?

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YoumaybesurprisedtolearnthatthepeoplewhowriteDigitalSATtestquestionsareNOTnecessarilyteachersorcollegeprofessors.ThepeoplewhowritetheDigitalSATareprofessionaltest-writers,notsuper-humangeniuses,soyoucanlearntothinkastheydoandbeatthemattheirowngame.What'sontheDigitalSAT?TheDigitalSATis2hoursand14minuteslong:64minutesforReadingandWritingand70minutesforMath.Thetestconsistsofthefollowingsections,inthisorder:*ReadingandWriting(RW)(2modules,each27questionsin32minutes)oAllquestionsintheRWsectionaremultiple-choice.oTwoquestionsineachmoduleareexperimentalandarenotscored.*A10-minutebreak*Math(2modules,each22questionsin35minutes)oMostquestionsintheMathsectionaremultiple-choice.oTherestare“student-producedresponses”(fill-ins).oTwoquestionsineachmoduleareexperimentalandarenotscored.KeyTakeawayKnowinghowthetestisstructuredwillhelpyoudeterminewhatyouneedtodotocrackit!TheMathsectioncontainssomestudent-produced-responsequestions,butallotherquestionsontheexamaremultiple-choice.Allmultiple-choicequestionsontheDigitalSAThavefourpossibleanswerchoices.Theremainingchaptersofthisbookcoverthesesectionsindetail,buthere’sabriefrundownofwhatyoucanexpect.ReadingandWritingSectionStudyXY

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PreviousversionsoftheSAThadReadingandWritingasseparatesections,withseveralquestionsattachedtoeachlongpassage.TheDigitalSATcombinesReadingandWriting.TheReadingandWriting(RW)sectionis64minuteslongandconsistsof2modules,eachwith27questionsthatarepassage-basedandmultiple-choice.Eachshortpassage(whichCollegeBoardcallsa“text”)orpairofpassages(texts)isassociatedwithjustonequestion,andpassagesmaybepairedwithinformationalgraphics.Someoftheselectedpassageswillbefrompreviouslypublishedworksintheareasofworldliteratureorpoetry,butmostwillbeshortpassageswrittenbyCollegeBoardandcoveringtopicsinhistory,socialstudies,andscience.TheRWsectionconsistsoffourpartsinorder:1.CraftandStructure(~28%)2.InformationandIdeas(~26%)3.StandardEnglishConventions(%26%)4.ExpressionofIdeas(~20%)Thequestionsineachcontentareawillbearrangedbytypeand,inmostcases,inorderofdifficulty.ThefirsttwopartsofeachmodulewillcoverwhatwaspreviouslyintheReadingsectionoftheSAT,withquestionsthatrequireyoutojustifyyourselectedanswerwithevidencefromthepassageand/orgraphprovided.(Thissectionisnotaboutcomingupwithanything;it’saboutfindingthecorrectanswerbasedonthepassage.)Inthethirdandfourthpartsofeachmodule,therewillbequestionsfocusedonWritingskills.Insteadofaskingyoutoanalyzeapassage,questionswillrequireyoutodothingslikechooseanswerswithcorrectpunctuationandgrammar.PartITofthisbookwillcovereachquestiontypeintheReadingandWritingsection.

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WantMore?Forevenmorepractice,checkoutSATLevelUp:VerbalandSATLevelUp:Math.MathSectionYouwillhaveatotalof70minutestocompletetheMathsection,which,asmentionedearlier,isdividedintotwomodules(eachwith22questionsin35minutes).Mostquestionsaremultiple-choice,buttherearealsoahandfulofwhatCollegeBoardcallsStudent-ProducedResponsequestions,whichwecallfill-ins.Forfill-inquestions,insteadofchoosingfromfouranswerchoices,you’llhavetoworkthroughaquestionandthenenteryouransweronthescreenbytypingintheappropriatenumbers.We’lldiscussthisinmoredetailinChapter26.Approximately11ofthe44mathquestionswillbefill-ins.TheMathsectioncoversfourmaincontentareas,butnotinthisorder:1.Algebra(35%)2.AdvancedMath(x35%)3.Problem-SolvingandDataAnalysis(¥15%)4.GeometryandTrigonometry(15%)IncontrasttothesetorderoftheReadingandWritingtopics,eachMathmodulewillhavequestionsineachofthesecontentareasscatteredthroughoutbutarrangedinorderofdifficultyfromthestartofthemoduletotheend.PartIIIofthisbookcoverseachofthesecontentareasindepth.TheDigitalSAThasabuilt-inDesmoscalculatorthatcanbeusedonallMathquestions.Inaddition,studentsmaybringtheirownapprovedcalculatorsiftheyprefer.Acalculatorwillbeagame-changeronsomequestionsandcompletelyuselessonothers,sothinkabouthowtouseit(ornot)asyouworkthroughPartIII.Practicewiththecalculatoryouplantouseontheactualtestsoyoucantakefulladvantageofthistool.

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NotallcalculatorsarepermittedbyCollegeBoardforuseontheSAT.ToseethefullCollegeBoardcalculatorpolicy,visitsatsuite.collegeboard.org/digital/what-to-bring-do/calculator-polic!Thereisonemorethingtoknowaboutthemake-upoftheDigitalSAT:test-takersdonotgettheexactsametest.Inthedaysofpaper-and-pencilSATtests,thepracticeofgivingstudentsallovertheglobethesametestformledtoissueswithtestsecurityandpossiblecheating.WiththeswitchtotheDigitalSAT,CollegeBoardsaysthetestingappwillnow“assemble”atestforeachstudentthatis“unique.”So,whileallstudentswillseethesameconcepts,theywon’tallseethesamequestionstotestthoseconcepts.ScoringontheDigitalSATScoresfromtheDigitalSATwillbereportedinamatterofdays,notweeksaswasthecasewiththepaper-and-penciltest.YourscorereportfortheDigitalSATwillfeaturescoresforeachofthefollowing:*TotalScore:Thesumofthetwosectionscores(ReadingandWriting,Math),rangingfrom400to1600eSectionScores:1.ReadingandWriting,rangingfrom200to8002.Math,alsorangingfrom200to800Aspreviouslymentioned,therewillbetwoquestionsineachmodulethatareexperimental.CollegeBoardusesthesetoseehowstudentsanswerthem,buttheywillnotcounttowardyourscore.Unfortunately,theyarenotmarkedinanyway,somakesuretotreatallquestionsasiftheywillbescored.Ontherecentpaper-and-pencilversionsoftheSAT,varioussubscoresandcross-testscoreswerereportedinadditiontothesectionandoverallscores.

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