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SAT Practice Exam 2

Full-length  ·  timed  ·  98 questions

This is a full-length, timed practice SAT. Each section has two modules. Work steadily — the difficulty climbs as you go, and Module 2 is the tougher set. You can move between questions within a module, but once a module's time is up it locks and moves on. You may use a graphing calculator on Math; any formula you need is shown with the question. Answers and full explanations appear only at the very end.

Timing: Reading & Writing — two 32-minute modules. Then a 10-minute break. Then Math — two 35-minute modules. About 2 hours 14 minutes total.
When you press start, the timer begins.
Reading & Writing — Module 132 minutes · 27 questions
Section 1 of 2
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Q1Words in Context
The mayor's plan was praised for its ______ approach: rather than tearing down the old market, it wove new shops into the existing structure, preserving what residents loved.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q2Words in Context
Once dismissed as a ______ pastime, birdwatching has become a serious tool for science, with amateurs' records now feeding major studies of migration.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q3Words in Context
The scientist was admired for her ______: she changed her conclusion the moment the new data contradicted it, without defensiveness.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q4Text Structure & Purpose
The author begins by listing the conveniences of online shopping, then turns to the hidden costs — shuttered local stores, vanished jobs, and emptied downtowns — that those conveniences quietly impose.
Which choice best describes the main purpose of the text?
Q5Cross-Text Connections
Text 1: Curator Diaz argues that displaying art behind glass protects it but distances viewers, dulling the emotional punch of seeing brushwork up close. Text 2: Conservator Pell counters that without protective glass, humidity and careless hands would damage paintings within years, and no emotional benefit outweighs their loss.
Based on the texts, how would Pell (Text 2) most likely respond to Diaz (Text 1)?
Q6Central Ideas
For decades, maps showed the ocean floor as a featureless plain. Sonar surveys revealed something else entirely: mountain ranges longer than any on land, deep trenches, and vast volcanic ridges.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q7Central Ideas
The chef refused to expand her tiny restaurant despite constant demand. A bigger kitchen, she argued, would mean cooking she couldn't personally oversee — and the quality she'd built her name on depended on her hand in every dish.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q8Command of Evidence (Textual)
A researcher claims that letting students retake tests improves long-term retention of material, not just short-term grades.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the researcher's claim?
Q9Command of Evidence (Quantitative)
A city compared two bus routes. After adding a dedicated bus lane to Route A, its average trip time fell from 41 to 29 minutes, while Route B (no new lane) stayed at 40 minutes.
Which choice best uses the data to support the claim that the dedicated lane sped up Route A?
Q10Inferences
Some moths have evolved wing patterns that scatter the sonar pulses bats use to hunt, making the moths harder to locate in the dark. These patterns are most pronounced in species that share territory with the fastest-hunting bats.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q11Inferences
The ancient road was paved with stones cut so precisely that no mortar was needed, and its surface was crowned slightly higher in the center than at the edges. Even after two thousand years, long stretches remain free of standing water.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q12Central Ideas
Mapmakers have always made choices about what to leave out. A map showing every tree would be useless for finding a city; clarity requires omission. What a map excludes is as deliberate as what it includes.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q13Command of Evidence (Textual)
A historian argues that a medieval town's prosperity came chiefly from its river crossing, which let it tax merchants who had no other way across for miles.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the historian's argument?
Q14Inferences
A type of desert plant opens its leaf pores only at night, when the air is cool and moist, storing the gas it needs and sealing itself shut through the scorching day. Plants in wetter climates keep their pores open during daylight instead.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q15Central Ideas
A library replaced its late fees with gentle reminders after noticing that fines drove away the very patrons who needed it most. Within a year, more books were returned on time, not fewer.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q16Boundaries (punctuation)
The trail was steep and rocky ______ the hikers reached the summit well before noon.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q17Form, Structure & Sense
The collection of rare coins ______ kept in a locked vault beneath the museum.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q18Boundaries (punctuation)
The garden featured three striking colors ______ deep violet, burnt orange, and silvery green.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q19Form, Structure & Sense
By the time the inspector arrived, the crew ______ the scaffolding they had assembled that morning.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q20Boundaries (punctuation)
The author, ______ debut had won a major prize, struggled for years to finish a second book.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q21Form, Structure & Sense
Either the two coaches or the team captain ______ responsible for choosing the starting lineup.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q22Transitions
The factory cut its energy use by a third last year. ______, its output actually rose, thanks to newer, more efficient machines.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q23Transitions
The new app simplified the checkout process. ______, it reduced the number of steps from seven to two.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q24Transitions
Wind power in the region has grown rapidly. ______, the grid built to carry it has expanded far more slowly, leaving some turbines idle on the windiest days.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q25Rhetorical Synthesis
Notes: • The factory opened in 1962. • It switched to solar power in 2019. • Its carbon emissions fell 80% by 2023. • It employs 400 workers.
The student wants to emphasize the factory's environmental improvement. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Q26Rhetorical Synthesis
Notes: • The painter worked in obscurity for 30 years. • She sold only three paintings in her lifetime. • A 1995 exhibition introduced her work to the public. • Her paintings now hang in major museums.
The student wants to emphasize the painter's eventual recognition. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Q27Transitions
The recipe looked complicated on the page. ______, once the cook laid out the ingredients in order, each step followed naturally from the last.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Unanswered questions are not penalized.
Reading & Writing — Module 232 minutes · 27 questions
Section 1 of 2
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Q1Words in Context
The historian's prose was admired for its ______: she could render a centuries-old dispute so vividly that readers felt the stakes as if the outcome were still in doubt.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q2Words in Context
Far from being the ______ figure his rivals portrayed, the senator had quietly shifted his position three times as new evidence emerged.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q3Words in Context
The committee's report was a model of ______, conceding the weaknesses of its own recommendations even as it argued for them.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q4Text Structure & Purpose
The passage opens with a vivid description of a coral reef teeming with life, then abruptly shifts to the same reef a decade later — bleached and silent — before asking what changed.
Which choice best describes the function of the structural shift in the text?
Q5Cross-Text Connections
Text 1: Economist Tan argues that remote work raises productivity by eliminating commutes and office distractions, freeing workers to focus. Text 2: Economist Vasquez acknowledges those gains but warns they may be offset over time by weaker mentorship and slower transfer of knowledge between colleagues who no longer share a space.
Based on the texts, Vasquez's view (Text 2) differs from Tan's (Text 1) primarily in that Vasquez
Q6Central Ideas
The philosopher resisted the idea that a single decisive experiment could settle a scientific debate. Theories, she held, are webs of interlocking claims; a surprising result more often prompts scientists to adjust a strand than to discard the whole web.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q7Inferences
In deep caves cut off from sunlight, some fish have lost their eyes entirely over generations, while their other senses — detecting faint water movements, tasting chemicals in the dark — have grown remarkably acute.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q8Inferences
The novelist wrote her drafts entirely by hand, claiming the slowness of the pen forced her to weigh each word before committing it. She typed only when a chapter was, in her judgment, already finished in her mind.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q9Command of Evidence (Quantitative)
A study compared two teaching methods. Students taught by spaced review scored a mean of 84 on a delayed test, versus 71 for students taught by massed cramming; the spaced group also forgot 22% less over the following month.
Which choice best uses the data to support the claim that spaced review aids lasting learning?
Q10Command of Evidence (Textual)
An archaeologist contends that a settlement was abandoned suddenly rather than gradually, with residents fleeing rather than departing in an orderly way.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the archaeologist's contention?
Q11Words in Context
Critics found the director's restraint ______: by refusing to explain his characters' motives, he trusted viewers to draw their own conclusions, and the film was richer for it.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q12Central Ideas
Linguists studying endangered languages increasingly distinguish documentation from revitalization. Recording a dying language preserves it for scholars, but only active use by a new generation of speakers keeps it truly alive.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q13Text Structure & Purpose
After three paragraphs detailing the supposed benefits of a new highway, the author devotes the final paragraph to the neighborhoods that would be demolished to build it — a cost the earlier sections never mentioned.
Which choice best describes the function of the final paragraph?
Q14Inferences
Certain trees release airborne chemicals when insects begin chewing their leaves; neighboring trees of the same species, detecting these signals, ramp up their own chemical defenses before the insects ever reach them.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q15Cross-Text Connections
Text 1: Critic Mara praises the museum's decision to display its paintings without identifying labels, arguing that anonymity forces viewers to look harder and judge for themselves. Text 2: Critic Oyelaran counters that, deprived of dates and context, most visitors miss the very history that makes the works meaningful, mistaking ignorance for fresh eyes.
Which choice best describes how Oyelaran (Text 2) responds to Mara (Text 1)?
Q16Boundaries (punctuation)
The expedition carried only what it could not improvise in the field ______ medicine, radios, and precise instruments.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q17Form, Structure & Sense
The data, gathered over three field seasons by separate teams, ______ a pattern no single survey had revealed.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q18Boundaries (punctuation)
The architect's signature features ______ floating staircases, hidden courtyards, and walls of glass ______ reappear in nearly every building she designed.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q19Form, Structure & Sense
Had the engineers anticipated the unusual soil conditions, they ______ a deeper foundation from the start.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q20Form, Structure & Sense
The orchestra's repertoire, like the tastes of the city it serves, ______ steadily over the decades.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q21Transitions
The drought-resistant wheat produced strong yields in the test plots. ______, it required seed so costly that few of the region's farmers could afford to plant it.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q22Transitions
The treaty ended the immediate fighting. ______, it left unresolved the border disputes that would reignite the conflict within a generation.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q23Transitions
The museum's restoration removed centuries of grime from the fresco. ______, it revealed colors so vivid that scholars had to revise their assumptions about the artist's palette.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q24Rhetorical Synthesis
Notes: • The aqueduct was built in 19 BCE. • It carried water 50 miles to the city. • Much of it still stands today. • It was built without mortar in its arches.
The student wants to emphasize the engineering achievement of the aqueduct. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Q25Rhetorical Synthesis
Notes: • The vaccine took 12 years to develop. • Early trials failed twice. • It now prevents a disease that once killed thousands yearly. • The lead researcher nearly abandoned the project in year 8.
The student wants to emphasize the perseverance behind the vaccine's development. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Q26Cross-Text Connections
Text 1: Theorist Hahn argues that strict zoning, by separating homes from shops and offices, forces long car trips for daily errands and drains the life from streets. Text 2: Planner Sowande agrees zoning has costs but notes that the same separation can shield quiet residential areas from the noise, traffic, and odors of heavy industry.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the two texts?
Q27Words in Context
The editor was prized for her ______: she could cut a sprawling manuscript by a third and leave readers feeling that nothing of value had been lost.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Last Reading & Writing module — the harder set.

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Math — Module 135 minutes · 22 questions
Section 2 of 2
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Q1Algebra — linear
If 5x + 4 = 39, what is the value of x?
Q2Algebra — linear
A printer charges a $15 setup fee plus $0.20 per page. Which equation gives the cost c for p pages?
Q3Problem-Solving — percent
A $120 item is marked up 15%. What is the new price?
Q4Algebra — slope
slope = (y₂ − y₁)/(x₂ − x₁)
What is the slope of the line through (1, 3) and (5, 11)?
Q5Advanced Math — exponents
xᵃ / xᵇ = xᵃ⁻ᵇ
Which expression equals (x⁵)/(x²)?
Q6Problem-Solving — ratio
Paint is mixed with water in a 4 : 1 ratio. If 12 cups of paint are used, how many cups of water are needed?
Q7Algebra — systems
If x + y = 9 and x − y = 1, what is the value of x?
Q8Advanced Math — quadratic
What are the solutions to x² − 7x + 10 = 0?
Q9Geometry — angles
angles of a triangle sum to 180°
In a triangle, two angles measure 55° and 65°. What is the measure, in degrees, of the third angle?
Q10Problem-Solving — data
The values 6, 9, 12, 12, 21 form a data set. What is the median?
Q11Algebra — inequality
Which describes all x satisfying 3x − 2 < 10?
Q12Advanced Math — function
If f(x) = 3x² + 1, what is f(2)?
Q13Geometry — area
area of triangle = ½ × base × height
A triangle has base 10 and height 6. What is its area?
Q14Algebra — linear
If y = mx − 2 passes through (3, 7), what is m?
Q15Problem-Solving — proportion
If 4 pens cost $5.00, what is the cost, in dollars, of 10 pens?
Q16Advanced Math — exponential
final = initial × 3ⁿ
A culture of 50 cells triples every hour. How many cells after 2 hours?
Q17Geometry — circle
circumference = 2πr
A circle has radius 5. What is its circumference? (Use π.)
Q18Advanced Math — factoring
a² − b² = (a + b)(a − b)
Which expression equals x² − 16?
Q19Problem-Solving — data
In a survey, the ratio of yes to no answers is 5 : 3. If 24 people said no, how many said yes?
Q20Geometry — Pythagorean
a² + b² = c²
A right triangle has legs 9 and 12. What is the hypotenuse?
Q21Advanced Math — function
If g(x) = x² − 3x, for what nonzero x does g(x) = 0?
Q22Algebra — translate
A gym membership costs $25 to join plus $40 per month. Which gives total cost for m months?
Calculator allowed. Formulas shown where needed.
Math — Module 235 minutes · 22 questions
Section 2 of 2
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Q1Advanced Math — quadratic
sum of roots = −b ; product = c
The quadratic x² + bx + 15 has roots x = 3 and x = 5. What is b?
Q2Algebra — systems
If 3x + 2y = 16 and 5x − 2y = 8, what is x?
Q3Advanced Math — exponents
if bᵃ = bᶜ then a = c
If 3^(x−1) = 27, what is x?
Q4Advanced Math — rational
For x ≠ 4, the expression (x² − 16)/(x − 4) is equivalent to x + k. What is the value of k?
Q5Algebra — linear modeling
A tank holds 240 liters and drains at 20 liters per minute. After how many whole minutes is less than 100 liters left?
Q6Geometry — similar triangles
area ratio = (side ratio)²
Two similar triangles have sides in ratio 2 : 3. If the smaller has area 16, what is the larger's area?
Q7Advanced Math — vertex
The parabola y = (x − 3)² + 5 has vertex (h, k). What is h + k?
Q8Advanced Math — discriminant
discriminant = b² − 4ac
How many real solutions does x² + 4x + 7 = 0 have?
Q9Problem-Solving — percent change
A price rises 25% then falls 20%. Compared with the start, the price is now
Q10Algebra — absolute value
How many solutions does |3x − 9| = 6 have?
Q11Advanced Math — exponential model
remaining = initial × (1/2)^(t/half-life)
A 600-unit sample halves every 4 years. How much remains after 12 years?
Q12Geometry — trig
a² + b² = c²
In a right triangle, angle θ has opposite side 8 and hypotenuse 17. The adjacent side has length ___.
Q13Advanced Math — systems nonlinear
If y = x² and y = x + 6, which is a solution (x, y)?
Q14Problem-Solving — weighted average
15 students average 80; 25 students average 88. What is the combined average of all 40?
Q15Advanced Math — equivalent
Which expression equals (4x² − 8x)/4?
Q16Geometry — volume
volume = length × width × height
A rectangular box measures 4 by 5 by 6. What is its volume?
Q17Algebra — system word problem
Adult tickets are $15, child $9. A group bought 12 tickets for $144. How many adult tickets?
Q18Problem-Solving — probability
P = favorable / total
A bag holds 4 red, 6 blue, 2 yellow marbles. What is the probability a random draw is red?
Q19Advanced Math — exponent
(x^(1/3))³ = x
If x^(1/3) = 4, what is x?
Q20Geometry — coordinate
distance = √[(x₂−x₁)² + (y₂−y₁)²]
What is the distance between (2, 1) and (7, 13)?
Q21Advanced Math — function composition
If f(x) = 2x + 1 and g(x) = x², what is f(g(3))?
Q22Algebra — linear system
At what x do the lines y = 2x + 1 and y = −x + 7 intersect?
Last module — the harder set.

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