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SAT Practice Exam 3

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 coach's praise was never ______; she pointed to the exact moment a player had read the defense correctly, so the compliment carried real weight.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q2Words in Context
Once considered ______, the small fishing village now draws thousands of tourists each summer to its restored harbor.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q3Words in Context
The report's tone was deliberately ______, avoiding alarm while still making the risks unmistakably clear.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q4Text Structure & Purpose
The author opens by praising electric scooters as a clean way to cross a city, then spends the rest of the piece on the cluttered sidewalks, injuries, and disputes they have brought.
Which choice best describes the main purpose of the text?
Q5Cross-Text Connections
Text 1: Designer Cho argues that open-plan offices spark collaboration by removing walls between coworkers. Text 2: Researcher Bell found that workers in open-plan offices actually emailed more and spoke face-to-face less, retreating behind headphones to focus.
Based on the texts, Bell's findings (Text 2) most directly challenge Cho's claim (Text 1) by suggesting that
Q6Central Ideas
The encyclopedia's editors faced a paradox: the more comprehensive they made each entry, the less likely anyone was to read it to the end. Usefulness, they realized, sometimes meant leaving things out.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q7Central Ideas
The violinist practiced scales for an hour before every concert, not to learn them — she had known them for decades — but to quiet her mind and steady her hands before walking onstage.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q8Command of Evidence (Textual)
A scientist claims that planting wildflower strips along farm fields increases crop yields by attracting pollinators.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the scientist's claim?
Q9Command of Evidence (Quantitative)
A town tracked recycling after switching to weekly (from biweekly) pickup. Tons recycled per month rose from 140 to 205, while landfill waste fell from 310 to 250 tons.
Which choice best uses the data to support the claim that weekly pickup improved recycling?
Q10Inferences
A species of frog freezes nearly solid each winter, its heart stopping for weeks, then thaws and revives in spring. Its cells are packed with a natural antifreeze that keeps ice from forming inside them.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q11Inferences
The bridge's cables were arranged so that the load of any single point spread across dozens of strands. When one strand snapped during testing, the structure barely registered the loss.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q12Central Ideas
Folk tales survive not because they are written down but because they are retold. Each teller reshapes the story slightly, and it is this constant, small revision that keeps a tale alive across centuries.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q13Command of Evidence (Textual)
A historian argues that a city's rapid growth in the 1800s was driven mainly by its new railroad connection rather than its port.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the historian's argument?
Q14Inferences
A type of cactus stores water in its thick stem and is covered in fine white hairs that reflect sunlight. It thrives in deserts where daytime temperatures routinely exceed those that wilt most other plants.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q15Central Ideas
A hospital cut patient infections sharply not with new technology but with a checklist: simple, numbered steps that staff followed before every procedure. The power lay in making the routine impossible to skip.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q16Boundaries (punctuation)
The morning began with a thick fog ______ by ten o'clock, bright sun had burned it away.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q17Form, Structure & Sense
The set of instructions ______ printed in three languages on the back of the box.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q18Boundaries (punctuation)
The trail offered three rewards ______ a waterfall, a wide valley view, and a quiet grove of pines.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q19Form, Structure & Sense
By the time the curtain rose, the actors ______ the final scene a dozen times that week.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q20Boundaries (punctuation)
The scientist, ______ research had reshaped the field, remained modest about her influence.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q21Form, Structure & Sense
Neither the director nor the producers ______ willing to delay the film's release.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q22Transitions
The bakery sold out of bread by nine each morning. ______, the owner began baking a second batch at dawn to meet the demand.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q23Transitions
The new bridge shortened the commute considerably. ______, it cut the average drive from 40 minutes to 18.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q24Transitions
Streaming has made millions of songs instantly available. ______, many listeners report feeling overwhelmed, returning again and again to the same few familiar albums.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q25Rhetorical Synthesis
Notes: • The lighthouse was built in 1887. • It was automated in 1990. • Its light is visible 20 miles out to sea. • It was restored by volunteers in 2021.
The student wants to emphasize the lighthouse's continued usefulness to sailors. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Q26Rhetorical Synthesis
Notes: • The dancer trained for 15 years. • She suffered a serious injury in 2018. • She returned to the stage in 2020. • She now teaches young dancers.
The student wants to emphasize the dancer's resilience. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Q27Transitions
The instructions seemed overwhelming at first glance. ______, broken into three short stages, the project turned out to be straightforward.
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 critic's reputation for ______ was deserved: she could find the single weak line in an otherwise flawless poem and explain, in a sentence, exactly why it failed.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q2Words in Context
The treaty's language was studiously ______, allowing each side to claim it had won the point in dispute.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q3Words in Context
Far from being ______, the scholar's footnotes were where her boldest arguments hid, tucked beneath the cautious prose of the main text.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q4Text Structure & Purpose
The essay's first half methodically builds the case that a famous shipwreck was caused by human error; the second half then introduces a single overlooked weather record that makes the error nearly unavoidable.
Which choice best describes the structure of the text?
Q5Cross-Text Connections
Text 1: Economist Reyes argues that tariffs protect domestic jobs by making imported goods more expensive and shifting demand to local producers. Text 2: Economist Lund counters that tariffs raise input costs for domestic manufacturers who rely on imported parts, costing more jobs downstream than they save.
Based on the texts, Lund (Text 2) would most likely argue that Reyes (Text 1) overlooks
Q6Central Ideas
The mathematician argued that elegance in a proof is not decoration but discovery: a shorter, clearer path through an argument often reveals why a theorem is true, not merely that it is.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q7Inferences
On remote islands free of large predators, some bird species have, over generations, lost the ability to fly, investing instead in larger bodies and stronger legs for foraging on the ground.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q8Inferences
The architect designed the concert hall's ceiling as a series of irregular wooden panels, each angled differently. Musicians noted that, unlike in flatter halls, sound reached every seat without the muddy echoes that plague rectangular rooms.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q9Command of Evidence (Quantitative)
Researchers compared two tutoring formats. Students in small groups improved a mean of 14 points; those tutored one-on-one improved 13 points but at four times the cost per student.
Which choice best uses the data to support the claim that small-group tutoring was more cost-effective?
Q10Command of Evidence (Textual)
A historian argues that a printing innovation, not a change in religious belief, was the chief reason a 1500s text spread so quickly across a continent.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the historian's argument?
Q11Words in Context
The diplomat's ______ in the talks was strategic: by saying little, she let the other side reveal its priorities before she committed to anything.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q12Central Ideas
Conservationists have begun to question the goal of restoring ecosystems to a fixed past state. Climates and species ranges shift; a marsh 'restored' to its 1900 condition may be poorly suited to the warmer world it now sits in.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q13Text Structure & Purpose
The author spends most of the article admiring a tech company's bold promises about a new device, then closes by noting that the same company made nearly identical promises about three earlier products that never shipped.
Which choice best describes the function of the article's final lines?
Q14Inferences
Certain ants farm fungus, feeding it leaf fragments and weeding out competing molds. Colonies whose fungus garden fails do not survive, even when other food is abundant nearby.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q15Cross-Text Connections
Text 1: Critic Amaya praises a novel's refusal to resolve its plot, arguing the open ending mirrors life's uncertainty and respects the reader's intelligence. Text 2: Critic Devi finds the same ending a failure of nerve, contending that an author who raises questions owes readers at least an attempt at answers.
Which choice best describes how the two critics differ?
Q16Boundaries (punctuation)
The lab kept three records of every trial ______ a written log, a photograph, and a digital file ______ so that no single loss could erase the data.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q17Form, Structure & Sense
The collection of letters, donated by the author's family after years of negotiation, ______ a side of her that her published work never showed.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q18Boundaries (punctuation)
The committee reached the conclusion everyone had feared ______ the project could not be completed on the current budget.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q19Form, Structure & Sense
Had the city invested in flood defenses a decade earlier, the recent storm ______ far less damage.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q20Form, Structure & Sense
The success of the trials, like the hopes of the patients waiting for them, ______ on results that were still months away.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q21Transitions
The greenhouse design captured sunlight beautifully in winter. ______, it trapped so much heat in summer that the plants inside wilted without constant ventilation.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q22Transitions
The reforms cut the time to register a business from weeks to hours. ______, they did nothing to address the licensing delays that frustrated owners later on.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q23Transitions
The archaeologists cleared the last layer of soil from the mosaic. ______, they uncovered an inscription that named the building's original owner.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q24Rhetorical Synthesis
Notes: • The seed vault opened in 2008. • It stores over a million seed samples. • It is built into a frozen mountainside. • It is designed to preserve crop diversity for centuries.
The student wants to emphasize the vault's purpose of safeguarding crop diversity. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Q25Rhetorical Synthesis
Notes: • The river was heavily polluted by the 1970s. • Cleanup efforts began in 1985. • Fish returned to the river by 2010. • The river now supports recreational fishing.
The student wants to emphasize the river's ecological recovery. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Q26Cross-Text Connections
Text 1: Theorist Park argues that letting students use calculators frees them to focus on problem-solving rather than arithmetic. Text 2: Educator Singh agrees for advanced work but warns that students who lean on calculators too early may never build the number sense that makes advanced reasoning possible.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?
Q27Words in Context
The judge was known for her ______: she weighed each argument on its merits, untroubled by the reputations of the lawyers who made them.
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 6x − 5 = 31, what is the value of x?
Q2Algebra — linear
A car rental costs $40 per day plus $0.15 per mile. Which equation gives cost c for d days and m miles?
Q3Problem-Solving — percent
A $250 bill includes an 18% tip. What is the tip amount?
Q4Algebra — slope
slope = (y₂ − y₁)/(x₂ − x₁)
What is the slope of the line through (2, 1) and (6, 9)?
Q5Advanced Math — exponents
(xᵃ)ᵇ = xᵃᵇ
Which expression equals (x²)⁴?
Q6Problem-Solving — ratio
A trail mix uses nuts and raisins in a 3 : 2 ratio. If 18 ounces of nuts are used, how many ounces of raisins are needed?
Q7Algebra — systems
If 2x + y = 13 and y = x + 1, what is x?
Q8Advanced Math — quadratic
What are the solutions to x² − 8x + 15 = 0?
Q9Geometry — angles
angles of a triangle sum to 180°
In a triangle, two angles measure 30° and 90°. What is the third angle?
Q10Problem-Solving — data
mean = sum / count
The values 3, 7, 7, 9, 14 form a data set. What is the mean?
Q11Algebra — inequality
Which describes all x with 4x + 3 ≥ 19?
Q12Advanced Math — function
If f(x) = x² − 2x, what is f(5)?
Q13Geometry — area
area = length × width
A rectangle has length 9 and width 7. What is its area?
Q14Algebra — linear
If y = mx + 5 passes through (4, 17), what is m?
Q15Problem-Solving — proportion
If 6 apples cost $4.20, how much do 9 apples cost?
Q16Advanced Math — exponential
final = initial × 2ⁿ
A 30-cell sample doubles every hour. How many cells after 4 hours?
Q17Geometry — circle
area = πr²
A circle has radius 4. What is its area? (Use π.)
Q18Advanced Math — factoring
a² − b² = (a + b)(a − b)
Which expression equals x² − 25?
Q19Problem-Solving — data
In a club, the ratio of new to returning members is 2 : 7. If 35 are returning, how many are new?
Q20Geometry — Pythagorean
a² + b² = c²
A right triangle has legs 5 and 12. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
Q21Advanced Math — function
If g(x) = x² + 4x, for what nonzero x does g(x) = 0?
Q22Algebra — translate
A streaming service charges $8 to sign up plus $12 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 + 18 has roots x = 3 and x = 6. What is b?
Q2Algebra — systems
If 4x + 3y = 27 and 4x − 3y = 5, what is the value of x?
Q3Advanced Math — exponents
if bᵃ = bᶜ then a = c
If 5^(x+2) = 125, what is x?
Q4Advanced Math — rational
For x ≠ 5, the expression (x² − 25)/(x − 5) equals
Q5Algebra — linear modeling
A candle 30 cm tall burns down 2.5 cm per hour. After how many hours is it 5 cm tall?
Q6Geometry — similar triangles
area ratio = (side ratio)²
Two similar triangles have sides in ratio 2 : 5. If the smaller has area 12, what is the larger's area?
Q7Advanced Math — vertex
vertex x = −b/(2a)
What is the minimum value of f(x) = x² − 6x + 10?
Q8Advanced Math — discriminant
discriminant = b² − 4ac
How many real solutions does 3x² + 2x + 4 = 0 have?
Q9Problem-Solving — percent change
A value falls 30% then rises 30%. Compared with the start, it is now
Q10Algebra — absolute value
What is the greatest value of x satisfying |2x − 4| = 8?
Q11Advanced Math — exponential model
remaining = initial × (1/2)^(t/half-life)
A 400-unit sample halves every 3 years. How much remains after 9 years?
Q12Geometry — trig
sin θ = opp/hyp, with a² + b² = c²
In a right triangle, angle θ has adjacent side 12 and hypotenuse 13. What is sin θ?
Q13Advanced Math — systems nonlinear
If y = x² and y = 4x − 3, which is a solution (x, y)?
Q14Problem-Solving — weighted average
10 students average 70; 30 students average 90. What is the combined average of all 40?
Q15Advanced Math — equivalent
Which expression equals (6x² − 9x)/3?
Q16Geometry — volume
volume = πr²h
A cylinder has radius 2 and height 9. What is its volume? (Use π.)
Q17Algebra — system word problem
Adult tickets cost $20 and student tickets $12. A group bought 9 tickets for $148. How many adult tickets did they buy?
Q18Problem-Solving — probability
P(not E) = 1 − P(E)
A bag holds 3 red, 5 green, 4 blue marbles. What is the probability a random draw is NOT green?
Q19Advanced Math — exponent
(x^(1/2))² = x
If x^(1/2) = 7, what is x?
Q20Geometry — coordinate
distance = √[(x₂−x₁)² + (y₂−y₁)²]
What is the distance between (1, 1) and (9, 7)?
Q21Advanced Math — function composition
If f(x) = 3x − 2 and g(x) = x + 4, what is f(g(2))?
Q22Algebra — linear system
At what x do y = 3x − 4 and y = x + 2 intersect?
Last module — the harder set.

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