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SAT Practice Exam 4

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 new policy was praised as ______: it solved the parking problem without adding a single new lot, simply by adjusting the hours of the existing ones.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q2Words in Context
The actor was famous for his ______ delivery: he could pack a whole character's history into the way he paused before a single word.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q3Words in Context
Once dismissed as ______, the idea that hand-washing prevents disease is now a foundation of modern medicine.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q4Text Structure & Purpose
The author first describes the convenience of single-use plastics, then devotes the rest of the essay to the centuries they spend breaking down and the wildlife they harm in the meantime.
Which choice best describes the main purpose of the text?
Q5Cross-Text Connections
Text 1: Planner Ito argues that bike lanes make streets safer by giving cyclists a protected space away from cars. Text 2: Researcher Volk found that poorly designed bike lanes, which end abruptly at busy intersections, can funnel cyclists into the most dangerous spots.
Based on the texts, Volk's findings (Text 2) most directly qualify Ito's claim (Text 1) by suggesting that
Q6Central Ideas
The orchestra's conductor rarely spoke during rehearsal. A raised eyebrow, a slight lean, a hand held flat in the air — these did the work that other conductors filled with words.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q7Central Ideas
The botanist kept her most important specimens not in a grand greenhouse but in a row of unremarkable clay pots by a north window. The plain setting, she said, let her notice the smallest change in a leaf.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q8Command of Evidence (Textual)
A researcher claims that natural light in classrooms improves students' test performance.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the researcher's claim?
Q9Command of Evidence (Quantitative)
A store tested a new layout. After the change, average time customers spent in the store rose from 12 to 19 minutes, and average purchase rose from $24 to $33.
Which choice best uses the data to support the claim that the new layout increased sales?
Q10Inferences
A species of fish changes color to match the seafloor beneath it within seconds, blending so well that predators swimming directly above often fail to spot it. This ability is strongest in populations living over varied, patchy terrain.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q11Inferences
The old mill's water wheel was positioned where the river narrowed and quickened, and its blades were cupped to catch the fastest part of the current. Even in dry months, it turned steadily while newer wheels downstream sat idle.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q12Central Ideas
A good teacher, the essayist argued, does not simply transfer knowledge but teaches students how to question it — to ask not only what is true but how anyone could know.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q13Command of Evidence (Textual)
A historian argues that a region's distinctive cuisine arose mainly from its trade routes, which brought spices unavailable elsewhere, rather than from local agriculture.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the historian's argument?
Q14Inferences
A nocturnal primate has enormous eyes relative to its head and a reflective layer behind the retina that bounces light back through it a second time. It hunts insects on the darkest nights, when the moon gives almost no light.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q15Central Ideas
A city replaced a busy road with a riverside park, expecting traffic chaos. Instead, drivers adjusted their routes and habits, and the predicted gridlock never materialized — traffic, it turned out, expands and contracts to fit the roads available.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q16Boundaries (punctuation)
The sky was clear at sunrise ______ by afternoon, clouds had rolled in from the west.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q17Form, Structure & Sense
The box of old photographs ______ stored in the attic for decades.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q18Boundaries (punctuation)
The museum displayed three rare instruments ______ a lute, a harpsichord, and a hand-carved flute.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q19Form, Structure & Sense
By the time the guests arrived, the host ______ every dish she planned to serve.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q20Boundaries (punctuation)
The engineer, ______ designs had won several awards, rarely accepted interviews.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q21Form, Structure & Sense
Either the two editors or the author ______ expected to approve the final cover.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q22Transitions
The community garden produced more vegetables than its members could use. ______, they began donating the surplus to a local food bank.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q23Transitions
The redesigned form was far easier to complete. ______, it reduced the average time to fill it out from twenty minutes to five.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q24Transitions
Electric cars have become far more affordable. ______, charging stations remain scarce in rural areas, limiting where the cars are practical.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q25Rhetorical Synthesis
Notes: • The observatory was built in 1923. • Its telescope has a 2-meter mirror. • It discovered three comets. • It was upgraded with digital sensors in 2015.
The student wants to emphasize the observatory's scientific contributions. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Q26Rhetorical Synthesis
Notes: • The athlete was born with limited vision. • She took up rowing at 16. • She won a national championship in 2022. • She now coaches visually impaired rowers.
The student wants to emphasize how the athlete now helps others. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Q27Transitions
The manual looked dense and technical. ______, each procedure was actually explained in plain steps that anyone could follow.
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 biographer's ______ was both her gift and her curse: she could not let a single claim stand without three sources, which made her books authoritative but agonizingly slow to finish.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q2Words in Context
The senator's speech was a masterpiece of ______: it seemed to take a firm stand while committing to nothing a future opponent could quote against him.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q3Words in Context
Far from being ______, the design's blank walls were a deliberate choice, meant to let the changing light itself become the room's decoration.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q4Text Structure & Purpose
The article spends three sections establishing that a celebrated study's results are real, then uses its final section to show that the study's sample was so narrow that the results cannot be generalized as the headlines claimed.
Which choice best describes the structure of the text?
Q5Cross-Text Connections
Text 1: Economist Wells argues that raising interest rates curbs inflation by cooling consumer spending. Text 2: Economist Roy agrees rates affect spending but warns that when inflation is driven by supply shortages rather than demand, higher rates inflict economic pain without addressing the actual cause.
Based on the texts, Roy (Text 2) would most likely argue that Wells's reasoning (Text 1) is incomplete because it
Q6Central Ideas
The translator argued that her job was not to carry words across a border but to carry an effect: the laughter a joke produces, the chill a threat creates. A literal rendering that killed the effect was, to her, a failure.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q7Inferences
In tide pools that empty and refill twice a day, some snails seal themselves shut with a trapdoor of hardened mucus when the water recedes, reopening only when the tide returns. Snails lacking this trait dry out within hours of exposure.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q8Inferences
A printmaker discovered that pressing her plates at a lower temperature produced lines so fine they were nearly invisible to the naked eye, yet sharp under magnification. Collectors who examined the prints closely paid far more than those who glanced at them.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q9Command of Evidence (Quantitative)
A study compared two commuting options. Workers who biked reported a mean stress score of 28; those who drove reported 41 (higher means more stress). Bikers also took two fewer sick days per year on average.
Which choice best uses the data to support the claim that biking to work benefited well-being?
Q10Command of Evidence (Textual)
An archaeologist contends that an ancient people practiced long-distance trade rather than living in isolation as once believed.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the archaeologist's contention?
Q11Words in Context
The reviewer praised the memoir's ______: the author refused to cast herself as a hero, admitting her worst decisions as plainly as her best.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Q12Central Ideas
Economists studying happiness have found that beyond a certain income, additional money adds little to well-being. What matters more, the data suggest, is how one's income compares with those around them — a moving target that rising wealth rarely satisfies.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Q13Text Structure & Purpose
The piece opens with a glowing account of a city's celebrated recycling rate, then reveals in its final paragraphs that most of what residents 'recycle' is shipped overseas and burned, never processed at all.
Which choice best describes the function of the final paragraphs?
Q14Inferences
Some plants release sugary nectar not from their flowers but from tiny glands on their leaves, which attracts ants. The ants, in turn, attack caterpillars and other insects that would otherwise eat the leaves.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Q15Cross-Text Connections
Text 1: Critic Soto argues that subtitles preserve a film's original performances, letting viewers hear the actors' true voices. Text 2: Critic Madsen counters that subtitles pull the eye to the bottom of the screen, causing viewers to miss the very visual storytelling that distinguishes great filmmaking.
Which choice best describes how Madsen (Text 2) responds to Soto (Text 1)?
Q16Boundaries (punctuation)
The kit contained everything a beginner would need ______ brushes, three primary colors, and a sturdy canvas.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q17Form, Structure & Sense
The series of experiments, repeated by labs on three continents, ______ the same surprising result each time.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q18Boundaries (punctuation)
The festival's three headliners ______ a jazz trio, a folk singer, and a brass band ______ drew crowds from across the state.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q19Form, Structure & Sense
Had the museum secured the painting when it was first offered, the collection ______ a centerpiece it now lacks.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q20Form, Structure & Sense
The strength of the bridge, like the confidence of the engineers who built it, ______ tested by the first heavy storm.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Q21Transitions
The solar farm generated more power than expected in its first year. ______, the lines built to carry that power could handle only half of it, forcing operators to waste the rest.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q22Transitions
The law successfully reduced street flooding during ordinary rains. ______, it left the city just as vulnerable to the rare, extreme storms that cause the worst damage.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q23Transitions
The restorers carefully lifted the old varnish from the portrait. ______, they revealed brushwork so delicate that the painter's technique had to be reassessed.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Q24Rhetorical Synthesis
Notes: • The dam was completed in 1936. • It generates power for two million homes. • It took five years to build. • Its reservoir supplies water to several cities.
The student wants to emphasize the dam's ongoing benefits to the public. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Q25Rhetorical Synthesis
Notes: • The author wrote in near-total obscurity. • Her manuscripts were found in a trunk after her death. • A scholar published them in 1998. • She is now taught in universities worldwide.
The student wants to emphasize the author's posthumous recognition. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Q26Cross-Text Connections
Text 1: Theorist Quist argues that standardized tests give every student the same yardstick, making comparisons fair across very different schools. Text 2: Educator Bram agrees on consistency but notes that a single yardstick can miss talents — creativity, persistence, collaboration — that no timed test measures.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?
Q27Words in Context
The economist's forecasts were valued less for their ______ than for their reasoning: she was often wrong about the exact figure but illuminating about the forces at work.
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 7x + 2 = 51, what is the value of x?
Q2Algebra — linear
A plumber charges a $60 call fee plus $45 per hour. Which equation gives cost c for h hours?
Q3Problem-Solving — percent
A $90 jacket is discounted 30%. What is the sale price, in dollars?
Q4Algebra — slope
slope = (y₂ − y₁)/(x₂ − x₁)
What is the slope of the line through (3, 2) and (7, 14)?
Q5Advanced Math — exponents
xᵃ · xᵇ = xᵃ⁺ᵇ
Which expression equals (x⁴)(x³)?
Q6Problem-Solving — ratio
Concrete mixes cement and sand in a 1 : 4 ratio. If 5 kg of cement are used, how much sand?
Q7Algebra — systems
If x + y = 12 and x − y = 2, what is the value of x?
Q8Advanced Math — quadratic
What are the solutions to x² − 9x + 20 = 0?
Q9Geometry — angles
angles of a triangle sum to 180°
In a triangle, two angles measure 45° and 85°. What is the third angle?
Q10Problem-Solving — data
mean = sum / count
The values 5, 8, 8, 11, 18 form a data set. What is the mean?
Q11Algebra — inequality
Which describes all x with 5x − 4 ≤ 16?
Q12Advanced Math — function
If f(x) = 2x² + x, what is f(3)?
Q13Geometry — area
area = ½ × base × height
A triangle has base 14 and height 5. What is its area?
Q14Algebra — linear
If y = mx − 3 passes through (5, 12), what is m?
Q15Problem-Solving — proportion
If 5 tickets cost $32.50, how much do 8 tickets cost?
Q16Advanced Math — exponential
final = initial × 3ⁿ
A 20-cell sample triples every hour. How many cells after 3 hours?
Q17Geometry — circle
area = πr²
A circle has radius 7. Its area is kπ. What is the value of k?
Q18Advanced Math — factoring
a² − b² = (a + b)(a − b)
Which expression equals x² − 36?
Q19Problem-Solving — data
In a poll, the ratio of approve to disapprove is 7 : 2. If 16 disapprove, how many approve?
Q20Geometry — Pythagorean
a² + b² = c²
A right triangle has legs 8 and 15. What is the hypotenuse?
Q21Advanced Math — function
If g(x) = x² − 5x, for what nonzero x does g(x) = 0?
Q22Algebra — translate
A tutoring service charges $30 to register plus $50 per session. Which gives total cost for s sessions?
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 + 20 has roots x = 4 and x = 5. What is b?
Q2Algebra — systems
If 5x + 2y = 24 and 3x − 2y = 8, what is x?
Q3Advanced Math — exponents
if bᵃ = bᶜ then a = c
If 2^(x+3) = 64, what is x?
Q4Advanced Math — rational
For x ≠ 6, the expression (x² − 36)/(x − 6) equals
Q5Algebra — linear modeling
amount = rate × time
An empty water tank fills at 25 L per minute. After how many whole minutes does the amount of water first exceed 400 L?
Q6Geometry — similar triangles
area ratio = (side ratio)²
Two similar triangles have sides in ratio 3 : 4. If the smaller has area 27, what is the larger's area?
Q7Advanced Math — vertex
vertex x = −b/(2a)
What is the minimum value of f(x) = x² − 8x + 20?
Q8Advanced Math — discriminant
discriminant = b² − 4ac
How many real solutions does x² + 6x + 11 = 0 have?
Q9Problem-Solving — percent change
A value rises 40%, then falls 30%. Compared with the start, it is now
Q10Algebra — absolute value
How many solutions does |4x − 8| = 12 have?
Q11Advanced Math — exponential model
remaining = initial × (1/2)^(t/half-life)
An 800-unit sample halves every 5 years. How many units remain after 15 years?
Q12Geometry — trig
cos θ = adj/hyp, with a² + b² = c²
In a right triangle, angle θ has opposite side 7 and hypotenuse 25. What is cos θ?
Q13Advanced Math — systems nonlinear
If y = x² and y = 5x − 4, which is a solution (x, y)?
Q14Problem-Solving — weighted average
20 students average 75; 20 students average 95. What is the combined average of all 40?
Q15Advanced Math — equivalent
Which expression equals (10x² − 15x)/5?
Q16Geometry — volume
volume of cube = s³
A cube has edge length 4. What is its volume?
Q17Algebra — system word problem
Adult tickets cost $18, child $10. A group bought 11 tickets for $158. How many adult tickets?
Q18Problem-Solving — probability
P = favorable / total
A bag holds 6 red, 3 blue, 1 green marble. What is the probability a random draw is red?
Q19Advanced Math — exponent
(x^(1/2))² = x
If x^(1/2) = 9, what is x?
Q20Geometry — coordinate
distance = √[(x₂−x₁)² + (y₂−y₁)²]
What is the distance between (0, 0) and (9, 12)?
Q21Advanced Math — function composition
If f(x) = 4x − 1 and g(x) = x + 3, what is the value of f(g(2))?
Q22Algebra — linear system
At what x do y = 4x − 5 and y = 2x + 3 intersect?
Last module — the harder set.

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