College Board SAT Question Of The Day Compilation.

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1 College Board SAT Question Of The Day Compilation (May 25-May 31) 1). May 25 Mathematics > Standard Multiple Choice As of when this compilation was made, there were 58,792 responses with 60% being correct. Read the following SAT test question and then click on a button to select your answer. A mechanic can install carburetors in cars every hours. At that rate, how long will it take the mechanic to install carburetors in cars? (A) hr min (B) hr min (C) hr min (D) hr min (E) hr min Hint: First you can write a proportion from the information given: cars is to hours as cars is to hours. From this you can write an equation that can be solved for. Answer: B. From the information given, you can write the proportion cars is to hours as cars is to hours, where represents the number of hours the mechanic will take to install carburetors in cars. This gives, which simplifies to. Therefore, hours. Since hour is minutes, is hours minutes. 2). May 26

2 Critical Reading > Sentence Completions As of when this compilation was made, there were 45,439 responses with 86% being correct. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Instead of praising the employees who worked late every night to ensure that the project was finished on time, the manager criticized them for not having the work sooner. (A) assiduous.. complicated (B) lethargic.. finalized (C) meticulous.. discarded (D) diligent.. completed (E) neglectful.. overlooked Hint: Consider what kind of people would work late to ensure that something is finished. Answer: D. Reason: The employees worked long hours to make sure that the project was finished on time, it makes sense to say that they are diligent, or that they show care and consideration in their work and duties. And it is possible that a manager would criticize employees for not having completed the project ahead of schedule, even though they did finish the project on time. 3). May 27 Writing > Improving Sentences As of when this compilation was made, there were 80,409 responses with 48% being correct. Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. The language of the Navajo people, like their Apache cousins, is classified in the Athabascan language family. (A) their (B) for their (C) that of its (D) its (E) that of their

3 Hint: Make sure that the two things being compared in the sentence are of the same type (don t compare language to cousins ). Answer: E. It avoids the error of the original by using the pronoun that to refer to The language so that one thing, The language of the Navajo people, is properly com pared to another thing, that [the language] of their Apache cousins. 4). May 28 Mathematics > Standard Multiple Choice As of when this compilation was made, there were 67,076 responses with 44% being correct. Read the following SAT test question and then click on a button to select your answer. What is the volume of a cube with surface area? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Hint: A cube has faces, each with the same area. If the surface area of a cube is, then each of its faces has area. Now you can find the length of each edge of the cube in terms of, and then cube this value to find the volume. Answer: B. Every cube has identical square faces. Since the total surface area of this cube is, each face has area. Therefore, each edge has length, or. The volume is, or.' 5). May 29

4 Critical Reading > Sentence Completions As of when this compilation was made, there were 44,913 responses with 75% being correct. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Cecily is worried that, with all the recent innovations in computing, her five-year-old laptop and its software will soon be (A) redundant (B) obsolete (C) unnecessary (D) renewable (E) valuable Hint: The word in the blank describes a computer that may be unable to perform some new computing tasks. Answer: B.Reason. It is logical that the owner of a five-year-old computer would be concerned that her machine would soon be obsolete, or no longer useful, given the recent changes in computing. 6). May 30 Writing > Identifying Sentence Errors As of when this compilation was made, there were 55,901 responses with 46% being correct. The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E. Farmers who grow major crops such as corn, rice and wheat, aware that new developments A B in agricultural production can result in millions of dollars in additional revenue, switching to newer, more efficient technologies. No error C D E

5 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Hint: There must be a main verb to carry out the action of the sentence. Answer: C.Reason: The participle switching cannot function as the main verb of the sentence and should be replaced by the present tense verb phrase are switching. 7). May 31 Mathematics > Standard Multiple Choice As of when this compilation was made, there were 29,954 responses with 49% being correct. Read the following SAT test question and then click on a button to select your answer. In a survey, a group of students from Westville High School were asked about their favorite movie genre. Each student in the group selected exactly one movie genre, and the data collected are summarized in the circle graph above. If many students were surveyed in total? more students chose Action than Drama, how

6 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Hint: First find the difference, in percent of all students surveyed, between the portion of students that chose Action and the portion of students that chose Fiction as their favorite movie genre. Answer: D. From the circle graph, chose Drama as their favorite movie genre. Hence of the students surveyed chose Action and students is equal to of the total number of students surveyed. Let be the number of students surveyed; then the last statement can be written symbolically as. Solving for gives. Therefore, the total number of students surveyed was. Visit for more. Also, remember to read our Privacy Policy and TOS.Thank you.