October 2019

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. . . . . . . . Decimal
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1. Although not required, it is suggested that 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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of the columns to help you fill in the circles Grid in 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
accurately. You will receive credit only if the result. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
circles are filled in correctly. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2. Mark no more than one circle in any column. 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
3. No question has a negative answer. 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
4. Some problems may have more than one 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
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answer.
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6. Decimal answers: If you obtain a decimal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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truncated, but it must fill the entire grid.
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7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
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DIRECTIONS
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CONVERSION TABLES

Raw Score Conversion – Section and Test Scores

Table 7 (a-b)
Section and Test Scores
RAW SCORE CONVERSION TABLE 1
Raw Score Math Writing and Raw Score Math Writing and
(# of correct Section Reading Language (# of correct Section Reading Language
answers) Score Test Score Test Score answers) Score Test Score Test Score
0 200 10 10 30 530 27 28
1 200 10 10 31 540 27 29
2 220 10 10 32 540 28 29
3 230 11 11 33 550 28 30
4 240 12 12 34 560 29 30
5 260 13 12 35 570 29 31
6 270 13 13 36 570 30 31
7 290 14 14 37 580 30 32
8 300 15 15 38 590 31 32
9 310 16 16 39 600 31 33
10 320 16 16 40 600 31 34
11 340 17 17 41 610 32 35
12 350 18 18 42 620 32 36
13 360 18 18 43 630 33 37
14 370 18 19 44 640 32 40
15 380 19 19 45 650 33
16 400 19 20 46 660 34
17 410 20 21 47 670 35
18 420 20 21 48 670 36
19 430 21 22 49 680 37
20 440 21 22 50 690 38
21 450 22 23 51 700 39
22 460 23 23 52 700 40
23 470 23 24 53 710
24 480 24 24 54 730
25 490 24 25 55 740
26 500 25 26 56 760
27 510 25 26 57 790
28 520 26 27 58 800
29 520 26 28

Section and Test Scores

CONVERSION EQUATION 1

CONVERT

READING TEST READING TEST
RAW SCORE SCORE
(0-52) (10-40)

CONVERT
+ = × 10 =

WRITING AND WRITING AND READING TEST READING AND EVIDENCE-BASED
LANGUAGE TEST LANGUAGE SCORE WRITING READING AND WRITING
RAW SCORE TEST SCORE (10-40) TEST SCORE SECTION SCORE
(0-44) (10-40) (20-80) (200-800)

CONVERT
+ = + =

MATH TEST – MATH TEST – MATH SECTION MATH SECTION EVIDENCE-BASED TOTAL SAT
NO CALCULATOR CALCULATOR RAW SCORE SCORE READING AND WRITING SCORE
RAW SCORE RAW SCORE (0-58) (200-800) SECTION SCORE (400-1600)
(0-20) (0-38) (200-800)

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Answer Key – Determine Raw Scores

Reading
Reading TestTest Answers
Answers 1(a-d)

Correct Correct Correct Correct

Question # Answer Question # Answer Question # Answer Question # Answer
1 D 14 D 27 C 40 B
Reading
2 Test Answers
D 1(a-d) 15 B 28 A 41 D
3 A 16 C 29 D 42 A
Correct Correct Correct Correct
4 B 17 B 30 A 43 B
Question # Answer Question # Answer Question # Answer Question # Answer
5 D 18 D 31 B 44 B
1 A 14 C 27 C 40 B
6 A 19 B 32 D 45 D
2 D 15 C 28 A 41 D
7 B 20 A 33 D 46 B
3 A 16 D 29 C 42 A
8 C 21 A 34 A 47 D
4 C 17 D 30 A 43 B
9 C 22 B 35 D 48 A
5 B 18 B 31 D 44 D
10 C 23 C 36 A 49 B
6 C 19 D 32 B 45 C
11 A 24 D 37 C 50 C
7 B 20 C 33 C 46 C
12 C 25 A 38 B 51 C
8 A 21 A 34 C 47 A
13 D 26 D 39 C 52 C
9 D 22 C 35 B 48 D
10 C 23 B 36 D 49 B
11 B 24 D 37 D 50 A
Writing 12
and LanguageBAnswers 2(a-d) 25 A 38 B 51 D
13 Test Raw Score
Reading A 26 B 39 D 52 A
Correct
(Number of Correct Answers) Correct Correct Correct
Question # Answer Question # Answer Question # Answer Question # Answer
1 B 12 B 23 C 34 C
Writing and
Writing2 and Language
Language Test
C Answers Answers
2(a-d)
13 A 24 B 35 B
3 D 14 D 25 B 36 A
Correct Correct Correct Correct
4 C 15 D 26 A 37 D
Question # Answer Question # Answer Question # Answer Question # Answer
5 A 16 B 27 A 38 A
1 B 12 A 23 C 34 C
6 D 17 D 28 C 39 A
2 D 13 D 24 C 35 D
7 B 18 C 29 D 40 B
3 C 14 D 25 B 36 A
8 C 19 C 30 A 41 D
4 A 15 D 26 D 37 B
9 D 20 B 31 B 42 B
5 A 16 C 27 C 38 D
10 B 21 D 32 D 43 C
6 C 17 B 28 B 39 B
11 C 22 D 33 A 44 C
7 A 18 C 29 D 40 D
8 D 19 D 30 B 41 B
9 B 20 A 31 A 42 C
10 C 21 D 32 B 43 A
11 B 22 A 33 C 44 C

Writing and Language Test

Raw Score “U” indicates a question that did not perform as expected and
(Number of Correct Answers) has been removed from scoring.

On test day you may have answered questions in a different

order than what you see above. Use the questions and
answers online to determine specific answers.

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Answer Key – Determine Raw Scores (continued)

Math Test
Math Test – Calculator
– No No Calculator
AnswersAnswers
Table 3
Correct Correct Correct Correct
Question # Answer Question # Answer Question # Answer Question # Answer

1 C 5 B 9 C 13 A
2 C 6 A 10 A 14 D
3 A 7 A 11 C 15 B
Math Test
4 – No Calculator
D Answers Table
8 3 B 12 C

Question # Correct Answer

Correct Correct Correct Correct
16
Question # Answer
3 Question # Answer Question # Answer Question # Answer
17 8/3, 2.66, 2.67
1 B 5 C 9 C 13 D
18 9
2 D 6 B 10 C 14 A
19 2.5, 5/2
3 B 7 A 11 B 15 B
20 .5, 1/2
4 A 8 B 12 A

Question # Correct Answer

16 2,4,8
Math 17
Test – Calculator
2
Answers Table 4
18 6
Correct Correct Correct Correct
Math Test – No Calculator
19
Question Answer
# Score 1/2,.5 Question # Answer Question # Answer Question # Answer
Raw
20
(Number 8
1 of Correct Answers)
A 9 C 17 C 25 C
2 C 10 C 18 B 26 D
3 A 11 B 19 B 27 A
Math 4Test – Calculator Answers
Math Test – Calculator Answers Table 4
D 12 B 20 A 28 A
5 B 13 B 21 A 29 D
Correct Correct Correct Correct
6 B 14 C 22 B 30 D
Question # Answer Question # Answer Question # Answer Question # Answer
7 A 15 A 23 C
1
8 C
D 9
16 B
B 17
24 C
B 25 D
2 C 10 A 18 A 26 C
Question # Correct Answer
3 A 11 C 19 A 27 D
31 129
4 C 12 A 20 D 28 C
32 760
5 B 13 B 21 D 29 D
33 6
6 B 14 B 22 B 30 D
34 296
7 C 15 D 23 C
35 84
8 C 16 B 24 B
36 8
Question
37 # Correct
2.75,11/4Answer
31
38 60
50
32 1500
33 2
34 805
35 3500
36 450
37 1
38 6.1, 61/100

Math Test – Calculator

Raw Score “U” indicates a question that did not perform as expected and
(Number of Correct Answers) has been removed from scoring.

On test day you may have answered questions in a different

order than what you see above. Use the questions and
answers online to determine specific answers.

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