SAT Math Easy Practice Quiz

Numbers and Operations 5. A number is divided by four. The result is divided by

three, for a final result of two. What was the original
number?
1. Aubrey can run at a pace of 6 miles per hour. Running
at the same rate, how many miles can she run in 90
minutes? (A) 6
(B) 12
(C) 18
(A) 4 (D) 24
(B) 6 (E) 36
(C) 8
(D) 9
(E) 12

6. A farmer can pick 12 cabbages in 1 hour. Working at the

same rate, how long in hours would it take two farmers
to pick 48 cabbages?
2. Which of the following is a factor of 15 + 45 ?
(A) 1
(A) 18 (B) 2
(B) 25 (C) 4
(C) 30 (D) 6
(D) 35 (E) 8
(E) 45

abcdeabcdeabc . . .
3. Which of the following is NOT a positive multiple of
9+3? 7. In the sequence of letters shown above, the first letter is
a, followed by b, c, d, and e, at which point the pattern
repeats. Which of the following is the 31st letter in this
(A) 3 sequence?
(B) 12
(C) 24
(D) 48 (A) a
(E) 60 (B) b
(C) c
(D) d
(E) e

x, 2x, 4x, . . .

4. The first term in the sequence above is x, and each term 8. The month of July has 31 days. What is the greatest
thereafter is equal to twice the previous term. Which possible number of Saturdays that can occur in July?
of the following is the sum of the first five terms of this
sequence?

(A) 10x
(B) 15x
(C) 30x
(D) 31x
(E) 32x

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9. Bill is 27 years older than Ted, who is 38 years younger 12. When a particular number is added to its own reciprocal,
than Amy. In how many years will Bill be the same age the resulting sum is −2. The number is which of the
as Amy is now? following?

(A) −2

(B) −1

1
(C) −
2
10. Aubrey can walk 3000 feet in 10 minutes. Walking at the
(D) 1
same rate, how many feet can she walk in 10 seconds?

(E) 2

13. Two consecutive integers m and n are prime numbers.

Which of the following is equal to mn ?
All cabbages are red.

(A) 1
11. Which of the following statements shows that the state- (B) 2
ment above is FALSE? (C) 6
(D) 9
(A) David is eating a red apple. (E) 15
(B) Bill is eating a green apple.
(C) Alice is not eating a red cabbage.
(D) Ted is eating a red cabbage.
(E) Keisha is eating a green cabbage.

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Algebra and Functions

x 1 2 3 4 5 6
1. If x + 1 = 23, what is the value of 3x + 3 ? g(x) 3 11 19 27 a 43

(A) 22 5. The table above defines several values of the linear func-
(B) 46 tion g. What is the value of a ?
(C) 66
(D) 69
(E) 72 (A) 31
(B) 33
(C) 35
(D) 37
(E) 41
√ √
2. If 2x + 4 = 36, what is the value of x ?

(A) 1 6. A pool that is being drained contains 300 − 6t gallons of

(B) 6 water after t minutes of draining. How many gallons of
(C) 8 water does the pool contain after 15 minutes of draining?
(D) 12
(E) 16

7. If x + 1 = 7, what is the value of x2 + 2x + 1 ?

3. If 2a + 3b = 12, and 3b − 4 = 2, then what is the value
of a ?
(A) 36
(B) 37
(A) 2 (C) 48
(B) 3 (D) 49
(C) 4 (E) 81
(D) 6
(E) 8

8. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to 12 less

than the product of x and y ?

4. For all numbers x, y, and z, let x y z be defined by (A) 12 − xy

(B) xy − 12
x y z = x − y + z. What is the value of 1 2 3 ? (C) 12 − (x + y)
(D) (x + y) − 12
(E) 12xy
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

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9. If 3x = 13 and 2y = 7, what is the value of 3(2x)−2(3y) ? 12. If x2 = 4, then which of the following could be the value
of x3 ?

(A) −8
(B) −4
(C) 2
(D) 6
(E) 12
10. If 3m−3 + 3m−3 = 18, what is the value of m ?

(A) 3
(B) 4
3m < 13
(C) 5
(D) 6 2m > 7
(E) 9
13. If m is an integer that satisfies the equations above, what
is the value of m ?

(A) 0
(B) 2
11. If 2x = 5, 3y = 4, and 4z = 3, what is the value of (C) 3
24xyz ? (D) 4
(E) 5
(A) 12
(B) 18
(C) 36
(D) 48
(E) 60

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Geometry

y
O
(0, 2)
l
x
O 4. A portion of the circle with center O is shaded as in the

figure above. If the area of the shaded region is 12π, and

1. In the figure above, line l is perpendicular to the y-axis
1
and a distance of two units from the x-axis. Which of of the circle is shaded, what is the area of the circle?
the following points is on line l ? 6

(A) 2π
(A) (−1, 2)
(B) 10π
(B) (−2, 1)
(C) 24π
(C) (2, 3)
(D) 48π
(D) (3, 1)
(E) 72π
(E) (4, 3)

2x◦
x◦ x◦
l
x◦ 2x◦
2. In the figure above, two line segments meet at a point on l
P
line l. What is the value of x ?

5. A square is tangent to a line at point P in the figure

above. What is the value of x ?

B C

A 6 D 6. A particular cube has edges of length 2. If half the faces

are painted green and half the faces are painted red, what
3. In the figure above, ABCD is a rectangle. If AD = 6, is the total area of the faces painted green?
which of the following could be the length of AC ?

(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 7

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7. The area of a particular rectangle is 72. If the length of B C

the rectangle is twice the width, what is the width of the
rectangle?

A D
(A) 6
(B) 8 8. Rectangle ABCD is subdivided into two identical square
(C) 10 regions, as in the figure above. If the area of each square
(D) 12 is 9, what is the perimeter of ABCD ?
(E) 16

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Data, Statistics, and Probability 3. A basket contains turnips that are either red or white. If

the total number of turnips in the basket is 24, and the

y ◦ 5
probability of choosing a red turnip at random is , how
6
x◦ z◦ many red turnips are in the basket?

1. In the triangle above, what is the average (arithmetic

mean) of x, y, and z ?

(A) 30
(B) 45
(C) 60
(D) 75
(E) 90

4. Let set M = {x, 2x, 4x} for any number x. If the average
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 (arithmetic mean) of the numbers in set M is 14, what
is the value of x ?
2. If a number is selected at random from the list above,
what is the probability that the number is divisible by
3? (A) 2
(B) 6
1 (C) 7
(A)
3 (D) 10
4 (E) 12
(B)
9
5
(C)
9
2
(D)
3

(E) 1

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Numbers and Operations 5. How many integers between 10 and 500 begin and end in
3?
1. A bag contains tomatoes that are either green or red.
The ratio of green tomatoes to red tomatoes in the bag
is 4 to 3. When five green tomatoes and five red tomatoes
are removed, the ratio becomes 3 to 2. How many red
tomatoes were originally in the bag?

(A) 12 6. A particular integer N is divisible by two different prime

(B) 15 numbers p and q. Which of the following must be true?
(C) 18
(D) 24 I. N is not a prime number.
(E) 30
II. N is divisible by pq.
III. N is an odd integer.

2. If each digit in an integer is greater than the digit to the (A) I only
left, the integer is said to be “monotonic”. For example, (B) II only
12 is a monotonic integer since 2 > 1. How many positive (C) I and II only
two-digit monotonic integers are there? (D) I and III only
(E) I, II, and III

(A) 28
(B) 32
(C) 36
(D) 40 7. A perfect square is an integer that is the square of an
(E) 44 integer. Suppose that m and n are positive integers such
that mn > 15. If 15mn is a perfect square, what is the
least possible value of mn ?

a, 2a − 1, 3a − 2, 4a − 3, . . .

3. For a particular number a, the first term in the sequence

above is equal to a, and each term thereafter is 7 greater
than the previous term. What is the value of the 16th
term in the sequence? 8. M is a set of six consecutive even integers. When the
least three integers of set M are summed, the result is x.
When the greatest three integers of set M are summed,
the result is y. Which of the following is true?

(A) y = x − 18
3
4. If p is a prime number, how many factors does p have? (B) y = x + 18
(C) y = 2x
(D) y = 2x + 4
(A) One (E) y = 2x + 6
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
(E) Five

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9. A three-digit number, XYZ , is formed of three different 10. An integer is subtracted from its square. The result could
non-zero digits X, Y , and Z. A new number is formed by be which of the following?
rearranging the same three digits. What is the greatest
possible difference between the two numbers? (For ex-
ample, 345 could be rearranged into 435, for a difference (A) A negative integer.
of 435 − 345 = 90.) (B) An odd integer.
(C) The product of two consecutive even integers.
(D) The product of two consecutive odd integers.
(E) The product of two consecutive integers.

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Algebra and Functions 4. Let m and n be positive integers such that one-third of
m is n less than one-half of m. Which of the following is
a possible value of m ?
1. Let m be √
an even integer. How many possible values of
m satisfy m + 7 ≤ 3 ?
(A) 15
(B) 21
(A) One (C) 24
(B) Two (D) 26
(C) Three (E) 28
(D) Four
(E) Five

5. If a and b are numbers such that (a − 4)(b + 6) = 0, then

x+3 what is the smallest possible value of a2 + b2 ?
2. Let x be defined by x = for any x such that
x−1
x 6= 1. Which of the following is equivalent to x − 1 ?

x+2
(A)
x−1
4 6. Let f (x) = ax2 and g(x) = bx4 for any value of x. If a
(B) and b are positive constants, for how many values of x is
x−1
f (x) = g(x) ?
2x + 4
(C)
x−1
2 (A) None
(D) (B) One
x−1
(C) Two
x+2 (D) Three
(E)
x−2 (E) Four

3 2
3. Let a and b be numbers such √ that a = b . Which of the 7. Let a and b be numbers such that 30 < a < 40 and 50 <
following is equivalent to b a ?
b < 70. Which of the following represents all possible
values of a − b ?
(A) b2/3

(A) −40 < a − b < −20

(B) b4/3 (B) −40 < a − b < −10
(C) −30 < a − b < −20
(C) b2 (D) −20 < a − b < −10
(E) −20 < a − b < 30

(D) b3

(E) b4

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11. Amy is two years older than Bill. The square of Amy’s
x y
+ =z age in years is 36 greater than the square of Bill’s age in
3 12
years. What is the sum of Amy’s age and Bill’s age in
8. In the equation shown above, x, y, and z are positive years?
integers. All of the following could be a possible value of
y EXCEPT

(A) 4
(B) 6
(C) 8 y
(D) 12
(E) 20
y = f (x)

x
√ √ √ 1
72 + 72 = m n
9. In the equation above, m and n are integers such that
m > n. Which of the following is the value of m ?

(A) 6
(B) 12
(C) 16 12. The function f is graphed in its entirety above. If the
(D) 24 function g is defined so that g(x) = f (−x), then for what
(E) 48 value of x does g attain its maximum value?

(A) −3
(B) −2
(C) 0
t 0 1 2 (D) 2
(E) 3
N (t) 128 16 2

10. The table above shows some values for the function N .
If N (t) = k · 2−at for positive constants k and a, what is
13. If (x + 1)2 = 4 and (x − 1)2 = 16, what is the value of
the value of a ? x?
(A) −3
(A) −3
(B) −2 (B) −1
(C) 1
1 (D) 3
(C) (E) 5
3

(D) 2

(E) 3

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x x 16. Two cars are racing at a constant speed around a circu-

12 8 lar racetrack. Car A requires 15 seconds to travel once
around the racetrack, and car B requires 25 seconds to
travel once around the racetrack. If car A passes car B,
how many seconds will elapse before car A once again
14. On the number line above, the tick marks correspond to
passes car B ?
consecutive integers. What is the value of x ?

15. The value of y increased by 12 is directly proportional to

the value of x decreased by 6. If y = 2 when x = 8, what
is the value of x when y = 16 ?

(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 16
(D) 20
(E) 28

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Geometry
a c

y
x2 b
y=
2 Note: Figure not drawn to scale.
x
y= 3. In the figure above, 3 < a < 5 and 6 < b < 8. Which of
2
the following represents all possible values of c ?
(a, b)

x
O (A) 0<c<3
(B) 1<c<3
(C) 0 < c < 13
(D) 1 < c < 13
(E) 3 < c < 13

1. The curve y = x2 /2 and the line y = x/2 intersect at

the origin and at the point (a, b), as shown in the figure
above. What is the value of b ?
1
(A)
8
1
(B)
4
1
(C)
2
4. Line l goes through points P and Q, whose coordinates
(D) 1
are (0, 1) and (b, 0), respectively. For which of the fol-
1
lowing values of b is the slope of line l greater than − ?
(E) 2 2
1
(A)
2

(B) 1

B 3
(C)
2
60◦
6 8 5
(D)
3
5
(E)
A C 2
2. In the figure above, AB = 6 and BC = 8. What is the
area of triangle ABC ?

√
(A) 12√2
(B) 12√3
(C) 24√2
(D) 24√3
(E) 36 3

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B A
8. In the figure above, a square is inscribed in a circle. If
5. In the figure above, AB = 6 and BC = 8. What is the the area of the square is 36, what is the perimeter of the
length of segment BD ? shaded region?
√
(A) 2 3 2
(A) 6+ π
2
12
(B) (B) 6 + 3π
5

(C) 4 √
(C) 6 + 3 2π
24 √
(D) (D) 36 + 6 2π
5

(E) 6 9
(E) π−9
2

6. If four distinct lines lie in a plane, and exactly two of

them are parallel, what is the least possible number of
points of intersection of the lines? B

(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Four
(D) Five A 7 C
(E) More than five
Note: Figure not drawn to scale.

9. In the figure above, AC = 7 and AB = BC. What is the

7. The perimeter of a particular equilateral triangle is
smallest possible integer value of AB ?
numerically equal to the area of the triangle. What is
the perimeter of the triangle?

(A) 3
(B) 4√
(C) 4√ 3
(D) 12√3
(E) 18 3

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y y
(2, a)

y =x+c
P
x
O (10, 0)

10. In the figure above, two line segments in the x-y plane
form a right triangle with the x-axis. What is the value
of a ? y = 2x − 1

√
(A) 2 2
(B) 4
x
(C) 5√ O
(D) 4√2
(E) 5 2 Note: Figure not drawn to scale.

12. In the x-y plane, the lines y = 2x − 1 and y = x + c inter-

sect at point P , where c is a positive number. Portions
11. The perimeter of square ABCD is x, and the perimeter
of these lines are shown in the figure above. If the value
of isosceles triangle EF G is y. If AB = EF = F G, which
of c is between 1 and 2, what is one possible value of the
of the following must be true?
x-coordinate of P ?
x
(A) 0<y<
4
x x
(B) <y<
4 2
x
(C) <y<x
2

(D) x < y < 2x

(E) 2x < y < 4x

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Data, Statistics, and Probability 3. Let a, b, and c be positive integers. If the average (arith-
metic mean) of a, b, and c is 100, which of the following
is NOT a possible value of any of the integers?
1. The first term of a sequence is the number n, and each
term thereafter is 5 greater than the term before. Which
of the following is the average (arithmetic mean) of the (A) 1
first nine terms of this sequence? (B) 100
(C) 297
(D) 298
(A) n + 20 (E) 299
(B) n + 180
(C) 2n
(D) 2n + 40
(E) 9n + 180
4. M is a set consisting of a finite number of consecutive
integers. If the median of the numbers in set M is equal
to one of the numbers in set M , which of the following
must be true?

I. The average (arithmetic mean) of the

numbers in set M equals the median.

II. The number of numbers in set M is odd.

III. The sum of the smallest number and the

largest number in set M is even.
2. The average (arithmetic mean) of a particular set of
seven numbers is 12. When one of the numbers is re-
placed by the number 6, the average of the set increases (A) I only
to 15. What is the number that was replaced? (B) II only
(C) I and II only
(D) I and III only
(A) −20 (E) I, II, and III
(B) −15
(C) −12
(D) 0
(E) 12

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