SuccessMinds PSAT/ SAT Grid-

in Responses
Tutoring
 • Grid-ins, also known as student-
produced response questions.

• These questions don’t provide you

What are Grid- with possible answer choices.
in Responses?
• They appear in both Calculator and
non-calculator sections of math

• There are 13 grid-in questions

Grid-In Responses

These questions often tend to be the difficult problems in PSAT and

SAT tests

They require you to format your answer according to the directions

 Since answer choices aren't given,
an approved calculator may be
helpful in avoiding careless
mistakes.

Write your answer in the boxes

Strategies above the grid to avoid errors in
gridding.

Some questions may have more

than one right answer. Grid only
one answer.
Approved calculators
 Mark only one circle in any column.

The grid can hold only four places and can

accommodate only positive numbers and zero.

How to Grid
In an Unless a problem indicates otherwise, an answer can
be entered on the grid as a decimal or a fraction.

Answer
You are not required to reduce a fraction

If the answer is a repeating decimal, you must grid

the most accurate value the grid will accommodate.
 Note

Never include ”pi” in your answer

Example
Grid 2/3
 • Wyatt can husk at least 12 dozen of corn per
hour and at most 18 dozen of corn her hour.
SAT Example Based on this information, what is a possible
amount of time, in hours, that it could take
Wyatt to husk 72 dozen ears of corn?
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(0.3+0.4)/2 =0.35
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