SAT Math Hard Practice Quiz
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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SAT Math Hard Practice Quiz
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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SAT Math Hard Practice Quiz
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 $= 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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SAT Math Hard Practice Quiz
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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SAT Math Hard Practice Quiz
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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SAT Math Hard Practice Quiz
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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SAT Math Hard Practice Quiz
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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