SAT Mathematics Level 1

Practice Test
There are 50 questions on this test. You have 1 hour (60 minutes) to
complete it.
1. The table below shows the 2010 human population and projected
2025 human population for different regions. In which region is the
greatest percent increase predicted?
Region 2010 2025
Africa 1,033,043 1,400,184
Asia 4,166,741 4,772,523
Latin America and
the Caribbean
588,649 669,533
North America 351,659 397,522
Oceania 35,838 42,507
(A) Africa (B) Asia (C) Latin America and the Caribbean
(D) North America (E) Oceania
2. M(2,6) is the midpoint of AB. If A has coordinates (10,12), the
coordinates of B are
(A) (6,10) (B) (6,0) (C) (8,4)
(D) (18,16) (E) (22,18)
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3. When the figure below is spun around its vertical axis, the volume
of the solid formed will be
(A) 9 (B) 36 (C) 72 (D) 144 (E) 288
4. If f(x) =
8 6
6
2
2


x x
x x
, f(2) =
(A) 0 (B) 5.75 (C) 6.25 (D) 24.5 (E) Undefined
5. A high school musical production sells student tickets for $5 each
and adult tickets for $8 each. If the ratio of adult to student tickets pur-
chases is 3:1, what is the average income per ticket sold?
(A) $5.50 (B) $5.75 (C) $6.50 (D) $7.25 (E) $14.50
6. Due to poor economic conditions, a company had to lay off 20% of
its workforce. When the economy improved, it was able to restore the
number of employees to its original number. By what percent was the
depleted workforce increased in order to return to the original number
of employees?
(A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 80 (D) 120 (E) 125
7. A value z is multiplied by
1
3
,
1
2
is subtracted from the result, and
the square root of the end result is 4. What was the original number?
(A)
1
2
(B)
1
5
6
(C)
1
15
2
(D) 16 (E)
1
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SAT MATHEMATICS LEVEL 1 PRACTICE TEST 3
8. If two fair dice are rolled, what is the probability that the sum of the
dice is at most 5?
(A)
5
36
(B)
6
36
(C)
10
36
(D)
26
36
(E)
30
36
9. If
5 2 7

8 3 12
x + =
, then
1
2
x
=
(A)
1

___

15
(B)
2

___

15
(C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 4
10.
2
2
2 8 6 3
4 20 5
x x x
x x






=
(A)
3

___

5
(B)
3

__

5
(C)
3( 4)(2 )
5( 2)(4 )
x x
x x


(D)
3( 4)( 2)
5( 2)( 4)
x x
x x


(E)
3( 4)
5(4 )
x
x

11. If i
2
= 1, then (5 + 6i)
2
=
(A) 11 (B) 11 + 11i (C) 11 + 30i (D) 11 + 60i
(E) 61
12. The mean of 48, 27, 36, 24, x, and 2x is 37. x =
(A)
1
13
3
(B)
2
16
3
(C) 29 (D)
3
33
4
(E) 40
13.
6 8
3
32x y =
(A) x y 4 2
3 4
3
(B) x y 2 4
2 4
3
(C) x y y 2 4
2 3 2
3
(D) x y y 2 4
2 2 2
3
(E) x y y 2 2
2 3 2
3
14. A circle is inscribed in a square of side length 6. The area of the
region inside the square but outside the circle is
(A) 36 (B) 36 9 (C) 36 36
(D) 36 9 (E) 9 36
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15. If the binary operation a # b = a
b



__
b , then (2 # 4) (4 # 2) =
(A) 32 (B)
__
2 2 (C) 0 (D)
__
2 2 (E) 32
16. Of the 45 countries in Europe, 7 get 100% of their natural gas from
Russia, and 6 get 50% of their natural gas from Russia. If 25% of all the
natural gas imported into Europe comes from Russia, what is the average
percent of imported natural gas from Russia for the remaining countries
in Europe?
(A) 3.9% (B) 20% (C) 25% (D) 75% (E) 78.1%
17. A(3,9) and B(9,1) are the endpoints of the diameter of a circle.
The equation for this circle is
(A) (x 3)
2
+ (y 4)
2
= 61 (B) (x 7)
2
+ (y + 4)
2
= 269
(C) (x + 7)
2
+ (y 4)
2
= 61 (D) (x + 3)
2
+ (y + 4)
2
= 169
(E) (x + 3)
2
+ (y 4)
2
= 25
18. Isosceles trapezoid ACDE with || AC DE is shown below. E is the
midpoint of AB, and BD = DC and BC = DE.
The ratio of the area of triangle BDC to trapezoid ACDE is
(A) 1:2 (B) 1:3 (C) 1:4 (D) 1:5 (E) 1:6
19. If
2 3
3 2
4 1 3 4
x y
=
10 11
5 z

, then x + y z =
(A) 21 (B) 15 (C) 0 (D) 15 (E) 21
20. If f(x) = 5x + 3 and g(x) = x
2
1, then f(g(2)) =
(A) 3 (B) 13 (C) 18 (D) 39 (E) 168
SAT MATHEMATICS LEVEL 1 PRACTICE TEST 5
21. Chords AB and CD of circle O intersect at point E. If CE = 3,
ED = 12, and AE is 5 units longer than EB, AB =
(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) 11 (D) 13 (E) 18
22. Which is the equation of the line perpendicular to 4x 5y = 17 that
passes through the point (5,2)?
(A) 4x 5y = 10 (B) 5x + 4y = 33 (C) 4x + 5y = 30
(D) 5x 4y = 17 (E) y x
4
5
2
15
=
-
+
23. A stone is thrown vertically into the air from the edge of a build-
ing with height 12 meters. The height of the stone is given by the for-
mula h = 4.9t
2
+ 34.3t + 12. What is the maximum height, in meters,
of the stone?
(A) 3.5 (B) 12 (C) 72.025 (D) 114.9 (E) 468.2
24. In ABC, AB = 40, the measure of angle B = 50, and BC = 80. The
area of ABC to the nearest integer is
(A) 613 (B) 1024 (C) 1226 (D) 2240 (E) 2252
25. If 4
2
a b +
= , and a and b are non-negative integers, which of the
following cannot be a value of ab?
(A) 0 (B) 7 (C) 14 (D) 15 (E) 16
26. The perpendicular bisector of the segment with endpoints (3,5) and
(1,3) passes through
(A) (5,2) (B) (5,3) (C) (5,4)
(D) (5,5) (E) (5,6)
27. The difference between the product of the roots and the sum of the
roots of the quadratic equation 6x
2
12x + 19 = 0 is
(A)
7
6
(B)
31
6
(C)
7
12
(D)
31
12
(E)
7
6

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28. In right triangle ABC, || DE BC, CD = 1.5, and BE = 2.0.
The sine of angle is equal to
(A)
1
2
(B)
3
4
(C)
2
2
(D)
3
2
(E)
3
5
29. QUEST is a pentagon. The measure of angle Q = 3x 20, the mea-
sure of angle U = 2x + 50, the measure of angle E = x + 30, the measure
of angle S = 5x 90, and the measure of angle T = x + 90. Which two
angles have equal measures?
(A) E and S (B) Q and U (C) U and T
(D) T and E (E) U and E
30. The vertices of triangle PQR are P(3,2), Q(1,4), and R(7,0). The
altitude drawn from Q intersects the line PR at the point
(A) (1,2) (B) (2,1) (C) ( 1,2)
(D) (3,2) (E) (7,0)
31. If q is a positive integer > 1 such that
2 4
3
1
n
n
q

= , n =
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 1,
4

___

3
(D) 1,
4

__

3
(E)
1 47
6
i
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32. The measure of arc AB in circle O is 108.
3
a b c + +
=
(A) 18 (B) 27 (C) 36 (D) 45 (E) 54
33. Alex observed that the angle of elevation to the top of 800-foot
Mount Colin was 23. To the nearest foot, how much closer to the base
of Mount Colin must Alex move so that his angle of elevation is doubled?
(A) 200 (B) 400 (C) 489 (D) 1112 (E) 1600
34. If f(x) =
2
2
6
6 8
x x
x x


, solve f(x) = 3.
(A) {5, 1} (B) {2, 7.5} (C)
1 3 7 1 3 7
,
2 2

+
`

)
(D)
17 73 17 73
,
6 6

+
`

)
(E)
35. In QRS, X is on QR and Y is on QS , so that || XY RS and
1
4
QX
XR
=
.
The ratio of the area of QXY to the area of trapezoid XYSR is
(A) 1:4 (B) 1:15 (C) 1:16 (D) 1:24 (E) 1:25
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36. In quadrilateral KLMN, KL = LM, KN = MN, and diagonals KM
and NL intersect at P. If KP = PM, then which of the following state-
ments is true?
I. NP = PL.
II. KLMN is a rhombus.
III. The area of KLMN is
1
2
(KM)(NL).
(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only
(D) II and III only (E) I and III only
37. If 7x + 9y = 86 and 4x 3y = 19, x + 4y =
(A)
18
31
19
(B)
1
22
3
(C)
18
31
19
(D) 35 (E) 105
38. The solution set to 10x
2
+ 11x 6 0 is
(A) 0.4 x 1.5 (B) 1.5 x 0.4 (C) x 0.4 or x 1.5
(D) x 1.5 or x 0.4 (E) 1.5 x 0.4
39. In simplest form,
1
2
3
1
1
3
x
x

is equivalent to
(A)
2x 7

______

x 2
(B)
7 2x

______

x 2
(C)
2x 5

______

x 2

(D)
2x + 7

______

x 2
(E) 1
40. In right triangle QRS, QR is perpendicular to RS, QR = 12, and RS
= 12 3 . The area of the circle that circumscribes triangle QRS is
(A) 108 (B) 144 (C) 288 (D) 576 (E) 1728
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41. The solution set for the equation |2x 1| |x + 2| = 5 is
(A) {2} (B) {3} (C) {8} (D) {3, 7} (E) {2, 8}
42. Given the graph of f(x) below, let g(x) = f(x 2) + 1. For what set of
values of will g(x) = 0?
(A) {2, 2, 4} (B) {0, 4, 6} (C) {4, 2}
(D) {1, 5} (E)
43. Square ABCD has sides with length 20. Each of the smaller figures
is formed by connecting midpoints of the next larger figure.
What is the area of EFGH?
(A)
25
64
(B)
25
16
(C)
25
4
(D) 25 (E) 100
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44. Which of the statements about the graphs of f(x) =
x
2
x 6

_________

x 3
and
g(x) = x + 2 are true?
I. f(x) + g(x) = 2x + 4
II. They intersect at one point
III. They are the same except for one point
(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only
(D) I and III only (E) II and III only
45. A 25-foot ladder leans against a building. As the bottom of the lad-
der at point A slides away from the building, the top of the ladder, B,
slides from a height of 24 feet above the ground to a height of 16 feet.
How many feet did the bottom of the ladder slide?
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 12.2 (E) 19.2
46. In parallelogram ABCD, W is the midpoint of AD, and X is the
midpoint of
BC
.
CW
and
DX
are drawn and intersect at point E.
What is the ratio of the area of DEW to the area of ABCD?
(A) 1:2 (B) 1:4 (C) 1:6 (D) 1:8 (E) 1:16
47. Point O (3,2) is the center of a circle with radius 4. OA is paral-
lel to the x-axis and mAOB = 120 degrees. To the nearest tenth, the
y-coordinate of point B is
(A) 3.5 (B) 4.0 (C) 5.5 (D) 6.6 (E) 6.9
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48. The vertices of ABC have coordinates A(7,3), B(1,0), and
C(2,8). The coordinates of the center of the circumscribed circle are
(A)
1 2
3 , 3
3 3

(B)
5 5
2 , 3
6 6

(C)
1
1 , 4
2

(D)
1
4,1
2

(E)
1 1
4 , 5
2 2

49. Each side of the base of a square pyramid is increased in length by
25%, and the height of the pyramid is decreased by x%, so that the vol-
ume of the pyramid is unchanged. x =
(A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 36 (D) 50 (E) 64
50. If
2 1
( )
2
x
f x
x

, then f(f(x)) =
(A)
2
2
4 4 1
4 4
x x
x x


(B)
3 4
4 3
x
x

(C)
4 3
3 4
x
x

(D)
3
4 3
x
x +
(E)
3 1
4 3
x
x
+
+
Level 1 Practice Test Solutions
1. (A) The percent increase is computed as
population
original population
D
. The
greatest percent change will occur when the numerator is large and the
denominator is small.
2010 2025
Pct
Africa 1,033,043 1,400,184 367,141 35.5
Asia 4,166,741 4,772,523 605,782 14.5
Latin America
and the
Caribbean
588,649 669,533 80,884 13.7
North America 351,659 397,522 45,863 13
Oceania 35,838 42,507 6,669 18.6
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2. (B) Let B have coordinates (x,y). The formula for finding the mid-
point of a line segment is to average the x-coordinates and average
the y-coordinates. This gives the equations
10
2
2
x +
=
and
12
6
2
y +
=
.
Multiply each equation by 2. 10 + x = 4 gives x = 6 and 12 + y = 12
gives y = 0. Point B must have coordinates (6,0).
3. (E) The solid formed will be a hemisphere with radius 6. The vol-
ume of a sphere is given by the formula V =
4

__

3
r
3
. The volume of the
hemisphere will be half that number. With r = 6, the volume of the
hemisphere is
2

__

3
(6)
3
= 288.
4. (A) f(2) =
2
2
(2) 2 6 0
(2) 6(2) 8 24

= 0.
5. (D) Because the tickets are sold in the ratio of 3:1 you can work with
just 4 tickets. The three adult tickets raise $24 while the student ticket
raises $5. The 4 tickets bring in $29 or an average of $7.25 each.
6. (B) It may help to think of the business as having 100 employees.
After the layoffs, the workforce is 80 employees. To bring the workforce
back to 100, 20 people must be hired. 20 out of the current level of 80
is a 25% increase.
7. (E) The equation described by the sentence is
1 1
3 2
z = 4. Square
both sides of the equation to get
1 1
16
3 2
z . Add
1
2
to both sides of the
equation to get
1 1
16
3 2
z = . Multiply by 3 for the answer:
1
49
2
z = .
8. (C) At most 5 means 5 or less. There is one way to get a 2 (1 on
each die). There are two ways to get a 3 (1 and 2 or 2 and 1), three ways
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to get a 4 (1,3 or 2,2, or 3,1), and four ways to get a 5 (1,4 or 2,3 or 3,2
or 4,1). This is a total of 10 outcomes out of the possible 36 outcomes
when two dice are rolled.
9. (A) Solve the equation by subtracting
3
2
from both sides of the equation
and then multiplying by
5
8
to get x =
15
2
- . Half this amount is
15
1
- .
10. (B)
2
2
2 8 6 3
4 20 5
x x x
x x






=
( 4)( 2) 3(2 )
( 2)( 2) 5(4 )
x x x
x x x
=
( 4) (2 )

( 2) (4 )
x
x
x
x
3
5
. 2 x and x 2 are negatives of one another, so they
reduce to be 1. The same is true for x 4 and 4 x. The two factors of
1 multiply to 1 so the answer is 3/5.
11. (D) (a + b)
2
= a
2
+ 2ab + b
2
, so (5 + 6i)
2
= 5
2
+ 2(5)(6i) + (6i)
2
= 25
+ 60i + 36i
2
= 25 + 60i 36, or 11 + 60i.
12. (C) The mean of the 6 numbers is 37, so the sum of the six numbers
is 222. The four given numbers sum to 135, so x + 2x = 222 135 = 87
and x = 29.
13. (D) 32 = 8 4 = 2
3
4, so 32 2 4
3 3
= . x x
6
3
2
= and
y y y y y y
8
3
8
3
1
3
8
2
3
2
2 2
3
= = = = ^ h . x y 32
6 8
3
= 2x y y 4
2 2
3
2
.
14. (D) The radius of the inscribed circle is 3. The area of the circle is
3
2
, or 9. The area of the square is 6
2
= 36. Subtract the area of the
circle from the area of the square to get 36 9.
15. (B) 2 # 4 = 2
4



__
4 = 16 2 = 14. 4 # 2 = 4
2



__
2 = 16


__
2 . (2 #
4) (4 # 2) = 14 (16


__
2 ) = 2 +


__
2 .
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16. (A) 25% of the gas used by all 45 European countries comes from
Russia. Let x represent the percent usage by the remaining 32 countries.
The solution to the equation
7(1) 6(.5) 32
.25
45
x + +
= is x = 0.3906. The
rest of Europe imports an average of 3.9% of its gas from Russia.
17. (A) The center of the circle is the midpoint of A and B,
3 9
2


=
3 and
9 ( 1)
2

= 4. The equation of the circle is (x 3)
2
+ (y 4)
2
= r
2
.
Substituting either A or B into the equation for x and y gives r
2
= 61.
18. (B) Because || AC DE, the heights of trapezoid ACDE and triangle
BDC are the same. Trapezoid ACDE is isosceles, so AE and BCD are
equal, as are the measures of angles A and C. Consequently, BD and
AE are equal, as are the measures of angles A and DBC, so ABDE is a
parallelogram and AB = DE. The area of trapezoid ACDE is given by the
equation Area =
1
( )
2
h DE AC + . ED = BC and AC = 2BC, so this equa-
tion becomes Area =
1
( )
2
h DE AC + . The ratio of the area of triangle
DBC to the area of trapezoid ACDE is
1
2
h(BC) :
1
(3 )
2
h BC
or 1 : 3.
19. (D)
2 3 6 2 9 2
3 2
4 1 3 4 18 5
x y x y
. The equality of the
matrices
6 2 9 2 10 11

18 5 5
x y
z
means that 6 2x = 10, so x = 2;
9 2y = 11, so y = 1; and z = 18. Therefore, x + y z = 15.
20. (C) To find f(g(2)), first determine g(2), then substitute this value
into f(x): g(2) = 2
2
1 = 3, so f(g(2)) = f(3) = 5(3) + 3 = 18.
SAT MATHEMATICS LEVEL 1 PRACTICE TEST 15
21. (D) When chords intersect inside a circle, the products of the seg-
ments formed by the chords are equal. That is, (AE)(EB) = (CE)(ED).
Solve for EB: (EB + 5)(EB) = (3)(12), so (EB)
2
+ 5EB 36 = 0 or (EB 4)
(EB + 9) = 0 and EB = 4. AE = EB + 5 = 9 and AB has a length of 13.
22. (B) The slope of the line 4x 5y = 17 is
5
4
. The slope of the perpen-
dicular line is
4
5
- . The equation of the line is y x b
4
5
=
-
+ . Substituting
5 for x and 2 for y gives b 2
4
5
5 =
-
+ ^ h so that b =
4
33
. y x
4
5
4
33
=
-
+
becomes 4y = 5x + 33 or 5x + 4y = 33. It is faster to know that a
line perpendicular to Ax + By = C has the equation Bx Ay = D. You
could then have started the problem with 5x + 4y = D and determined
that D = 33.
23. (C) The time the stone reaches its maximum height can be com-
puted using the axis of symmetry for the equation. Maximum height is
reached at t = 34.3/(2)(4.9) = 3.5 seconds. Substitute this number
into the equation for the height of the stone 4.9(3.5)
2
+ 34.3(3.5) +
12 = 72.025 meters.
24. (C) The altitude to side BC in ABC can be calculated using trigo-
nometry. Drop the height from A to BC and call the foot of the altitude
D. Then sin(50)
40
AD
= so that AD = 40 sin(50). The area of the triangle
is
1
( )( )
2
BC AD =
1
2
(80)(40) sin(50).
25. (C) a + b = 8 so the values for (a,b) could be (0,8), (1,7), (2,6),
(3,5), (4,4), (5,3), (6,2), (7,1), and (8,0). The only product not available
from the choices listed is 14.
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26. (C) The segment with endpoints (3,5) and (1,3) has its midpoint
(1,1) and its slope is 2. The slope of the perpendicular line is 1/2 and
the equation of the perpendicular bisector is y 1 = 1/2 (x 1). Of the
points available as choices, only (5,4) lies on this line.
27. (A) The product of the roots is
19
6
c
a
=
. The sum of the roots is
12
6
b
a

= . The difference between these numbers is

6
7
.
28. (B) sin( )
AD
AE
. With || DE BC,
AD DC
AE EB
=
. Therefore,
.
.
sin
EB
DC
2 0
1 5
4
3
i = = = ^ h .
29. (C) The sum of the measures of the angles is 12x + 60. The sum
of the interior angles of a pentagon is equal to 3(180) = 540. (Five
sides implies three non-overlapping triangles.) Solve for x = 40. mU =
mT = 130.
30. (B) The slope of PR is 1/5, so the slope of the altitude to PR is 5.
The only point among the choices that satisfies that the slope to point Q
will be 2/3 is (2,1).
31. (D) The exponent must be equal to 0. 3n
2
n 4 = 0 becomes
(3n 4) (n + 1) = 0 so n = 4/3, or 1.
32. (C) Inscribed C has a measure of 54. Draw OC . A and ACO
are congruent, as are B and BCO. mA + mB = mACO + mBCO
= 54. Therefore,
3
c b a + +
=
54 54
3
+
= 36.
SAT MATHEMATICS LEVEL 1 PRACTICE TEST 17
33. (D) Alexs distance from the base of Mount Colin is computed
by
800

_______

tan(23)
. If the angle of elevation is doubled, then Alex must
be
800

_______

tan(46)
feet from the base. So Alex must move
800

_______

tan(23)

800

_______

tan(46)

= 1112 feet closer to the base of Mount Colin.
34. (B) f(x) = 3 becomes 3 =
x
2
+ x 6

__________

x
2
6x + 8
so that 3(x
2
6x + 8) = x
2
+ x 6.
Multiply through the left side of the equation to get 3x
2
18x + 24 = x
2

+ x 6 and then 2x
2
19x + 30 = 0. This factors to (2x 15)(x 2) = 0
so x = 2, 15/2.
35. (D) QXY ~ QRS, so the ratio of the areas of the two trian-
gles will be equal to the square of the ratio of corresponding sides. Since
1
4
QX
XR
=
,
1
5
QX
QR
=
, so
1
25
area QXY
area QRS

. The area of trapezoid XYSR is

the area of QRS the area of QXY. Therefore,
1
24
area QXY
areatrap XYSR

.
36. (C) KLM is an isosceles triangle with legs KL and LM. P is the
midpoint of
KM
because KP = PM, so LP is perpendicular to KM. LP
is part of diagonal NL , so the diagonals of the quadrilateral are perpen-
dicular. Whenever the diagonals of a quadrilateral are perpendicular, the
area is equal to one-half the product of the diagonals (look at the areas
of KLM and KNM and add them). There is no information to allow
you to deduce that KN = LN, and therefore you cannot conclude that
the quadrilateral is a rhombus nor is there any information to conclude
the diagonals bisect each other to insure that NP = PL.
37. (D) Subtract the two equations to get 4x + 12y = 105. Divide by 3
to get x + 4y = 35.
SAT MATH 1 & 2 SUBJECT TEST
18
38. (B) y = 10x
2
+ 11x 6 is a parabola that opens up and crosses the
x-axis at x = 1.5 and x = 0.4. The parabola will be below the x-axis
between these values, so y 0, or 10x
2
+ 11x 6 0, is satisfied by
1.5 x 0.4.
39. (A) Because 3 x = (x 3),
x
x

3
1
1
3
1
2
=
3
1
1
3
1
2

x
x
. Multiply the
numerator and denominator by the common denominator x 3 to get
3
3
3
1
1
3
1
2

x
x
x
x

=
2
7 2
1 3
1 ) 3 ( 2
+

=
+

x
x
x
x
.
40. (B) Triangle QRS must be a 30-60-90 triangle because the longer
leg is 3 times longer than the shorter leg. The hypotenuse of the right
triangle has length 24. The circumscribed circle about a right triangle
must have its center at the midpoint of the hypotenuse, so the radius of
the circle is 12, and the area of the circle is 144.
41. (E) The graph of f(x) = |2x 1| |x + 2| intersects the graph of y =
5 at x = 2 and at x = 8.
42. (D) Because the graph is translated right 2 and up 1, you need to
find those points for which f(x) = 1. These are at x = 3 and 3. The graph
of g(x) will cross the x-axis 2 points to the right of where f(x) = 1, so
x = 1 and 5.
SAT MATHEMATICS LEVEL 1 PRACTICE TEST 19
43. (D) Joining the midpoints of the sides of a quadrilateral forms paral-
lelograms whose lengths are 1/2 the length of the diagonal of the larger
square. The lengths of the sides of the squares, in reduced order, are
AB = 20, 10 2 , 10, 5 2 , 5 = EF. The area of EFGH is 25.
44. (C) f(x) =
2
6
3
x x
x

=
( 2)( 3)
3
x x
x

= x + 2. With the exception

of the point (3,5), which is removed from the graph of f(x), the two
graphs are exactly the same.
45. (D) When the 25-foot ladder originally was at a height of 24 feet,
the foot of the ladder was 7 feet from the base of the building. This can
be determined using the Pythagorean Theorem: 24
2
+ 7
2
= 25
2
. When
the top of the ladder falls to a height of 16 feet, the distance from the
foot of the ladder to the base of the building must satisfy the equation
16
2
+ b
2
= 25
2
, so that b
2
= 25
2
16
2
= 369, so b = 19.2 ft. The ladder
slipped 12.2 feet further from the building.
46. (D) Draw WX . WXCD is a parallelogram with one-half the area of
ABCD because WD = XC and || WD XC. Therefore, E is the midpoint
of the diagonals, and the distance from E to WD is half the distance
from B to WD. If h is the distance from B to WD, the area of DEW is

1 1 1
( )
2 2 4
WD h WD h

=
1 1 1
( )
4 2 8
AD h AD h

=
1
8
area ABCD.
47. (C) Extend radius AO through O to intersect the circle at D. The
altitude from B to the diameter forms a right triangle with mDOB =
60. The length of the altitude is the opposite leg of the right triangle, so
its length is 4sin(60) = 3.46. Add this to 2, and the y-coordinate of B, to
the nearest tenth, is 5.5.
SAT MATH 1 & 2 SUBJECT TEST
20
48. (B) The circumcenter is the intersection of the perpendicular bisec-
tors of the sides of the triangle. The midpoint of AC is (4.5,5.5), and
the slope of AC is 1. The equation of the perpendicular bisector to AC
is y = x + 1. The midpoint of AB is (4,1.5), and the slope of AB is
0.5. The equation of the perpendicular bisector to AB is y = 2x + 9.5.
Solve this system of equations to get the point
5 5
2 , 3
6 6

.
49. (C) If h is the height of the original pyramid and H is the height of
the new pyramid, then the volumes of the two pyramids are related by
the equation (1/3)hs
2
= (1/3)(x)h(1.25s)
2
, where s represents the length
of a side of the base of the original pyramid. Solve for x to get x = .64.
The height of the new pyramid must be 64% of the original pyramid, so
the height of the original pyramid was reduced by 36%.
50. (B)
2
2
1 2
1
2
1 2
2
)) ( (
+

=
x
x
x
x
x f f ) =
2
2
2
2
1 2
1
2
1 2
2
+
+

x
x
x
x
x
x
=
) 2 ( 2 1 2
) 2 ( 1 1 2 2
x x
x x
=
4 2 1 2
2 2 4


x x
x x
=
3 4
4 3

x
x
.