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PRACTICE SAT QUESTIONS

Questions 1 and 2. 3. The graph below represents the average points per
game of a certain basketball player from 1995–2000.
The table below shows the prices of the six different cell
What is the percent increase over the 6-year period
phones that a store carries.
to the nearest hundredth of a percent?
Phone Price
25
SJ-119 $ 49.99 21
21
22
SJ-220 $ 69.99 20

Points per game

19.5 20.5
RV-375 $ 79.99 18
15
RV-400 $ 99.99
RKV-5000 $139.99 10
RKV-9000 $159.99
5

1. What is the average price of the cell phones? 0

A. $69.99 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
B. $79.99 Year
C. $89.99
D. $99.99
E. $109.99 A. 18%
B. 18.18%
2. What is the median price of the cell phones? C. 20%
D. 22%
A. $69.99
E. 22.22%
B. $79.99
C. $89.99
4. Five hundred families were surveyed about the num-
D. $99.99
ber of computers in their home. The circle graph seen
E. $109.99
below shows the results. How many families had no
computer?

Number of computers

10% 5%

25% 0
20% 1
2
3
>3

40%

A. 25
B. 50
C. 100
D. 125
E. 200
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Questions 5 and 6 7. The pie chart below shows the percent sales of the top
five selling fruits in a supermarket. The total sales for
The bar graph below displays the data gathered when in-
one day was 1,000 pounds of these fruits. What is the
dividuals were polled about their favorite type of movie.
difference between Peach sales and Plum sales?
Each person polled chose one movie type.

Movie Styles Fruit Sales

Number of Respondents

20% 25%
45
40
35 Grapes
30
25 Bananas
20 Peaches
15 15%
10 Plums
5 15% Oranges
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A. 50 pounds
B. 100 pounds
5. What percent of the respondents chose Action or
C. 150 pounds
Horror?
D. 200 pounds
2 E. 250 pounds
A. 36 %
3
1 8. A total of 250 students participate in five different
B. 33 %
3 school-sponsored clubs. The bar graph below shows
2 the number of students who participate in each club.
C. 26 % 40% of the members of Club A are in Club B. How
3
1 many of the members in Club A are not in Club B?
D. 23 %
3
2 School-Sponsored Clubs
E. 16 %
3
100 90
Number of Members

80
6. What is the ratio of Drama to Suspense? 80 70
A. 3:4 60
60 50
B. 4:3
C. 3:5 40
D. 5:3 20
E. 2:3
0
Club A Club B Club C Club D Club E
Types of Clubs

A. 28
B. 32
C. 42
D. 48
E. 52
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Questions 9–12 14. Based on the correlation of the data, which would
most likely be the test grade of a student who studies
The table below displays people’s opinion, by age, about
3 hours a day?
a school referendum.
A. 50
61 and B. 60
18–25 26–40 41–60 over Total C. 70
D. 80
For 56 85 64 x 258 E. 90
Against 47 85 70 24 226
Questions 15 and 16
Undecided 77 50 36 63 226
Total 180 220 170 140 710 The table below displays the expected ticket sales for a
concert.
9. What is the value of x?
Price Expected Number of
per Ticket Tickets Sold
10. What percent of the people, rounded to the nearest
whole number, are for the referendum? $15 8,500
$20 8,000
11. What percent of the 18–25 age group, rounded to the
nearest whole number, are undecided? $25 7,000
$30 5,000
12. What percent of those against the referendum, $35 4,500
rounded to the nearest whole number, are in the
41–60 age group?
15. Which ticket price produces the most revenue?
Questions 13 and 14 A. $15
The scatterplot below shows a student’s grade on a test B. $20
against the numbers of hours that student spend studying C. $25
each night. D. $30
E. $35

Grade on Test 16. How much more money would be made for tickets
priced $35 than for tickets price $30?
100
90 C A. $5,000
80 B
B. $7,500
Grade on Test

70 D E
C. $10,000
60
50 A D. $12,500
40 E. $15,000
30
20
10
0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
Hours Studying Per Day

13. Which of the labeled points above represents the

highest grade on the test?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E
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Questions 17 and 18 The appraised price of a house is shown in the line graph
below.
The bar graph below compares the average monthly tem-
peratures for Charlotte, NC, and Los Angeles, CA.
19. What is the average increase in the price of the house
per year?
Average Monthly Temperature A. $5,000
B. $10,000
Temperature (Degrees)

90
80 C. $14,000
70 D. $35,000
60 E. $70,000
50
40
30
20. What is the percent decrease in the price of the
20 house from 2002 to 2003 to the nearest hundredth
10 of a percent?
0
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Question 21

Month The circle graphs below show the production numbers

for certain Ford Mustangs in 1965 and 1971.
Charlotte, NC
Los Angeles, CA
1965 Mustang Production Numbers
174,103

63A 2door Fastback

38% standard
17. In how many months is Charlotte’s average tempera- 40% 65B 2door Hardtop
ture greater than Los Angeles’s average temperature? Coupe luxury, Pony
A. 3 Interior
B. 4 65C 2door Hardtop
C. 5 Coupe bench seats
D. 6 76A Convertible
E. 7 9% standard
13%

18. In how many months are both cities’ average tempera-

ture above 60 degrees?
1971 Mustang Production Numbers
A. 5 143,557
B. 6
C. 7 12% 17% 63D 2door
D. 8 Sportsroof
E. 9 63F 2door
Sportsroof,
Questions 19 and 20 Mach 1
25% 65D 2door
Hardtop Coupe
46%
Appraised House Price 65D 2door
Price (Hundred Thousand)

Hardtop Coupe,
400 Grande
350 380 370
350
300 325
300 310
250 21. Approximately how many more two-door hardtop
200
150
coupes were made in 1971 than in 1965?
100 A. 36,000
50 B. 38,303
0 C. 44,960
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
D. 74,303
Year E. 83,263
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Questions 22 and 23 24. Below is a scatter plot showing the number of acres
of land a house is on compared to the price of the
Total Number of Cell Phone house. What percentage of the houses on more than
Subscribers in City N 4 acres cost less than $400,000?
= 10,000 subscribers
6

5
Company A

Price ($100,000)
4

3
Company B
2

Company C 1

1 2 3 4 5 6
Company D Land Area (acres)

Company E

22. Of the total number of subscribers in City N, what

percent more subscribers does Company A have than
Company C?

23. What two companies account for 60% of all cell

phone subscribers in this city?
A. Company B and Company C
B. Company B and Company D
C. Company A and Company B
D. Company A and Company E
E. Company D and Company E