SAT Full Practice Simulation Flashcards

[MATH] If 2x + y = 10 and x - y = 2, what is the value of x?

Answer: 4

Adding equations: 3x = 12 → x = 4.

[READING] In a passage about social media, the author writes: 'Users often mistake the curated highlight reel for authentic daily life, creating unrealistic benchmarks.' What is the author's primary concern?

Answer: People may compare themselves to unrealistic standards presented on social media

The author specifically mentions mistaking 'curated highlight reels' for real life and creating 'unrealistic benchmarks' — a comparison problem.

[WRITING] Select the best transition to connect these sentences: 'Training for a marathon requires months of preparation. _____, many first-time runners underestimate the commitment.'

Answer: Nevertheless

'Nevertheless' signals contrast — despite knowing marathons require preparation, many runners still underestimate it.

[MATH] A store increases a price by 25%, then decreases the new price by 20%. What is the net effect on the original price?

Answer: 0% change

1.25 × 0.80 = 1.00. The final price equals the original — no net change.

[READING] An author writes: 'The historian's account, though vivid, conflates two distinct events separated by a decade.' The word 'conflates' most nearly means?

Answer: Combines or merges incorrectly

To conflate means to merge or combine things that should be kept separate — here, two events that were actually a decade apart.

[WRITING] Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?

Answer: Running to catch the bus, her umbrella was forgotten at home.

The umbrella cannot run to catch a bus — the subject performing the action of 'running' is missing. The modifier dangles.

[MATH] A tank fills at a rate of 8 gallons per minute and drains at 3 gallons per minute. If the tank starts empty, how many minutes until it holds 75 gallons?

Answer: 15

Net fill rate = 8-3 = 5 gallons/min. Time = 75/5 = 15 minutes.

[MIXED] A student argues that because ancient philosophers had no access to modern science, their ideas have no value today. Which logical flaw does this argument contain?

Answer: The genetic fallacy — dismissing ideas based on their origin rather than their merit

Judging ideas based solely on who/when they came from (origin) rather than evaluating their actual merit is the genetic fallacy.