Question ID 8e7689e0

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Circles

Trigonometry

ID: 8e7689e0

The number of radians in a 720-degree angle can be written as , where

a is a constant. What is the value of a ?

ID: 8e7689e0 Answer

Rationale

The correct answer is 4. There are radians in a angle. An angle measure of is 4 times greater than an
angle measure of . Therefore, the number of radians in a angle is .

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID 74d8b897
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Circles

Trigonometry

ID: 74d8b897

An angle has a measure of radians. What is the measure of the angle in degrees?

ID: 74d8b897 Answer

Correct Answer: 81

Rationale
The correct answer is . The measure of an angle, in degrees, can be found by multiplying its measure, in radians, by
. Multiplying the given angle measure, radians, by yields , which is
equivalent to degrees.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID a0cacec1
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Circles

Trigonometry

ID: a0cacec1

An angle has a measure of radians. What is the measure of the angle, in degrees?

ID: a0cacec1 Answer

Correct Answer: 192

Rationale
The correct answer is . The measure of an angle, in degrees, can be found by multiplying its measure, in radians, by
. Multiplying the given angle measure, , by yields , which
simplifies to degrees.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID f1c1e971
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Circles

Trigonometry

ID: f1c1e971

The measure of angle is radians. The measure of angle is radians greater than the measure of angle .
What is the measure of angle , in degrees?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: f1c1e971 Answer

Correct Answer: C

Rationale
Choice C is correct. It’s given that the measure of angle is radians, and the measure of angle is radians
greater than the measure of angle . Therefore, the measure of angle is equal to radians. Multiplying by
to get a common denominator with yields . Therefore, is equivalent to , or . Therefore,
the measure of angle is radians. The measure of angle , in degrees, can be found by multiplying its measure, in
radians, by . This yields , which is equivalent to degrees. Therefore, the measure of angle is
degrees.

Choice A is incorrect. This is the number of degrees that the measure of angle is greater than the measure of angle .

Choice B is incorrect. This is the measure of angle , in degrees.

Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID 856372ca
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Circles

Trigonometry

ID: 856372ca

In the xy-plane, a circle with radius 5 has center . Which of the

following is an equation of the circle?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: 856372ca Answer

Correct Answer: B

Rationale

Choice B is correct. An equation of a circle is , where the center of the circle is and the
radius is r. It’s given that the center of this circle is and the radius is 5. Substituting these values into the equation

gives , or .

Choice A is incorrect. This is an equation of a circle that has center . Choice C is incorrect. This is an equation of

a circle that has center and radius . Choice D is incorrect. This is an equation of a circle that has radius .

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID 95ba2d09
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Circles

Trigonometry

ID: 95ba2d09

In the xy-plane above, points P, Q, R, and T lie on the circle with center O. The
degree measures of angles and are each 30°. What is the radian
measure of angle ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: 95ba2d09 Answer

Correct Answer: C

Rationale
Choice C is correct. Because points T, O, and P all lie on the x-axis, they form a line. Since the angles on a line add up to
, and it’s given that angles POQ and ROT each measure , it follows that the measure of angle QOR is
. Since the arc of a complete circle is or radians, a proportion can be set up to

convert the measure of angle QOR from degrees to radians: , where x is the radian

measure of angle QOR. Multiplying each side of the proportion by gives . Solving for x gives ,

or .

Choice A is incorrect and may result from subtracting only angle POQ from to get a value of and then finding
the radian measure equivalent to that value. Choice B is incorrect and may result from a calculation error. Choice D is
incorrect and may result from calculating the sum of the angle measures, in radians, of angles POQ and ROT.
Question Difficulty: Medium
Question ID 0815a5af
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Circles

Trigonometry

ID: 0815a5af

The circle shown has center , circumference , and diameters and . The length of arc is twice the
length of arc . What is the length of arc ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: 0815a5af Answer

Correct Answer: B
Rationale
Choice B is correct. Since and are diameters of the circle shown, , , , and are radii of the circle
and are therefore congruent. Since and are vertical angles, they are congruent. Therefore, arc and
arc are formed by congruent radii and have the same angle measure, so they are congruent arcs. Similarly,
and are vertical angles, so they are congruent. Therefore, arc and arc are formed by congruent radii and
have the same angle measure, so they are congruent arcs. Let represent the length of arc . Since arc and arc
are congruent arcs, the length of arc can also be represented by . It’s given that the length of arc is twice
the length of arc . Therefore, the length of arc can be represented by the expression . Since arc and arc
are congruent arcs, the length of arc can also be represented by . This gives the expression
. Since it's given that the circumference is , the expression is equal to .
Thus , or . Dividing both sides of this equation by yields . Therefore,
the length of arc is , or .

Choice A is incorrect. This is the length of arc , not arc .

Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID 82c8325f
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Circles

Trigonometry

ID: 82c8325f

A circle in the xy-plane has its center at and the point lies on the circle. Which equation represents this
circle?

A. msup

B. msup

C. msup

D. msup

ID: 82c8325f Answer

Correct Answer: D

Rationale
Choice D is correct. A circle in the xy-plane can be represented by an equation of the form ,
where is the center of the circle and is the length of a radius of the circle. It's given that the circle has its center
at . Therefore, and . Substituting for and for in the equation
yields , or . It's also given that the point lies on the
circle. Substituting for and for in the equation yields ,
or , which is equivalent to , or . Substituting for in the equation
yields . Thus, the equation
represents the circle.

Choice A is incorrect. The circle represented by this equation has its center at , not , and the point
doesn't lie on the circle.

Choice B is incorrect. The point doesn't lie on the circle represented by this equation.

Choice C is incorrect. The circle represented by this equation has its center at , not , and the point
doesn't lie on the circle.

Question Difficulty: Medium