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SAT Arithmetic Drill #1

The document contains a series of math assessment questions from the PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10, focusing on problem-solving skills related to ratios, rates, percentages, and data analysis. Each question includes an ID and presents various mathematical scenarios requiring calculations or probability assessments. The questions are structured to evaluate students' understanding of mathematical concepts and their application in real-world contexts.

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SAT Arithmetic Drill #1

The document contains a series of math assessment questions from the PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10, focusing on problem-solving skills related to ratios, rates, percentages, and data analysis. Each question includes an ID and presents various mathematical scenarios requiring calculations or probability assessments. The questions are structured to evaluate students' understanding of mathematical concepts and their application in real-world contexts.

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Question ID c28c7a19
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PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Ratios, rates,


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis proportional
relationships, and
units

ID: c28c7a19

How many yards are equivalent to inches?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Question ID 3a8238b9
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units

ID: 3a8238b9

A competition consisted of four different events. One participant completed the first event with an average speed of
miles per hour. What was this average speed, in yards per hour?

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Question ID 89514f52
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PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Percentages


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis

ID: 89514f52

What number is 20%


greater than 60 ?

A. 50

B. 72

C. 75

D. 132

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Question ID ee82ac09
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ID: ee82ac09

A participant in a bicycle race completes the race with an average speed of yards per hour. What is this average
speed, in miles per hour?

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Question ID a004b81d
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PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Percentages


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis

ID: a004b81d

The table above shows a summary of 1,200 responses to a survey question.


Based on the table, how many of those surveyed get most of their medical
information from either a doctor or the Internet?

A. 865

B. 887

C. 912

D. 926

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Question ID bd796657
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PSAT 10 and Data Analysis proportional
relationships, and
units

ID: bd796657

How many yards are equivalent to rods?

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Question ID def39885
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PSAT 10 and Data Analysis

ID: def39885

Last year, students enrolled in an interior design program. This year, the number of students enrolled is of
last year’s number. How many students are enrolled in the interior design program this year?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Question ID ab1610d6
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Probability and


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis conditional
probability

ID: ab1610d6

Of the 8 planets in our solar system, 4 are considered rocky. If a student


randomly selects 1 of those 8 planets as a topic for a report, what is the
probability that the selected planet will be rocky?

A.

B.

C.

D. 2

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Question ID d35a2125
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PSAT 10 and Data Analysis

ID: d35a2125

The number is greater than the positive number . The number is less than . The number is how many
times ?

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Question ID 8b10ba64
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PSAT 10 and Data Analysis conditional
probability

ID: 8b10ba64

If 1,200 customers register for new accounts at a social media website every
day, what fraction of the first 60,000 new accounts are registered in the first 5
days?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Question ID d918a72a
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PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Ratios, rates,


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis proportional
relationships, and
units

ID: d918a72a
x y

1 4

3 12

5 20

40 k

In the table above, the ratio of y to x for each ordered pair is


constant. What is the value of k ?

A. 28

B. 36

C. 80

D. 160

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Question ID 189db4fc
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PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Ratios, rates,


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis proportional
relationships, and
units

ID: 189db4fc

A sample of oak has a density of kilograms per cubic meter. The sample is in the shape of a cube, where each edge
has a length of meters. To the nearest whole number, what is the mass, in kilograms, of this sample?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Question ID 31eeebef
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Probability and


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis conditional
probability

ID: 31eeebef
Employees working for a customer service line at an electric company recorded all the calls last Monday and noted
whether the caller asked for repairs and whether the caller asked about a bill. The results are summarized in the
table below.

Asked for Did not ask


Total
repairs for repairs

Asked
48 623 671
about a bill

Did not ask


130 90 220
about a bill

Total 178 713 891

If a caller last Monday who asked about his or her bill is selected at random,
which of the following is closest to the probability that the customer also asked
for repairs?

A. 0.05

B. 0.07

C. 0.20

D. 0.27

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Question ID 3c7d7b98
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Ratios, rates,


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis proportional
relationships, and
units

ID: 3c7d7b98

An object travels at a constant speed of centimeters per second. At this speed, what is the time, in seconds, that it
would take for the object to travel centimeters?

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Question ID adeb802b
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PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Probability and


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis conditional
probability

ID: adeb802b

At a movie theater, there are a total of customers. Each customer is located in either theater A, theater B, or theater
C. If one of these customers is selected at random, the probability of selecting a customer who is located in theater A is
, and the probability of selecting a customer who is located in theater B is . How many customers are located
in theater C?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Question ID 4bc5d98a
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PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Ratios, rates,


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis proportional
relationships, and
units

ID: 4bc5d98a

A certain park has an area of square yards. What is the area, in square miles, of this park?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Question ID b78067a4
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PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Percentages


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis

ID: b78067a4

What percentage of is ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Question ID 87a093ba
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PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Ratios, rates,


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis proportional
relationships, and
units

ID: 87a093ba

A wind turbine completes revolutions in minutes. At this rate, how many revolutions per minute does this turbine
complete?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Question ID d0d34d4b
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PSAT 10 and Data Analysis

ID: d0d34d4b

Which of the following represents the result of increasing the


quantity x by 9%, where ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Question ID f5a26fd2
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Probability and


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis conditional
probability

ID: f5a26fd2

In a bag, there are red, white, blue, and yellow cubes. If one of these cubes is selected at random, what is the
probability of selecting a cube that is neither blue nor yellow?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Question ID b3dce9f1
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PSAT 10 and Data Analysis conditional
probability

ID: b3dce9f1

On a street with houses, houses are blue. If a house from this street is selected at random, what is the probability of
selecting a house that is blue?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Question ID b893a787
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PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Ratios, rates,


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis proportional
relationships, and
units

ID: b893a787

To study fluctuations in composition, samples of pumice were taken from locations and cut in the shape of a cube.
The length of the edge of one of these cubes is centimeters. This cube has a density of grams per cubic
centimeter. What is the mass of this cube, in grams?

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Question ID 5595caaa
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PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Ratios, rates,


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis proportional
relationships, and
units

ID: 5595caaa

Rectangle A has length 15 and width w. Rectangle B has length 20 and the
same length-to-width ratio as rectangle A. What is the width of rectangle B in
terms of w ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Question ID 6374d022
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PSAT 10 and Data Analysis proportional
relationships, and
units

ID: 6374d022

Power capacity
State
Low Medium High Total

Texas 4 2 3 9

California 1 0 1 2

Oregon 1 0 1 2

Indiana 0 2 0 2

Colorado 1 1 0 2

Iowa 2 0 0 2

Oklahoma 1 0 0 1

Total 10 5 5 20

The table shows the distribution, by location and power capacity (maximum
rate of power generation) of the twenty largest wind projects in the United
States in 2013. The total power capacity of the nine wind projects located in
Texas was 4,952 megawatts (MW), and the total power capacity of the twenty
wind projects was 11,037 MW in 2013. The amount of energy produced in one
hour at a rate of one megawatt is one megawatt-hour. If each of the nine Texas
wind projects in 2013 had operated continuously for 24 hours at the maximum
rate of power generation, approximately how many megawatt-hours of energy
would the nine projects have produced?

A. 200

B. 5,000

C. 11,000

D. 120,000

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Question ID d32860b0
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PSAT 10 and Data Analysis

ID: d32860b0
According to the 2010 Census, the adult population aged 18 years or greater of the United States in 2010 was
234,564,071. In 2010, a survey was conducted among a randomly chosen sample of adults aged 18 years or greater in
the United States about their preference to live in a warm climate or a cool climate. The table below displays a summary
of the survey results.
Climate Preferences
No
Warm Cool Total
preference

18–35 years old 295 168 45 508

36–50 years old 246 123 41 410

51–65 years old 238 117 48 403

Greater than 65
137 78 64 279
years old

Total 916 486 198 1,600

Which of the following is closest to the difference between the percentage of


adults aged 18–50 years who responded “warm” and the percentage of adults
aged 51 years or greater who responded “warm”?

A. 4%

B. 5%

C. 10%

D. 18%

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Question ID d076f566
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PSAT 10 and Data Analysis

ID: d076f566

During a sale, the original prices of all the items in a clothing store have been
reduced by 20%. What is the sale price of a jacket with an original price of $50 ?

A. $12

B. $30

C. $36

D. $40

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Question ID cb024bce
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PSAT 10 and Data Analysis proportional
relationships, and
units

ID: cb024bce

Tanya earns $13.50 per hour at her part-time job. When she works z hours, she
earns dollars. Which of the following expressions gives the amount, in
dollars, Tanya will earn if she works hours?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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Question ID af78e7c2
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Ratios, rates,


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis proportional
relationships, and
units

ID: af78e7c2

A printer produces posters at a constant rate of posters per minute. At what rate, in posters per hour, does the
printer produce the posters?

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Question ID f17786f5
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Probability and


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis conditional
probability

ID: f17786f5

A bag contains a total of 60 marbles. A marble is to be chosen at random from


the bag. If the probability that a blue marble will be chosen is 0.35, how many
marbles in the bag are blue?

A. 21

B. 25

C. 35

D. 39

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Question ID feb8eb71
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PSAT/NMSQT & Math Problem-Solving Ratios, rates,


PSAT 10 and Data Analysis proportional
relationships, and
units

ID: feb8eb71

An insect moves at a speed of feet per second. What is this speed, in yards per second?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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