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Difficulty levels range from 1 (easiest) to 5 (hardest). Correct Answers and Difficulty Levels for the SAT Practice Test VERBAL MATHEMATICAL Section 3 Student-Produced Response Questions Correct Difficulty Answer Level 16. 15 1 17. 2100 3 18. 4 3 19. 3 or 4 2 20. 9 3 21. 2/3, .666 or .667 3 22. 105 3 23. 18 4 24. 7/6, 1.16 or 1.17 4 25. 35/6 or 5.83 5 number correct (16-25) Section 6 Five-choice Questions Correct Difficulty Answer Level 1. C 1 2. C 1 3. B 2 4. D 3 5. D 3 6. E 4 7. A 4 8. E 5 9. A 5 10. E 5 number correct number incorrect Section 3 Four-choice Questions Correct Difficulty Answer Level 1. A 2 2. B 1 3. A 1 4. C 1 5. D 2 6. C 2 7. B 2 8. A 2 9. A 3 10. D 3 11. D 4 12. A 3 13. D 5 14. A 3 15. C 5 number correct number incorrect Section 1 Five-choice Questions Correct Difficulty Answer Level 1. D 1 2. E 1 3. E 1 4. A 2 5. A 1 6. B 1 7. D 2 8. D 2 9. A 2 10. C 2 11. A 3 12. B 2 13. B 3 14. C 3 15. D 3 16. C 3 17. E 3 18. A 3 19. B 4 20. C 5 21. C 3 22. C 3 23. E 4 24. B 4 25. D 5 number correct number incorrect Section 7 Five-choice Questions Correct Difficulty Answer Level 1. D 5 2. B 4 3. A 3 4. E 3 5. D 3 6. B 3 7. A 1 8. E 4 9. E 3 10. A 3 11. C 2 12. D 3 13. C 2 number correct number incorrect Section 5 Five-choice Questions Correct Difficulty Answer Level 1. C 1 2. E 2 3. A 2 4. B 3 5. C 3 6. E 3 7. E 4 8. D 5 9. B 4 10. A 1 11. E 2 12. B 3 13. D 4 14. E 3 15. B 5 16. C 1 17. D 3 18. C 3 19. B 2 20. D 3 21. D 3 22. D 5 23. E 4 24. C 2 25. A 3 26. D 3 27. E 3 28. B 3 29. D 2 30. C 3 number correct number incorrect Taking the SAT Reasoning Test 63 Score Conversion Table for the SAT Practice Test Verbal Math Verbal Math Raw Scaled Scaled Raw Scaled Scaled Score Score Score Score Score Score 78 800 36 500 560 77 800 35 500 550 76 800 34 490 550 75 790 33 490 540 74 770 32 480 530 73 760 31 480 520 72 740 30 470 520 71 730 29 470 510 70 720 28 460 500 69 710 27 450 490 68 700 26 450 490 67 690 25 440 480 66 680 24 440 470 65 680 23 430 460 64 670 22 420 460 63 660 21 420 450 62 650 20 410 440 61 650 19 410 430 60 640 800 18 400 430 59 630 790 17 390 420 58 630 770 16 390 410 57 620 750 15 380 410 56 620 730 14 370 400 55 610 720 13 360 390 54 600 710 12 360 380 53 600 700 11 350 380 52 590 690 10 340 370 51 590 680 9 330 360 50 580 670 8 320 350 49 570 660 7 310 340 48 570 650 6 300 330 47 560 650 5 290 320 46 560 640 4 280 310 45 550 630 3 270 300 44 550 620 2 250 280 43 540 610 1 240 270 42 540 610 0 220 250 41 530 600 –1 210 230 40 530 590 –2 200 210 39 520 580 –3 200 200 38 520 580 and 37 510 570 below Scoring the SAT Practice Test Check your responses with the correct answers on page 62. Fill in the blanks below and do the calculations to get your verbal raw score and your math raw score. Use the table to find your verbal scaled score and your math scaled score. Get your Verbal Score. How many verbal questions did you get RIGHT? Section 2: Questions 1-35 _______________ Section 5: Questions 1-30 + _______________ Section 7: Questions 1-13 + _______________ Total = _______________ (A) How many verbal questions did you get WRONG? Don’t count questions you omitted. Section 2: Questions 1-35 _______________ Section 5: Questions 1-30 + _______________ Section 7: Questions 1-13 + _______________ Total = _______________ x 0.25 = _______________ (B) A – B = _______________ Verbal Raw Score Round Verbal Raw Score to the nearest whole number. __________ Use the table to find your Verbal Scaled Score. _________________ Get your Math Score. How many math questions did you get RIGHT? Section 1: Questions 1-25 _______________ Section 3: Questions 1-15 + _______________ Section 3: Questions 16-25 + _______________ Section 6: Questions 1-10 + _______________ Total = _______________ (C) How many 5-choice math questions did you get WRONG? Don’t count questions you omitted. Section 1: Questions 1-25 _______________ Section 6: Questions 1-10 + _______________ Total = _______________ x 0.25 = _______________ (D) How many 4-choice math questions did you get WRONG? Don’t count questions you omitted. Section 3: Questions 1-15 _______________ x 0.33 = _______________ (E) D + E = _______________ (F) C – F = _______________ Math Raw Score Round Math Raw Score to the nearest whole number. __________ Use the table to find your Math Scaled Score. _______ This table is for use only with the test in this booklet. 724283 SAT Program Test Calendar 2004-2005 Sunday test dates immediately follow each Saturday test date. 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