SAT MATH CLASS 1

SAT Test Structure

Reading and Writing Section

Module 1 27 Questions 32 Minutes

All Multiple Choice Questions

Module 2 27 Questions 32 Minutes

All Multiple Choice Questions

Math Section

Module 1 22 Questions 35 minutes

Multiple Choice ≈ 75% Questions

Student Produced Response (Grid-In) ≈ 25% Questions

Module 2 22 Questions 35 minutes

Multiple Choice ≈ 75% Questions

Student Produced Response (Grid-In) ≈ 25% Questions

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 Math Skills Tested In SAT
Content Domain Skill/ Knowledge Operational
Domain Description Testing Points Question
Distribution

- Linear equations in one variable

Students will analyze,
fluently solve, and create - Linear equations in two variables
linear equations and ≈35% /
inequalities as well as - Linear functions
Algebra 13-15 questions
analyze and fluently solve - Systems of two linear equations in
equations and systems of two variables
equations using multiple
techniques. - Linear inequalities in one or two
variables

Students will
demonstrate the ability to
progress to more advanced - Equivalent expressions
math courses including ≈35% /
- Nonlinear equations in one variable
Advanced demonstrating an 13-15 questions
and systems of equations in two
Math understanding of absolute
variables
value, quadratic,
exponential, polynomial, - Nonlinear functions
rational, radical, and
other nonlinear equations.

- Ratios, rates, proportional

relationships, and units

- Percentages

Students will apply - One-variable data: distributions and

quantitative reasoning measures of center and spread
Problem- about ratios, rates, and
Solving proportional - Two-variable data: models and ≈15% /
relationships; understand scatterplots 5-7 questions
and Data
and apply unit rate; and
Analysis Probability and conditional
analyze and interpret one- probability
and two-variable data.
- Inference from sample statistics and
margin of error

- Evaluating statistical claims:

observational studies and
experiments

Students will solve - Area and volume

Geometry problems that focus on - Lines, angles, and triangles ≈15% /
and area and volume; angles,
5-7 questions
Trigonometry triangles, and - Right triangles and trigonometry
trigonometry; and circles.
- Circles

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SAT Math Content

Algebra ≈ 35% / 13-15 questions

z Linear Equations

z Inequalities + Absolute Value

z Co-ordinate Geometry

Advanced Math ≈ 35% / 13-15 questions

z Functions + Polynomials
z Exponents + Radicals

z Progression

z Complex Numbers

Problem Solving and Data Analysis ≈ 15% / 5-7 questions

z Ratio + Proportion
z Percentage

z Data Analysis

z Statistics

z Random Sampling

z Simple Interest + Compound Interest

Geometry and Trigonometry ≈ 15% / 5-7 questions

z Geometry

z Trigonometry

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SAT Math Classroom Structure
Session 1
z Introduction
z Complex Numbers

Session 2
z Geometry

Session 3
z Coordinate Geometry

Session 4
z Inequalities + Absolute Value
z Percentage

Session 5
z Linear Equations

Session 6
z Functions + Polynomials

Session 7
z Exponents + Radicals
z Ratio + Proportion

Session 8
z Statistics

Session 9
z Trigonometry + Radians
z Simple Interest + Compound Interest
z Progressions

Session 10
z Data Analysis

Session 11
z Random Sampling
z Formula Sheet
z Any Remaining Concepts

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SAT MATH DIAGNOSTIC TEST
35 MINUTES z 22 QUESTIONS

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If x + 2y = 8 and 4y = 4, what is the If 2x + y = 7 and y = 5x, then x =
value of x?
A) 0 A)

B) 2
B)
C) 4
D) 6 C)

D) 1

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If Leo was 42 years old 10 years ago, Which of the following is equivalent
how old was he x years ago?
to ? (Note : i = )
A) 32 – x
A) 2 + 6i
B) 42 – x
B) 8–i
C) 52 – x
C) 3 + 4i
D) 42 + x
D) 5 – 2i

If 2P – 5R = 0 and 3R – 2S = 0, what

is ? (Where PS 0) If of the Refrigerators manu-

factured in India are manufactured
A) in Delhi and the total number of
Refrigerators manufactured in India
B)
is 72 million, then how many
Refrigerators manufactured in India
C)
(in millions) are manufactured
D) outside Delhi ?

A) 18
B) 20
2 2
If x – y = 10 and x + y = 5, what is
C) 52
the value of x – y ?
D) 54

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If Pete has a dollars less than what
Andy has, and together they have
the amount of b dollars, then which
of the following represents the
number of dollars that Andy has ?

In the figure shown, BD is parallel

to EC.
If cosB = 0.6, What is cosC ?
A) 0.4
B) 0.5

If x2 + y2 = 73 and xy= 24, what is the C) 0.6

value of (x + y)2 ? D) 0.8

A room has to be painted and worker

A does of the work and then

y = a(x – 2)(x – 6)
leaves. Next, worker B does of the
In the quadratic equation above, a
is a nonzero constant. The graph of remaining work and then leaves and
the equation in the xy–plane is a
parabola with vertex (p, q). Which of finally worker C does of the
the following are values of p and q?
remaining work and then leaves.
A) p = 2 ; q = 4a
B) p = 4 ; q = – 8a What fraction of the room still needs

C) p = 4 ; q = – 4a to be painted ?

D) p=2;q=–4
A)

B)

C)

D)

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 sin (k° – x°) = cos (x°)
In the above equation, k is a
constant. Which of the following is
the value of k, in radians ?
A) 0

B)

C)

D) π
In square PQRS above, QR = 7,
RU = US, and PT = TS.
Which of the following is the ratio of
the area of the shaded region to the Jack wants to sell a total of 2p pens
area of the square ? at a price of $ m each. If x is the
number of pens he did not sell,
which of the following represents
A)
the amount he received in sales from
pens ?
B) A) $ m(n – 2p)
B) $ m(2p – x)
C)
C) $ mx – 2p

D) D) $ 2p – mx

The equation 4x2 + kx + 64 = (2x + m)2

is true for all values of x. If m < 0,
what is the value of m – k ?

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In the xy-plane, a line passes The function f is defined as
through the origin and is f(x) = x + 1. If 2f (p) = 20, what is the
perpendicular to the line 3x + y = p, value of f(3p)?
where p is a constant. If the two
lines intersect at point (k, k + 1),
what is the value of k ?

A)

Albert spent ‘p’ dollars each minute

B) for 15 minutes yesterday and earned
‘q’ dollars every 10 minutes over a
period of 3 hours today. If the
C)
amount that Albert earned today is
more than the amount he spent
D) 1
yesterday, which of the following is
true (if no other transactions were
made) ?
A) p>q
The outer core mantle, a liquid layer B) q>p
inside the earth’s surface, is
approximately more than 3 mega C) p < 2q
meters deep and less than 5 mega D) q > 2p
meters deep below the earth’s
surface. Which of the following
inequalities describes all possible
depths x, in mega meters, below the If a cube is placed in a sphere of
earth’s surface that is in this outer radius 3 units, what can be the
core mantle? maximum possible volume of the
A) |x – 4| < 3 cube, in cubic units?

B) |x – 4|> 1 A) 3

C) |x – 4|< 1
B)
D) |x – 3|< 4
C) 24

D) 54
x+3=
What is the value of x ?

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Complex Numbers
Theory

The square of any real number is not negative. The number i is defined to be the solution to the equation
x2 = –1, or we can say i2 = –1.

i2 = (–1)
i=

i, or iota is defined as square root of –1

A complex number can be represented in the form z = a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and
i= . This is known as standard form of a complex number. The number a is called real part of z, and
bi is called imaginary part of z.
Powers of i
i1 =
i2 = –1
i3 = –i
i4 = 1
i5 = (i4) i = i ……

Example
Find the value of + + .
Solution
8i + 4i + 2i
14i
Example
Find the value of i 8 .
Solution
i8
= (i 4)2
= (1)2
=1

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Arithmetic of Complex Numbers
Addition

For addition, we add real parts separately and imaginary parts separately.
For example
Z1 = 6 + 5i , Z2 = 2 + 9i

Z1 + Z2 = 6 + 5i + 2 + 9i
= (6 + 2) + (5 + 9)i
= 8 + 14i

Subtraction
For subtraction, we subtract real parts separately and imaginary parts separately.
For example
Z1 = 6 + 5i , Z2 = 2 + 9i

Z1 – Z2 = (6 + 5i ) – (2 + 9i)
= 6 + 5i –2 –9i
= (6 – 2) + ( 5 – 9)i
= 4 – 4i

Multiplication
Multiplication is performed similar to multiplication of binomials, using the fact i2 = –1.
For example
Z1 = 6 + 5i , Z2 = 2 + 9i

Z1 · Z2 = (6 + 5i) (2 + 9i)
= (6)(2) + (6)(9i) + (5i)(2) + (5i)(9i)
= 12 + 54i + 10i + (45)i2
= 12 + 64i – 45
= – 33 + 64i

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Division
Before understanding division of one complex number by another complex number, let us get comfortable
with the conjugate of a complex number.

Conjugate of a complex number

_
The complex number z = a – bi is known as complex conjugate of z = a + bi.
_
The product of z and z will be
(a+bi)(a–bi) = a2 – abi + abi – (b2)i2
= a2 + b2
a and b are real numbers, so a2 + b2 will also be a real number. The product of a complex number and
its conjugate is always a real number.

Whenever a complex number is in the denominator, we multiply the denominator and numerator by the
conjugate of the denominator which makes denominator a real number.
For example :

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Complex Numbers
Class Exercise

Which of the following is equivalent

If (x – y) + (x + y) i = , what are
to (2 + 5i) – (–4 + 9i)? (Note : i = )
the values of x and y? (Note : i = )
a) 6 + 14i
b) 6 – 4i a) x= ;y=
c) –2 – 4i
b) x= ;y=
d) –2 + 14i

c) x= ;y=

Which of the following is equivalent d) x= ;y=

to ? (Note : i = )

a) 2 + 6i
b) 8–i
c) 3 + 4i
d) 5 – 2i Which of the following is the value

of u ?

Which of the following is equal to

i + i2 + i3 + i4 + i5 ? (Note : i = )
a) –i
b) 3 + 2i
c) 2i
d) i

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Complex Numbers
Post-Class Practice

P = (2 + i)(1 + 2i). Which of the following complex

Which of the following complex numbers is equivalent to ?
number is equal to P ?
a) 4 + 5i (Note : i = )

b) 5 + 4i a) 0.7 + 0.1i

c) 4i b) –0.8 – 0.12i

d) 5i c) 0.8 + 0.12i
d) –0.7 – 0.1i

a~b is defined as .

Which of the following is equal to Which of the following expression

is equivalent to the one above ?
(1 + 2i) ~ i ? (Note : i = )
(solve with calculator only)
a) 2i
a) 6i
b) 0.5i
b) (6 + 5)i
c) –0.5i
c) ( + 6)i
d) –i
d) (6 + 125)i

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 A function p(z) is defined as b + ai,
= where z = a + bi, and a and b are
real.
a) 0
p(z) x p(z conjugate) will be ?
b) 1+i
a) z conjugate
c) b) 1

d) –i c) –z x (z conjugate)
d) z

p = (3+2i)(3+i)
Product of real part and imaginary
part of p is ?
a) 40
b) 63
c) 36i
d) 63i

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Inequalities + Absolute Values
Class Exercise

5x – 6p = 0. If p < 4, which of the 14 < 7a + 7 < 21. How many integer

following must be true? values of a are possible for the above
inequality ?
a) x<5
a) Zero
b) x<4
b) One
c) x>4
c) Two
d) x>5
d) Three

If a and b are positive integers and

a + b < 15, what is the greatest A mobile manufacturer produces 500
possible value of b – a ? units of a certain model each month.
It costs $ 120 to produce a unit and
all of the produced units are sold each
month. What is the minimum selling
price per unit that will ensure that
the monthly profit (revenue from the
sales minus the manufacturer’s cost
to produce) on the sales of these units
will be at least $ 40,000?
a) $ 120
b) $ 180
If m and n are not negative integers
and m + n < 21, what is the greatest c) $ 200
possible value of n – m ?
d) $ 280

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 | 8 – b | = 12 | x – 5 | > 2 + p, where p is a constant.
For what value of p, will the
|13 – b | = 17 inequality be true for all the values
If b satisfies both the equations of x ?
above. What is the value of |b| ? a) p = –5
b) p = –2
c) p=2
d) p=5

| m – 7 | < 3 + c, where c is a constant.

|p+7|=8 For what value of c, will the
inequality be false for all the values
| q – 2 | = 12 of m?
If p < 0 and q < 0. Then what is the a) c = –7
value of q – p ?
b) c = –2
c) c=3
d) c=7

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Average speed of train A is at least n is a number which lies between m
70 miles/hour and at most 100 miles/ and –m. Which of the following is
hour. If the journey is 7000 miles long, definitely true?
which of the following equations
represent all the possible values of I. m>0
the time taken, t, by the train to II. |n|≥ 0
complete the journey?
III. –n < 0
a) |t – 15| 85
b) |t – 15| 85
a) II only
c) |t – 85| 15
b) II and III only
d) |t – 85| 15
c) I and II only
d) I, II and III

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SAT QUANT CLASS 1 - 10-22