Which choice best improves the underlined part of the sentence? If the sentence is ok as is, choose (A).
Looking up from the base of the mountain, the trail seemed more
treacherous than it really was.
(A) Looking up
(B) While looking up
(C) By looking up
(D) Viewing
(E) Viewed
As written, this sentence would suggest that the trail was looking up from the [...]
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The driver needs to ________ his anger before someone becomes a victim of road rage.
(a) ameliorate
(b) protract
(c) embrace
(d) venerate
(e) escalate
Here again we have a sentence completion question that is doing nothing other than testing your vocabulary. We know we’re looking for a word that has something to do with easing or lessening. If you know [...]
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The average of a set of 10 numbers is 15. If one number is removed the average of the remaining numbers is 16. What is the value of the number removed?
If the average of 10 numbers is 15, we can express that as
x/10 = 15.
x, therefore, equals 150.
If one number is removed and the resulting [...]
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Which choice best improves the underlined portion of the sentence? If the sentence is ok as is, choose (A).
Pop artist Ed Ruscha was fascinated by words, and have consistently formed the principal subject matter of his paintings.
(A) words, and have consistently formed the principal subject matter
(B) words, and words have consistently formed the principal subject [...]
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A machine labels 150 bottles in 20 minutes. At this rate, how many minutes does it take to label 60 bottles?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
E. 10
This is a simple case of solving proportions through cross-multiplication. If x is the number of minutes it takes to label 60 bottles, then
20/150 = x/60.
Cross-multiplying this gives us
150x = 1200,
x [...]
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For decades many scientists ________ that global warming posed a grave risk to the planet, but in the twenty-first century nearly all of them ________ that the threat is real.
a) agreed…insist
b) denied…concur
c) argued…accede
d) contended…acknowledge
e) disaffirmed…reject
When you see the word “but” on a sentence completion question, you know that there is going to be a contrast [...]
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The questions are based on the following passage:
The ground is full of seeds that cannot rise into seedlings;
the seedlings rob one another of air, light and water, the
strongest robber winning the day, and extinguishing his
competitors. Year after year, the wild animals with which
5 man never interferes are, on [...]
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In the figure above, the circle is centered at the origin and passes through point P. Which of the following points does it also pass through?
(A) (3, 3)
(B) (-2√2, -1)
(C) (2, 6)
(D) (1.5, 1.3)
(E) (-3, 4)
Some SAT math questions are designed to look like they require all kinds of calculations in order to solve them when [...]
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Choose the pair of words that best completes the sentence.
His ____ sense of humor caused more ____ than he must have intended.
(A) debunk..sobriety
(B) wry..confusion
(C) prominent..impudence
(D) dry..jargon
(E) incorrigible..paucity
“Debunk” is a verb, not an adjective, so we can easily get rid of (A). It would not make much sense to talk about a “prominent” sense of humor. [...]
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Potter and Malfoy fly on their brooms at full speed directly toward each other. Potter’s broom is 5 times as fast as Malfoy’s, they start 150 meters apart, and they begin flying simultaneously. They collide and Malfoy dies. How far did Malfoy fly?
(A) 125 meters
(B) 120 meters
(C) 36 meters
(D) 30 meters
(E) 25 meters
If Potter flies [...]
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Identify the error, if any, in this sentence.
A minority group comprising (A) 30% of the community and (B) represented by only one (C) member out of 25 (D) on the City Council.
No error. (E)
Obviously, this sentence makes no sense! It’s not even a sentence; it’s a fragment. The best way to fix this is to change “and” to “is” [...]
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According to a nationwide study that was published recently, women pay for luxuries more than men.
A. women pay for luxuries more than men.
B. men pay less for luxuries than women.
C. women pay more for luxuries than men do.
D. women pay for luxuries at a higher rate than men do.
E. luxuries are paid [...]
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The new CEO of the company is both ________ and ________; he works twelve hours a day and has never had an alcoholic beverage.
a) eccentric…permissive
b) diligent…indulgent
c) assiduous…abstinent
d) admirable…noteworthy
e) intrepid…nonchalant
We are looking for a pair of words, the first of which has to do with the fact that the CEO works long hours, and the second [...]
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A right triangle has perimeter 12 and sides x, (x + 1) and (x + 2). What is the area of the triangle?
If the perimeter of the triangle is 12, then x, (x+1), and (x+2) will have to add up to 12.
This is simple algebra:
x + (x+1) + (x+2) = 12
3x + 3 = 12
3x [...]
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