http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day?src=R Every day, get ready for the SAT with an official practice question from the test maker. en-us Copyright 2012collegeboard.org Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://www.collegeboard.org/image/logo_small_print.gif /practice/sat-question-of-the-day?src=R http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120516 <p style="margin-top:0"><p>Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, <i><b>best</b></i> fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.&#160;</p></p><p><p>His <span class="noWrap">-------</span> prior experience notwithstanding, David was judged by the hiring manager to be <span class="noWrap">-------</span> the job.</p></p><ol><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120516&answerCd=A"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer A"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;illustrious . . entitled to</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120516&answerCd=B"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer B"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;limited . . qualified for</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120516&answerCd=C"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer C"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;applicable . . assured of</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120516&answerCd=D"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer D"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;useful . . overqualified for</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120516&answerCd=E"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer E"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;irrelevant . . perplexed by</li></ol> Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120515 <p style="margin-top:0"><p>Read the following SAT test question and then click on a button to select your answer.&#160;</p></p><p><p>In the <i>xy</i>-plane, line <img src="http://sat.collegeboard.org/SAT/public/image/math_l.png" alt="l" /> passes through the points <img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120515_1.png' alt='(a,0)' style='vertical-align:middle;'/> and <img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120515_2.png' alt='(0,2a)' style='vertical-align:middle;'/>, where <img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120515_3.png' alt='a > 1' style='vertical-align:middle;'/>. &#160;What is the slope of line&#160;<img src="http://sat.collegeboard.org/SAT/public/image/math_l.png" alt="l" />?</p></p><ol><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120515&answerCd=A"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer A"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120515_4.png' alt='negative 2' style='vertical-align:middle;'/></li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120515&answerCd=B"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer B"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120515_5.png' alt='negative one half' style='vertical-align:middle;'/> </li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120515&answerCd=C"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer C"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120515_6.png' alt='2' style='vertical-align:middle;'/></li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120515&answerCd=D"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer D"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120515_7.png' alt='negative 2 a' style='vertical-align:middle;'/> </li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120515&answerCd=E"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer E"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120515_8.png' alt='2 a' style='vertical-align:middle;'/></li></ol> Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120514 <p style="margin-top:0"><p>Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A. &#160;</p></p><p><p>After serving two terms in the Texas State Senate, <u>Barbara Jordan&#8217;s election</u> to the United States House of Representatives, where she served from 1973 to 1979.</p></p><ol><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120514&answerCd=A"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer A"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Barbara Jordan&#8217;s election</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120514&answerCd=B"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer B"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;it was Barbara Jordan who was elected</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120514&answerCd=C"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer C"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;it was Barbara Jordan&#8217;s election</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120514&answerCd=D"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer D"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Barbara Jordan had been elected</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120514&answerCd=E"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer E"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Barbara Jordan was elected</li></ol> Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120513 <p style="margin-top:0"><p>Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, <i><b>best</b></i> fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.&#160;</p></p><p><p>Joe Louis was <span class="noWrap">-------</span> fighter: he inspired fear in many of his opponents.</p></p><ol><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120513&answerCd=A"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer A"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;a serene</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120513&answerCd=B"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer B"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;an impetuous</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120513&answerCd=C"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer C"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;an insipid</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120513&answerCd=D"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer D"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;a malleable</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120513&answerCd=E"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer E"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;a redoubtable</li></ol> Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120512 <p style="margin-top:0"><p>Read the following SAT test question and then click on a button to select your answer.&#160;</p></p><p><p>The <img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120512_1.png' style='vertical-align:middle;'/> cars in a car service use a total of <img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120512_2.png' alt='g' style='vertical-align:middle;'/> gallons of gasoline per week. If each of the cars uses the same amount of gasoline, then, at this rate, which of the following represents the number of gallons used by 5 of the cars in 2 weeks?</p></p><ol><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120512&answerCd=A"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer A"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120512_3.png' alt='ten times c times g' style='vertical-align:middle;'/></li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120512&answerCd=B"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer B"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120512_4.png' alt='(2 times g) over (5 times c)' style='vertical-align:middle;'/></li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120512&answerCd=C"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer C"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120512_5.png' alt='(5 times g) over (2 times c)' style='vertical-align:middle;'/></li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120512&answerCd=D"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer D"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120512_6.png' alt='g over (10 times c)' style='vertical-align:middle;'/></li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120512&answerCd=E"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer E"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src='http://sat.collegeboard.org/mathmlgen/content/question/QOTD/2012/20120512_7.png' alt='(10 times g) over c' style='vertical-align:middle;'/></li></ol> Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120511 <p style="margin-top:0"><p>The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.&#160;</p></p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" ><tr><td>&nbsp;<u>Among</u>&nbsp;</td><td> the </td><td>&nbsp;<u>most widespread of</u>&nbsp;</td><td> marine animals, starfish and sea urchins </td></tr><tr><td align="center">&nbsp;A&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="center">&nbsp;B&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" ><tr><td>&nbsp;<u>inhabit</u>&nbsp;</td><td> all seas </td><td>&nbsp;<u>except that of</u>&nbsp;</td><td> the polar regions. </td><td>&nbsp;<u>No error</u>&nbsp;</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td align="center">&nbsp;C&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="center">&nbsp;D&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="center">&nbsp;E&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table></p><ol><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120511&answerCd=A"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer A"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&#160;</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120511&answerCd=B"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer B"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&#160;</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120511&answerCd=C"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer C"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&#160;</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120511&answerCd=D"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer D"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&#160;</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120511&answerCd=E"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer E"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&#160;</li></ol> Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120510 <p style="margin-top:0"><p>Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, <i><b>best</b></i> fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.&#160;</p></p><p><p>Andrew Jackson&#8217;s ideal vision of an American nation composed of farmers and artisans had become increasingly <span class="noWrap">-------</span> by the 1860s, when the new <span class="noWrap">-------</span> economy was turning craftspersons and planters into factory laborers.</p></p><ol><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120510&answerCd=A"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer A"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;antiquated . . agricultural</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120510&answerCd=B"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer B"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;feasible . . industrial</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120510&answerCd=C"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer C"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;elusive . . artistic</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120510&answerCd=D"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer D"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;fanciful . . manufacturing</li><li type="A" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><a href="http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/answered-question-of-the-day?src=R&questionId=20120510&answerCd=E"><img src=http://www.collegeboard.org/image/radio.gif width=11 height=11 border=0 alt="click to choose answer E"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;progressive . . urban</li></ol> Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT