Hard SAT Practice Questions

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1. The novelist's latest work has been described as having a texture that is remarkably ______: while the prose a
2. A historian hypothesized that the widespread use of 'spices' in medieval European cooking was motivated primar
3. When a company automatically enrolled new employees in its retirement-savings plan unless they chose to opt ou
4. A botanist recorded the germination rate of a wildflower's seeds after they were kept for two weeks at each of
5. In a study of urban ecology, researchers hypothesized that the presence of 'pocket parks'—small, isolated gree
6. At a 3,000-year-old settlement high in the Andes, archaeologists uncovered storehouses filled with maize, a cr
7. Which finding, if true, would most seriously weaken the archaeologist's conclusion?
8. A transportation office reported the share of a city's commuters who named each mode as their primary means of
9. The lease specifies that either party may end the arrangement early, provided that it gives the other thirty _
10. Eroded by centuries of wind and blowing sand, ______ Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to th
11. While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - 'Biomimicry' is the practice of designin
12. If the system has no solution, what is the value of a?
13. What is the value of k?
14. Which of the following is the best interpretation of the number 2.4 in this model?
15. If the system has no solution, what is the value of k?
16. begincases y = x^2 - 4x + 7 y = 2x - 2 endcases How many points of intersection do the graphs of the equations
17. What is the value of r?
18. What is the value of m?
19. The function f is defined by f(x)=x^2-3x. Which of the following is equivalent to f(x+2)-f(x)?
20. What is the value of f(4)?
21. What is the maximum height, in feet, that the ball reaches?
22. At how many distinct values of x does the graph of y=p(x) cross through the x-axis?
23. What is the solution set for the equation (x)/(x-4) = (4)/(x-4) + 3?
24. What is the solution set of the equation √(2x + 1) = x - 1?
25. In the system of equations below, c is a constant. y = 2x^2 - 8x + c y = -10 If the graphs of these equations
26. What is the solution set of the equation √(3x + 1) = x - 3?
27. What is the value of p?
28. What is the value of cos A-sin A?
29. What is the radius of the circle?
30. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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