sat course_The Digital Math Section

The digital SAT’s Arithmetic portion is intended to assess students’ mastery of essential math knowledge and abilities needed for college and the workplace.With the exception of the PSAT 8/9, which does not test trigonometry, the digital SAT Suite Math part concentrates on fundamental concepts in algebra, advanced math, problem-solving and data analysis, geometry, and trigonometry that research shows are essential for success in college and the workplace.

Students respond to multiple-choice and student-produced response (SPR) questions in the Math section of the test to demonstrate their knowledge of, proficiency with, and ability to apply the math concepts, skills, and practices that are most crucial for being prepared for entry-level postsecondary work.

A context is used in about 30% of math questions. You must think about a scientific, social studies, or real-world scenario and use your arithmetic abilities and knowledge, coupled with a grasp of the context, to discover the answers to each of these in-context “word” questions.
An explanatory visual is provided to go along with a few of the questions in this section.

Math Section Overview

20 operational questions and 2 pretest questions make up the first module.

20 operational and two pretest questions comprise the second module.

Total: 44 questions

Time per module:
1st module: 35 minutes

2nd module: 35 minutes

Total: 70 minutes

Digital Math Questions

Each of the four following content areas is represented with a question in the digital Math section:

Algebra: Evaluates the student’s proficiency in the analysis, fluent solution, and creation of linear equations, inequalities, and equations and systems of equations.

Advanced Math: Assesses knowledge and abilities necessary for advancing to more advanced math courses, including proving one’s proficiency with absolute value, quadratic, exponential, polynomial, rational, radical, and other nonlinear equations.

Measures the capacity for applying quantitative reasoning to ratios, rates, and proportional relationships; comprehending and using unit rates; and analyzing and interpreting data with one and two variables.

Measures the capacity to work through problems involving circles, angles, triangles, and trigonometry as well as area and volume

Each test module contains questions from all four content domains. Each module’s questions are ranked from easiest to hardest so that every test taker has the best chance to show off their knowledge and skills.

Content
Domain

Domain Description

Tests of Knowledge and Skill

Operational
Question
Distribution

Algebra

evaluates the student’s aptitude for creating, solving, and analyzing linear equations, inequalities, and equations and systems of equations using a variety of methods.

linear functions, systems of two linear equations in two variables, and linear equations in one or more variables; one or two variable linear inequalities

13–15
questions

Advanced Math

Measures knowledge and abilities necessary for moving on to more difficult math courses, such as proving one’s proficiency with absolute value, quadratic, exponential, polynomial, rational, radical, and other nonlinear equations.

Equivalent expressions, one-variable nonlinear equations, and two-variable systems of equations; Nonlinear \sfunctions

13–15
questions

Solution-Seeking and Data Analysis

evaluates a person’s capacity for using quantitative thinking to understand ratios, rates, and proportional relationships;

comprehending and using unit rate, as well as one- and two-variable data analysis and interpretation

Analyzes and evaluates one- and two-variable data, comprehends and applies unit rate, and can apply quantitative reasoning to ratios, rates, and proportional relationships.

rates, proportional relationships, units, and ratios; Percentages;
data with a single variable: distributions, measures of the center and spread; scatterplots and models for two-variable data;
Conditional probability and probability;
a conclusion drawn from sample data and the error margin; Observational studies and experiments for the evaluation of statistical assertions

Trigonometry and geometry

measures the capacity to work through issues involving circles, angles, triangles, and trigonometry as well as area and volume
(NOTE: There are no trigonometric questions on the PSAT 8/9.)

Lines, angles, and triangles; area and volume; trigonometry and right triangles; Circles

5–7
questions