Today’s official SAT question of the day is an Improving Sentences question about a certain painter. The first part of the sentence gives some facts about the painter, so the second half of the sentence needs to start with something like “the painter” or his name. It doesn’t currently start this way, so let’s look for an option that does.
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SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 17, 2014 – Sentence Completion
Today’s official SAT question of the day is a sentence completion about a jellyfish. Per the sentence, the jellyfish swims in a certain kind of drift, but its tentacles contain poison. So, what kind of drift do we have here? Continue reading
SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 16, 2014 – Math, Algebra, Absolute Value
Today’s SAT question of the day begins with two numbers, a, and b. The difference between |a| and |b| is 5. The answer choices provide four false statements and one potentially true statement.
To look at things a different way, a – b is 5 and neither a nor b can be negative. This means that a has to be bigger than b, and that a has to be at least 5. (Test it out: for example, if a was 2, could we subtract any positive number and get 5? Nope.) Continue reading
SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 15, 2014 – Identifying Sentence Errors
Today’s official SAT question of the day is from the Writing section, question type #2: Identifying Sentence Errors. For this type of question, you only have to find the problem, not fix it. We can find the problem by reading carefully (yes, that is a different kind of reading than regular reading), making sure to read every single word and not overlook small differences since errors in these questions often come down to single letters. Continue reading
SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 14, 2014 – Sentence Completion
Today’s official SAT question of the day is a sentence completion with two blanks. Remember that for two-blank sentences your answer choice has to work for both blanks!
So, let’s figure out what words would make sense in these blanks. Continue reading
SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 13, 2014 – Circles, Semicircles, Area
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Today’s official SAT question of the day is about a shaded circle inscribed in a semicircle. Given only the radius of the semicircle, we are asked to find the area of the shaded circle.
How to start:
From the diagram and the given information, we must notice that the circle’s diameter is also a radius of the semicircle; this segment is labeled CD.