Today’s SAT question of the day is possibly the shortest sentence completion question I’ve ever seen. All we know is that Joe Louis inspired fear is his opponents, so he was a feared fighter.
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SAT Question of the Day Explained – March 11, 2014 – Math
Today’s SAT question of the day is an algebra question about rates. Get your units-per-unit brain fired up.
The question:
The c cars in a car service use a total of g 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?
SAT Question of the Day Explained – March 10, 2014 – Identifying Sentence Errors
SAT Question of the Day Explained – March 9, 2014 – Sentence Completion
Today’s SAT question of the day is a sentence completion question about a film that polarized an audience. To polarize something is to drive it to opposing ends of the spectrum (like the north and south poles!), so this audience has been split down the middle regarding this film.
Here are our two poles: While many ——- the film for its artfully directed scenes, others ——- it for being inaccessible. Continue reading
SAT Question of the Day Explained – March 7, 2014 – Improving Sentences
Today’s SAT question of the day is a spicy improving question with a subordinate clause problem. In its most basic form, the sentence says:
The variety of spices used in cooking, including salt and, it depends on the recipe’s origin, other spices.
SAT Question of the Day Explained – March 6, 2014 – Sentence Completion
Today’s SAT question of the day is a sentence completion about the loss of a class president election. The candidate was in extremely low spirits after his loss – and the colon tells us that this is a definition sentence, so that clue can become our prediction.
SAT Question of the Day Explained – March 4, 2014 – Identifying Sentence Errors
Today’s SAT question of the day is an identifying sentence errors question about The Simpsons! That’s about as fun as the SAT gets, so enjoy it.
Let’s check each underlined section….
SAT Question of the Day Explained – March 3, 2014 – Sentence Completion
Today’s SAT question of the day is an easy sentence completion about anger management. The first half of the sentence tells us that we will be refuting the idea that expressing anger is a way to reduce it. Continue reading
SAT Question of the Day Explained – March 1, 2014 – Identifying Sentence Errors
Definitely not pigs.
Today’s SAT question of the day is an identifying sentence errors question about guinea pigs. Let’s keep things ro…dent…ling right along and listen to hear if we note any issues as we read the sentence. Continue reading
SAT Question of the Day Explained – February 28, 2014 – Sentence Completion
Today’s SAT question of the day is a medium-difficulty sentence completion about the “seemingly weightless world” of the ballet stage. Continue reading