Category Archives: SAT

SAT Question of the Day Explained – February 7, 2014 – Sentence Completion

Today’s SAT question of the day is a sentence completion question that required me to choose a word I didn’t really know for its answer.  (Don’t worry, I survived.)

We know that the students had to read a whole book, including materials found at the beginning of the book. Continue reading

SAT Question of the Day Explained – February 2, 2014 – Improving Sentences

 

Elgin Botanic Garden

Today’s SAT question of the day is an improving sentences question about one of our favorite topics: verbs!

The given sentence says, roughly: The first public botanical garden in the United States was established to provide plant materials for studying by medical students.

Let’s think for a moment: the garden was provided for…. Continue reading

SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 28, 2014 – Math, Algebra

<3 <3Today’s SAT question of the day is a medium-difficulty math question that involves some basic algebra…and multiplying by 4.  (I’ll wait while you get your calculator for that last part … ….)

We are told that there are two machines: X and Y.

Machine X works at a rate of X bolts per hour.

Machine Y works at a rate of X + 6 bolts per hour.

They want to know how many bolts are produced, total, in four hours.  So, first, we have to figure out how many bolts are produced in one hour. Continue reading