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Pride SAT Prep. Questions from Collegeboard.com. Choice Selection. A. B. C. D. Date Selection. 1-9-11 English and Math. Question 1 (12/15/11).
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Pride SAT Prep Questions from Collegeboard.com
Choice Selection A B C D
Date Selection • 1-9-11 English and Math
Question 1 (12/15/11) A special lottery is to be held to select the student who will live in the only deluxe room in a dormitory. There are 100 seniors, 150 juniors, and 200 sophomores who applied. Each senior's name is placed in the lottery 3 times; each junior's name, 2 times; and each sophomore's name, 1 time. What is the probability that a senior's name will be chosen? • Answer Choices • (A) 1/8 • (B) 2/9 • (C) 2/7 (3/4) • (D) 1/2
Sentence Skills Sample Question (12/15/11) Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. The first choice is the same as the original sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer. 1. Stamp collecting being a hobby that is sometimes used in the schools to teach economics and social studies. A. being a hobby that is B. is a hobby because it is C. which is a hobby D. is a hobby Too Easy
ESL Language (12/16/11) The sentence below has a blank space. Choose the word or phrase that makes a grammatically correct sentence. 1. _____ washing her sweater, Mary hung it up to dry. • A. After • B. Before • C. By • D. Until Too Easy
Sentence Skills Sample Q’s (1-9-12) Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. The first choice is the same as the original sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer. Too Easy
Question of the Day (1-11-12) Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. The new administrator was -------; he considered new ideas worthy of consideration but ultimately ------- the old ways. • A. an iconoclast . . undermined by • B. an opportunist . . reminiscent of • C. a sentimentalist . . preferable to • D. a traditionalist . . inferior to • E. an idealist . . instructive about
Question of the Day (1-13-12) The length of rectangle s is 20 percent longer than the length of rectangle R, and the width of rectangle s is 20 percent shorter than the width of rectangle R. The area of rectangle s is • A. 20 greater than the area of rectangle • B. 4 greater than the area of rectangle • C. equal to the area of rectangle • D. 4 less than the area of rectangle • E. 20 less than the area of rectangle