consolidated lists for May SAT

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<p>hey everyone, isn't it annoying searching the May SAT CR, Writing, and Math threads to find the consolidated lists?
So, i thought it would be a good idea to post the updated consolidated lists for the May SAT on this thread for CR, M, and W</p>

<p>lets get this started.</p>

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<p>You get it started first, then maybe i’ll join in.</p>

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<p>Courtesy of DoctorTye </p>

<p>May 2010 SAT Math Consolidated Answers</p>

<p>Grid ins:</p>

<p>[girl works 4 hours, guy works 3. they made $54.60. they both get paid equally, how much do they make per hour]
ANSWER: 7.8</p>

<p>[3< 2x <11 what are possible answers for 3x]
ANSWER: 6 or 9 or 12 or 15</p>

<p>[pie graph with when people pack for vacation, how many people pack at certain time]
ANSWER: 72</p>

<p>[function question, f(x) and g(x)]
ANSWER: 102</p>

<p>[2x=y 2y=w, 4x + y + w = 360 question]
ANSWER: 36</p>

<p>[bakery combinations]
ANSWER: 4</p>

<p>[area of square]
ANSWER: 5</p>

<p>[parabola, find a]
ANSWER: 3/4</p>

<p>[# of rectangular prisms]
ANSWER: 1000</p>

<p>[a. all different digits. b. last 3 add up to 1st. c. product is not 0. d. divisible by 10]
8521 </p>

<p>MC:</p>

<p>[6=4x]
ANSWER: 3/2</p>

<p>[all sophomores are now 16]
ANSWER: Daniel, a sophomore, is 15.</p>

<p>[6 units from point (0,0)]
ANSWER: (6,0)</p>

<p>[?]
ANSWER: 60 Question for this one, anyone?</p>

<p>[SHOWER 65th term]
ANSWER: E</p>

<p>[Which doesn’t fit y^2 = x+x+x+x, or y^2 = 4x ]
ANSWER: x=8, y=16</p>

<p>[find the area of one of the small circles in the big circle, big r = 6, r/3 = 2, pi r ^2]
ANSWER: 4 Pi</p>

<p>[.5 and 2 are on a number line. what does 1/4th of the way from .5 to 2 equal]
ANSWER: 7/8</p>

<p>[smallest number (v/x question)]
ANSWER: 42</p>

<p>[?]
ANSWER: 12 Question for this one, anyone?</p>

<p>[?]
ANSWER: 15Question for this one, anyone?</p>

<p>[?]
ANSWER: 16Question for this one, anyone?</p>

<p>[water chart]
ANSWER: 1:04-1:08</p>

<p>[2 times c is 5 more than b and product of b and c = 45] I don’t think that that was the exact wording. Anyone remember?</p>

<p>ANSWER: 2c-5 = b and bc= 45</p>

<p>[circle in rectangle. area of shaded region]
ANSWER: 24 - 4 pi</p>

<p>[n/5 is the same as what % of n]
ANSWER: 20percent</p>

<p>[?]
ANSWER: 3Question for this one, anyone?</p>

<p>[how many perfect squares are in between 50 and 200]
ANSWER: 7</p>

<p>[5x’s in triangle]
ANSWER: x =36 degrees</p>

<p>[?]
ANSWER: 100 Question for this one, anyone?</p>

<p>[|a|b|c| = a(b+c), which is equal to eachother?]
ANSWER: 232 223</p>

<p>[Arithmetic mean, (x+y+z)/3 =50, x+y+z = 150, y=30, x+z = 120, x<y<z, 29<30<91]
ANSWER: 91</p>

<p>[quadrilateral area, rectangle and triangle]
ANSWER: 105</p>

<p>[?]
ANSWER: 32Question for this one, anyone?</p>

<p>[right triangle, hypotenuse is root 15, other sides cant =]]
ANSWER: Square root of 6, square root of 13</p>

<p>[a= x + (1/2) and a = x – (1/2)]
ANSWER: 5</p>

<p>[term a, each after +p, sum of first 6 terms]
ANSWER: 6a +15p</p>

<p>[median gas mileage]
ANSWER: 26</p>

<p>[?]
ANSWER: 3Is this a repeat of the 3 answer above?</p>

<p>[slope of (b, b^2) (b^2, b^4)]
ANSWER: b squared +b</p>

<p>[2x+2y+2z=36 and 2+y+z=18, x=?]
ANSWER: x=2</p>

<p>[coupons 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, probability <25%]
ANSWER: 2/5 probability</p>

<p>[length of BD when reflected over x-axis]
ANSWER: 8</p>

<p>[cookies. 750 in total. 150 sold a week. w= weeks]
ANSWER: 750- 150w</p>

<p>[?]
ANSWER: 50Question for this one, anyone?</p>

<p>[y = 3x + 5 intersects y-axis at (0, a). What’s a?]
ANSWER: 5 </p>

<p>[circumference of circle, diameter 10 more than radius]
ANSWER: 20pi</p>

<p>[16[triangle]k = 8, triangle is either +, -, *, or /]
ANSWER: k is 2</p>

<p>[?]
ANSWER: 77Question for this one, anyone?</p>

<p>[Rx10^5 + Sx10^4 + Jx10^1]
ANSWER: RS00J0</p>

<p>[amount of money saved from allowance]
ANSWER: 1/4</p>

<p>[similar triangles line segment]
ANSWER: 8</p>

<p>[2x^n+1+X^N+2=X^n+3 find x^3]
2x + x ^2</p>

<p>[scatter plot question]
ANSWER: -7x+13</p>

<p>[the sum of r and 5 is…etc, etc - represent statement numerically]
ANSWER: 1/4 r squared < r +5 < r-5 squared</p>

<p>[running ratio]
ANSWER: 3:2</p>

<p>[absolute value graph y= |h(k)|]
ANSWER: D, all points are above the x-axis </p>

<p>[Store A and Store B]
ANSWER: 6</p>

<p>[|x| = |y|, x and y are not equal]
I. x + y = 0
II. xy < 0
III. x^2 = y^2]
ANSWER: I, II, and III</p>

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<p>thanks to Africanlife:</p>

<p>Passage-based questions: 44/48</p>

<p>First section: 18/19</p>

<p>Welsh singer
1)purpose of passage: to state the self-perception of a singer
2)her nationality wasn’t her most important characteristic</p>

<p>Mother not telling her daughter she is going to college
1)Attitude towards her situation: Prudent</p>

<h2>2)italized lines were: Likely response from daughter</h2>

<p>Mexican artist (frida Kahlo - flamboyant woman with withering health)

  1. purpose of 1st sentence: dispel common misconception?
  2. playing a role allows you to express your inner self
  3. mask and frame question: contradicting purposes
  4. reference to nun: enthusiastic/fervor?
  5. (Yet…artifice): (some options were “a complex incomprehensible masquerade; dramatize own history, alter personality”)???
  6. towards the end of her life she started wearing more to hide her growing frailty / her increasing jewelry or w/e counterbalances her weak health. (I thought this was one question)</p>

<p>Chimpanzee

  1. using log hammers: chimpanzees were cracking nuts
  2. factory - cooperationg in a productive activity
  3. puffery = exaggerated self-regard
  5. humans are overshadowed by technology (I thought this was from chimpanzee passage, not string theory passage)
  6. supposed implied the claim is flawed
  7. language allows individual accomplishments to come together
  8. internal compass:
  9. look in chimpanzee’s eye/raising of hand shows relation between empathy and technology
    ================================================== =============================</p>

<p>Second section: 13/16</p>

<p>Lying

  1. Author 2 thinks the typical behabior mentioned in passage 1 is MISCONCEPTION???
  2. The two sentences are both QUALIFICATION?
    3)</p>

<h2>4)</h2>

<p>Physics string theory

  1. passage 1 positive opinion towards a theory, passage 2 criticizes
  2. author of passage 2 would be in complete agreement
  3. Authors agree that in its current state the string theory is incomplete
  4. superhuman computer represents lack of technology to use it as a tool
  5. passage 2 would say that the mathematicians and physicians should pursue different avenues
  6. passage 1 says reason string theory is hard to prove is because of complexity of mathematics
  7. passage 1 says maybe in near future more results can prove this theory, passage 2 author would most likely say: UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN???
  8. fits and starts was sudden bursts
  9. scope and outcome
  10. science goes in zigzag path: ANSWER???
  12. draw means infer
    ================================================== =</p>

<p>Third section: 13/13</p>

<p>Moonstone (lawyer and butler)</p>

<p>1) lawyer wants: many people offer their narration of the story and together come up with ONE story
2) butler was deferential at lawyer
3) ‘want’ means lack of
4) innocent people were defamed
5) Lawyer does not want the story to be based on SPECULATION and HEARSAY
6) Only repeated meant brevity of interval
7) moment of perplexity
8) “as soon as he turned his back” showed his eagerness
9) Visitor / Lawyer determined the true feeling
10) Robinson Crueso: a warning that butler should have heeded
11) assess carefully before committing
12) cost means personal toll
13) the quote from robert crusoe represented an omen</p>

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<p>“1) lawyer wants: many people offer their narration of the story and together come up with ONE story”</p>

<p>I think the wording of the answer is wrong.</p>

<p>It was more like " Come with their own single narratives…something. "</p>