<p>Please explain thoroughly.</p>
<p>Through how many degrees does the minute hand of a clock turn from 3:10 PM to 3:25 PM?</p>
<p>A) 15
B) 30
C) 45
D) 60
E) 90</p>
<p>That question will never be on the SAT. I’d guess 90 though since it’s 15 minutes. Clock=circle=360 degrees. 360/4=90…I could be totally off though.</p>
<p>Why’s that? It was on an SAT in the 90’s. I got it from 10 Real SAT’s.</p>
<p>@Caldud: The answer is E, 90. Already explained above.</p>
<p>And who said, that this question will never appear in the SAT, there is a probability of such questions appearing there and usually classified as easy. So you will find them in the few first questions.</p>
<p>Idk I went through all the BB practice tests and I never saw anything in which you’d have to evaluate degrees in that way. Idk. Whatever. At least I was right.</p>
<p>Oh, it’s not in the BB. This was the predecessor to BB. It was on the “Saturday, November 1994” SAT test. Not that it matters much, though. Was kind of annoyed cause this was the only problem I missed and didn’t realize 25-10 minutes = 15 minutes and 15 is 1/4 of 60, so 1/4 * 360 = 90.</p>
<p>^Good, that you realized how to solve it. And by the way, don’t solve exams that far, you know the SAT is continously ‘revolutionizing’-if I might say. Such old exams do somehow, dawdle your time, I advise you to refer, in your practice tests, to CB’s tests, those starting from May 05. And if you want more practice, you can refer to UNREAL practice tests of Barron’s, The Princeton Review’s, Kaplan’s, McGraw Hill’s or Spark Notes’. But remember that any test, other than the CB’s, is, though identical to the real tests, should be used just for practice and not as a replica of a real SAT! :)</p>
<p>There are 360° in a circle. The interval stated above says that the minute hand of the clock turns past 15 minutes. Well, 15 minutes is 1/4 of 1 hour; 90 degrees is your answer because 90 is 1/4 of 360.</p>
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<p>…Really?</p>
<p>^…yes?</p>
<p>I hope you were being sarcastic…</p>
<p>My apologizes if I posted the same (nearly) answer as you did, it wasn’t intentional.</p>
<p>While more recent tests are better to practice with, I would use pre-2005 tests any day before using ANY of PR, Barrons’, McGraw hill or any other fake source. While the test has changed slightly in terms of content, the level of dificulty has not changed so practicing with older material is still better than the fake stuff. The fake stuff causes you to miscalibrate your thinking. You never know if you are thinking too hard or too easy, or if in fact the problem you are working on is just mis-worded or completely off-target.</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, this is not correct. </p>
<p>The Math section of the older tests are still valid, and this despite the differences stemming from the few sections that are no longer tested and the extended post-2005 scope. On the other hand, the “unreal” tests are even worse now than they used to be for the pre-2005 tests. With the availability of real tests --including the 10RS-- there are no reasons to use the substandard tests produced by PR, Kaplan, and others.</p>
<p>^My respect to you Xiggi and to other senior members. But, you generalized that the whole thing is amiss, while it isn’t. I said USE THE FAKE TEST FOR JUST PRACTICE AND NOT AS A REPLICA OF THE SAT. And not as a replica of the SAT, is a replacement for the phrase: NOT THAT AUTHENTIC.
That’s one thing. Another point, is that the SAT CR and-somehow- the W had changed, if not greatly, so I gave the advice of using Barron’s, PR, Kaplan, etc… for practice and not to be used as an authentic resource. For I believe that those resources are, initially, for nourishment, adaption and adjustment. Then comes the voluminous role of the CB and the REAL SATs!! Got my point!</p>