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PRACTICE SAT QUESTIONS

1. What is the value of x? 4. Which of the following statements is correct?

B
x°
61°

130° 70°

A. 60
B. 70 59°
A C
C. 80
D. 90
A. AB < BC < AC
E. 100
B. BC < AB < AC
C. AB < AC < BC
2. m∠ABC =
D. AC < BC < AB
E. BC < AC < AB
B
5. What is the area of the triangle below?
(5x)°

(4x)° (3x)° 4 in
A C

A. 35°
B. 45° 45°
C. 55°
D. 65°
E. 75° A. 4 in 2
B. 5 in 2
3. y − x = C. 6 in 2
D. 7 in 2
E. 8 in 2
x°
20°

y° 40°

A. 60
B. 50
C. 40
D. 30
E. 20
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6. m∠BAC = x°. What is the value of x? 10. y − x =

A x°
80°

50°

12 8√3

70°
y°
B C
4√3
A. 80
7. The area of the triangle below is 56 cm2. What is the B. 70
height of the triangle? C. 30
D. 20
E. 10

11. m∠CBA =

(3x)°
7

8. Which of the following could be the lengths of the (5x)° 50°

sides of a triangle? C
A
I. 3,3,6
II. 3,4,8
III. 4,5,8 A. 125
B. 105
A. I
C. 75
B. II
D. 50
C. III
E. 25
D. I and II
E. II and III
12. What is the perimeter of an equilateral triangle with
a height of 6 feet?
9. If the angles of a triangle have a ratio of 1 : 2 : 3
which of the following statements are true? A. 2 3
I. The triangle is a right triangle.
B. 4 3
II. The ratio of the sides are 1: 3 :2.
C. 6 3
III. The angle measures are 30°, 60°, 90°.
A. I D. 10 3
B. II E. 12 3
C. I and II
D. II and III
E. I, II, and III
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13. x + y = 16. a + b + c + x + y =

10
a°

30 c°
y x
y°

b°
18 50°
x°

14. Two sides of a triangle are 7 and 16. Which of the

following is not the length of the third side? A. 360
A. 22 B. 310
B. 17 C. 270
C. 12 D. 180
D. 10 E. 90
E. 9
17. The area of an equilateral triangle is 36 3 cm 2 .
15. Which of the following is the longest side? What is the height of the triangle?
A. 6 cm
C B. 12 cm
50°
B C. 6 3 cm
70°
55° D. 12 3 cm
E. 36 cm

18. In the figure below, if BC = 5 then AB =

A
60° B
80° 45° 135°
A D

____
A. BD
____
B. BC
____
C. AB 90°
____
D. DC
____ C
E. AD

A. 5
B. 10
C. 25
D. 5 2
E. 10 2
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19. m∠BCA = 45°, m∠BAC = 60° 21. What is the length of the base of the right triangle
m∠CBA = 75°, and m∠BDC = 90°. If DC = 5 below if the area is 20 in2?
then AD =

C
x+6

D
x+3

A
22. What is the value of x?

A. 5 2
B. 5 3
5 3 15
C. x
3
5 2 √11
D.
2
E. 10 2
6

20. What is the value of x?

A. 5
B. 10
140°
60° C. 11
D. 91
E. 111

50°
x°

A. 40
B. 50
C. 60
D. 70
E. 80
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23. If a > b, which of the following statements is true? 25. a + b + c + d =

60°

b° c°
d°
a°

b° 50°
a°
R T

I. RT > RS A. 360
II. ST > RS B. 230
III. RT > ST C. 180
D. 130
A. I
E. 90
B. II
C. III
26. ∆ ABC is an equilateral triangle and ∆ ADC is an
D. I and II
isosceles triangle. If AD = 12 what is the area of the
E. II and III
shaded region?
24. What is the value of a?
B

a°

110°

y° x° 30°
y° A C
x°

A. 110 A. 108 23
B. 70 B. 72 3
C. 50
D. 40 C. 36 3
E. 30 D. 144
E. 72