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Question ID e5c57163
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: e5c57163

Square A has side lengths that are times the side lengths of square B. The area of square A is times the area of
square B. What is the value of ?

ID: e5c57163 Answer

Correct Answer: 27556

Rationale

The correct answer is . The area of a square is , where is the side length of the square. Let represent the
length of each side of square B. Substituting for in yields . It follows that the area of square B is . It’s given
that square A has side lengths that are times the side lengths of square B. Since represents the length of each
side of square B, the length of each side of square A can be represented by the expression . It follows that the
area of square A is , or . It’s given that the area of square A is times the area of square B. Since the
area of square A is equal to , and the area of square B is equal to , an equation representing the given
statement is . Since represents the length of each side of square B, the value of must be positive.
Therefore, the value of is also positive, so it does not equal . Dividing by on both sides of the equation
yields . Therefore, the value of is .

Question Difficulty: Hard

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Question ID 9966235e
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: 9966235e

A cube has an edge length of inches. A solid sphere with a radius of inches is inside the cube, such that the
sphere touches the center of each face of the cube. To the nearest cubic inch, what is the volume of the space in the
cube not taken up by the sphere?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: 9966235e Answer

Correct Answer: A

Rationale

Choice A is correct. The volume of a cube can be found by using the formula , where is the volume and is
the edge length of the cube. Therefore, the volume of the given cube is , or cubic inches. The volume
of a sphere can be found by using the formula , where is the volume and is the radius of the sphere.
Therefore, the volume of the given sphere is , or approximately cubic inches. The volume of
the space in the cube not taken up by the sphere is the difference between the volume of the cube and volume of the
sphere. Subtracting the approximate volume of the sphere from the volume of the cube gives
cubic inches.

Choice B is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Question Difficulty: Hard

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Question ID a07ed090
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: a07ed090

The figure shown is a right circular cylinder with a radius of and height of . A second right circular cylinder (not
shown) has a volume that is times as large as the volume of the cylinder shown. Which of the following could
represent the radius , in terms of , and the height , in terms of , of the second cylinder?

A. and

B. and

C. and

D. and

ID: a07ed090 Answer

Correct Answer: C

Rationale

Choice C is correct. The volume of a right circular cylinder is equal to , where is the radius of a base of the
cylinder and is the height of the cylinder. It’s given that the cylinder shown has a radius of and a height of . It
follows that the volume of the cylinder shown is equal to . It’s given that the second right circular cylinder has a
radius of and a height of . It follows that the volume of the second cylinder is equal to . Choice C gives
and . Substituting for and for in the expression that represents the volume of the second
cylinder yields , or , which is equivalent to , or . This expression is
equal to times the volume of the cylinder shown, . Therefore, and could represent the
radius , in terms of , and the height , in terms of , of the second cylinder.

Choice A is incorrect. Substituting for and for in the expression that represents the volume of the second
cylinder yields , or , which is equivalent to , or . This expression is
equal to , not , times the volume of the cylinder shown.

Choice B is incorrect. Substituting for and for in the expression that represents the volume of the second
cylinder yields , or , which is equivalent to , or . This
expression is equal to , not , times the volume of the cylinder shown.

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Choice D is incorrect. Substituting for and for in the expression that represents the volume of the second
cylinder yields , or , which is equivalent to , or . This
expression is equal to , not , times the volume of the cylinder shown.

Question Difficulty: Hard

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Question ID ba8ca563
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: ba8ca563

A cube has a volume of cubic units. What is the surface area, in square units, of the cube?

ID: ba8ca563 Answer

Correct Answer: 36504

Rationale

The correct answer is . The volume of a cube can be found using the formula , where represents the
edge length of a cube. It’s given that this cube has a volume of cubic units. Substituting for in
yields . Taking the cube root of both sides of this equation yields . Thus, the edge length
of the cube is units. Since each face of a cube is a square, it follows that each face has an edge length of units.
The area of a square can be found using the formula . Substituting for in this formula yields , or
. Therefore, the area of one face of this cube is square units. Since a cube has faces, the surface
area, in square units, of this cube is , or .

Question Difficulty: Hard

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Question ID 899c6042
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: 899c6042

A right circular cone has a height of and a base with a diameter of . The volume of this
cone is . What is the value of ?

ID: 899c6042 Answer

Correct Answer: 66

Rationale

The correct answer is . It’s given that the right circular cone has a height of centimeters and a base with a
diameter of . Since the diameter of the base of the cone is , the radius of the base is . The volume ,
, of a right circular cone can be found using the formula , where is the height, , and is the
radius, , of the base of the cone. Substituting for and for in this formula yields , or
. Therefore, the volume of the cone is . It’s given that the volume of the cone is . Therefore,
the value of is .

Question Difficulty: Hard

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Question ID b0dc920d
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: b0dc920d

A manufacturer determined that right cylindrical containers with a height that is

4 inches longer than the radius offer the optimal number of containers to be
displayed on a shelf. Which of the following expresses the volume, V, in cubic
inches, of such containers, where r is the radius, in inches?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: b0dc920d Answer

Correct Answer: D

Rationale

Choice D is correct. The volume, V, of a right cylinder is given by the formula , where r represents the radius
of the base of the cylinder and h represents the height. Since the height is 4 inches longer than the radius, the
expression represents the height of each cylindrical container. It follows that the volume of each container is

represented by the equation . Distributing the expression into each term in the parentheses yields

Choice A is incorrect and may result from representing the height as instead of . Choice B is incorrect and may
result from representing the height as instead of . Choice C is incorrect and may result from representing the

volume of a right cylinder as instead of .

Question Difficulty: Hard

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Question ID 5b2b8866
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: 5b2b8866

A rectangular poster has an area of square inches. A copy of the poster is made in which the length and width of
the original poster are each increased by . What is the area of the copy, in square inches?

ID: 5b2b8866 Answer

Correct Answer: 2592/5, 518.4

Rationale

The correct answer is . It's given that the area of the original poster is square inches. Let 𝓁 represent the

𝓁 . It's also given that a copy of the poster is

length, in inches, of the original poster, and let represent the width, in inches, of the original poster. Since the area of
a rectangle is equal to its length times its width, it follows that

of the length of the original poster, which is equivalent to 𝓁 𝓁

made in which the length and width of the original poster are each increased by . It follows that the length of the

inches. This length can be rewritten as 𝓁 𝓁 inches, or 𝓁 inches. Similarly, the width of the copy is the width of
copy is the length of the original poster plus

the original poster plus of the width of the original poster, which is equivalent to inches. This width

𝓁
can be rewritten as inches, or inches. Since the area of a rectangle is equal to its length times its

𝓁 . Since 𝓁 , the area, in square inches, of the copy can be found by substituting for 𝓁 in the
width, it follows that the area, in square inches, of the copy is equal to , which can be rewritten as

expression 𝓁 , which yields , or . Therefore, the area of the copy, in square inches,
is .

Question Difficulty: Hard

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Question ID 310c87fe
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: 310c87fe

A cube has a surface area of 54 square meters. What is the

volume, in cubic meters, of the cube?

A. 18

B. 27

C. 36

D. 81

ID: 310c87fe Answer

Correct Answer: B

Rationale

Choice B is correct. The surface area of a cube with side length s is equal to . Since the surface area is given as 54

square meters, the equation can be used to solve for s. Dividing both sides of the equation by 6 yields
. Taking the square root of both sides of this equation yields and . Since the side length of a cube must
be a positive value, can be discarded as a possible solution, leaving . The volume of a cube with side

length s is equal to . Therefore, the volume of this cube, in cubic meters, is , or 27.

Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may result from calculation errors.

Question Difficulty: Hard

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Question ID 459dd6c5
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: 459dd6c5

Triangles and are similar. Each side length of triangle is times the corresponding side length of
triangle . The area of triangle is square inches. What is the area, in square inches, of triangle ?

ID: 459dd6c5 Answer

Correct Answer: 135/8, 16.87, 16.88

Rationale

The correct answer is . It's given that triangles and are similar and each side length of triangle
is times the corresponding side length of triangle . For two similar triangles, if each side length of the first
triangle is times the corresponding side length of the second triangle, then the area of the first triangle is times the
area of the second triangle. Therefore, the area of triangle is , or , times the area of triangle . It's given
that the area of triangle is square inches. Let represent the area, in square inches, of triangle . It
follows that is times , or . Dividing both sides of this equation by yields , which is
equivalent to . Thus, the area, in square inches, of triangle is . Note that 135/8, 16.87, and 16.88 are
examples of ways to enter a correct answer.

Question Difficulty: Hard

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Question ID 306264ab
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: 306264ab

A right triangle has sides of length , , and units. What is the area of the triangle, in square units?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: 306264ab Answer

Correct Answer: B

Rationale

Choice B is correct. The area, , of a triangle can be found using the formula , where is the length of the
base of the triangle and is the height of the triangle. It's given that the triangle is a right triangle. Therefore, its base
and height can be represented by the two legs. It’s also given that the triangle has sides of length , , and
units. Since units is the greatest of these lengths, it's the length of the hypotenuse. Therefore, the two legs have
lengths and units. Substituting these values for and in the formula gives
, which is equivalent to square units, or square units.

Choice A is incorrect. This expression represents the perimeter, rather than the area, of the triangle.

Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Question Difficulty: Hard

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Question ID f7e626b2
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: f7e626b2

The dimensions of a right rectangular prism are 4 inches by 5 inches by

6 inches. What is the surface area, in square inches, of the prism?

A. 30

B. 74

C. 120

D. 148

ID: f7e626b2 Answer

Rationale

Choice D is correct. The surface area is found by summing the area of each face. A right rectangular prism consists of
three pairs of congruent rectangles, so the surface area is found by multiplying the areas of three adjacent rectangles
by 2 and adding these products. For this prism, the surface area is equal to , or
, which is equal to 148.

Choice A is incorrect. This is the area of one of the faces of the prism. Choice B is incorrect and may result from adding
the areas of three adjacent rectangles without multiplying by 2. Choice C is incorrect. This is the volume, in cubic
inches, of the prism.

Question Difficulty: Hard

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Question ID f329442c
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: f329442c

Circle has a radius of and circle has a radius of , where is a positive constant. The area of circle is
how many times the area of circle ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: f329442c Answer

Correct Answer: D

Rationale

Choice D is correct. The area of a circle can be found by using the formula , where is the area and is the
radius of the circle. It’s given that the radius of circle A is . Substituting this value for into the formula
gives , or . It’s also given that the radius of circle B is . Substituting this value for into the
formula gives , or . Dividing the area of circle B by the area of circle A gives
, which simplifies to . Therefore, the area of circle B is times the area of circle A.

Choice A is incorrect. This is how many times greater the radius of circle B is than the radius of circle A.

Choice B is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice C is incorrect. This is the coefficient on the term that describes the radius of circle B.

Question Difficulty: Hard

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Question ID eb70d2d0
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: eb70d2d0

What is the area, in square units, of the triangle formed by connecting the three points shown?

ID: eb70d2d0 Answer

Correct Answer: 24.5, 49/2

Rationale

The correct answer is . It's given that a triangle is formed by connecting the three points shown, which are
, , and . Let this triangle be triangle A. The area of triangle A can be found by calculating the area of the
rectangle that circumscribes it and subtracting the areas of the three triangles that are inside the rectangle but outside
triangle A. The rectangle formed by the points , , , and circumscribes triangle A. The
width, in units, of this rectangle can be found by calculating the distance between the points and . This
distance is , or . The length, in units, of this rectangle can be found by calculating the distance between the
points and . This distance is , or . It follows that the area, in square units, of the rectangle is
, or . One of the triangles that lies inside the rectangle but outside triangle A is formed by the points ,
, and . The length, in units, of a base of this triangle can be found by calculating the distance between the
points and . This distance is , or . The corresponding height, in units, of this triangle can be found
by calculating the distance between the points and . This distance is , or . It follows that the
area, in square units, of this triangle is , or . A second triangle that lies inside the rectangle but outside
triangle A is formed by the points , , and . The length, in units, of a base of this triangle can be

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found by calculating the distance between the points and . This distance is , or . The
corresponding height, in units, of this triangle can be found by calculating the distance between the points and
. This distance is , or . It follows that the area, in square units, of this triangle is , or . The third
triangle that lies inside the rectangle but outside triangle A is formed by the points , , and .
The length, in units, of a base of this triangle can be found by calculating the distance between the points and
. This distance is , or . The corresponding height, in units, of this triangle can be found by
calculating the distance between the points and . This distance is , or . It follows that the
area, in square units, of this triangle is , or . Thus, the area, in square units, of the triangle formed by
connecting the three points shown is , or . Note that 24.5 and 49/2 are examples of ways to
enter a correct answer.

Question Difficulty: Hard

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Question ID 93de3f84
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: 93de3f84

The volume of right circular cylinder A is 22 cubic centimeters. What is the

volume, in cubic centimeters, of a right circular cylinder with twice the radius
and half the height of cylinder A?

A. 11

B. 22

C. 44

D. 66

ID: 93de3f84 Answer

Correct Answer: C

Rationale

Choice C is correct. The volume of right circular cylinder A is given by the expression , where r is the radius of its
circular base and h is its height. The volume of a cylinder with twice the radius and half the height of cylinder A is given

by , which is equivalent to . Therefore, the volume is twice the volume of cylinder A,

or .

Choice A is incorrect and likely results from not multiplying the radius of cylinder A by 2. Choice B is incorrect and likely
results from not squaring the 2 in 2r when applying the volume formula. Choice D is incorrect and likely results from a
conceptual error.

Question Difficulty: Hard

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Question ID f243c383
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: f243c383

Two identical rectangular prisms each have a height of . The base of each prism is a square,
and the surface area of each prism is . If the prisms are glued together along a square base, the resulting prism
has a surface area of . What is the side length, in , of each square base?

A.

B.

C.

D.

ID: f243c383 Answer

Correct Answer: B

Rationale

Choice B is correct. Let represent the side length, in , of each square base. If the two prisms are glued together
along a square base, the resulting prism has a surface area equal to twice the surface area of one of the prisms, minus
the area of the two square bases that are being glued together, which yields . It’s given that this
resulting surface area is equal to , so . Subtracting from both sides of this
equation yields . This equation can be rewritten by multiplying on the left-hand side by ,
which yields , or . Adding to both sides of this equation yields
. Multiplying both sides of this equation by yields . The surface area , in , of each
rectangular prism is equivalent to the sum of the areas of the two square bases and the areas of the four lateral faces.
Since the height of each rectangular prism is and the side length of each square base is , it follows that
the area of each square base is and the area of each lateral face is . Therefore, the surface area of
each rectangular prism can be represented by the expression , or . Substituting this
expression for in the equation yields . Subtracting and from both sides
of this equation yields . Factoring from the right-hand side of this equation yields
. Applying the zero product property, it follows that and . Adding to
both sides of the equation yields . Dividing both sides of this equation by yields .
Since a side length of a rectangular prism can’t be , the length of each square base is .

Choice A is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

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Question ID dc71597b
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: dc71597b

A right circular cone has a volume of cubic feet and a height of 9 feet.
What is the radius, in feet, of the base of the cone?

A.

B.

C.

D. 3

ID: dc71597b Answer

Correct Answer: A

Rationale

Choice A is correct. The equation for the volume of a right circular cone is . It’s given that the volume of

the right circular cone is cubic feet and the height is 9 feet. Substituting these values for V and h, respectively,

gives . Dividing both sides of the equation by gives . Dividing both sides of the

equation by 9 gives . Taking the square root of both sides results in two possible values for the radius,

or . Since the radius can’t have a negative value, that leaves as the only possibility. Applying the

quotient property of square roots, , results in , or .

Choices B and C are incorrect and may result from incorrectly evaluating . Choice D is incorrect and may result

from solving instead of .

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Question ID 9f934297
Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Geometry and Area and volume

Trigonometry

ID: 9f934297

A right rectangular prism has a length of , a width of , and a height of . What is the
surface area, , of the right rectangular prism?

ID: 9f934297 Answer

Correct Answer: 2216

Rationale

The correct answer is . The surface area of a prism is the sum of the areas of all its faces. A right rectangular
prism consists of six rectangular faces, where opposite faces are congruent. It's given that this prism has a length of
, a width of , and a height of . Thus, for this prism, there are two faces with area ,
two faces with area , and two faces with area . Therefore, the surface area, , of the
right rectangular prism is , or .

Question Difficulty: Hard

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