Digital SAT study guide
Understand the SAT. Know what to study.
This is your study roadmap: learn what the SAT tests, explore each topic, and choose your next practice activity. These pages explain the syllabus; practice questions and downloadable worksheets live in the links below.
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- Choose a domain below to see its skills, common question types, and study strategies.
- Download a topic guide or daily Math worksheet for worked examples and answers.
- Open practice in the student hub to apply what you learned.
Exam format: 54 Reading & Writing questions in 64 minutes, then 44 Math questions in 70 minutes, with a 10-minute break between sections. The counts below describe the real SAT, not the number of questions on this guide page or in Prepvora’s library.
Source: College Board’s SAT structureSAT Math · 44 questions on the real exam
Algebra
~35%Linear equations, systems, inequalities, functions.
Read guideAdvanced Math
~35%Quadratics, exponentials, polynomials, radicals.
Read guideProblem-Solving & Data Analysis
~15%Ratios, percentages, stats, data interpretation.
Read guideGeometry & Trigonometry
~15%Triangles, circles, volume, unit circle.
Read guideSAT Reading & Writing · 54 questions on the real exam
Information & Ideas
~26%Main idea, evidence, inference, data reasoning.
Read guideCraft & Structure
~28%Words in context, purpose, cross-text connections.
Read guideExpression of Ideas
~20%Transitions, rhetorical synthesis, concision.
Read guideStandard English Conventions
~26%Punctuation, grammar, sentence structure.
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