Section 1: Reading and Writing
54 questions · 64 minutes · 200-800 scale
Craft and Structure
~28% (13-15 qs)- • Words in Context (Advanced vocabulary in passage)
- • Text Structure and Purpose (Overall argument arc)
- • Cross-Text Connections (Comparing perspectives of two passages)
Information and Ideas
~26% (12-14 qs)- • Central Ideas and Details (Main argument identification)
- • Command of Evidence: Textual (Finding quotation support)
- • Command of Evidence: Quantitative (Interpreting bar charts & graphs)
- • Inferences (Logically completing passage conclusions)
Standard English Conventions
~26% (11-15 qs)- • Boundaries (Semicolons, colons, dashes, and periods)
- • Form, Structure, and Sense (Subject-verb & pronoun agreement)
- • Modifier Placement (Dangling and misplaced modifiers)
Expression of Ideas
~20% (8-12 qs)- • Rhetorical Synthesis (Synthesizing bulleted research notes)
- • Transitions (However, furthermore, consequently, therefore)
Section 2: Mathematics
44 questions · 70 minutes · 200-800 scale · Desmos enabled
Algebra
~35% (13-15 qs)- • Linear equations in one and two variables
- • Systems of two linear equations
- • Linear functions and graphical representations (slope, intercepts)
- • Linear inequalities in one or two variables
Advanced Math
~35% (13-15 qs)- • Equivalent algebraic expressions & factoring
- • Nonlinear equations in one variable (Quadratics, radicals)
- • Systems of equations involving linear and quadratic relations
- • Exponential functions, growth/decay, and polynomial graphs
Problem-Solving & Data
~15% (5-7 qs)- • Ratios, rates, proportional relationships, and unit conversion
- • Percentages (Increases, decreases, compound interest)
- • One-variable data: Distributions, mean, median, standard deviation
- • Two-variable data: Scatterplots, lines of best fit, two-way tables
Geometry & Trigonometry
~15% (5-7 qs)- • Area and volume formulas (Provided on reference sheet)
- • Lines, angles, and triangles (Special right 30-60-90, 45-45-90)
- • Right-triangle trigonometry (sin, cos, tan, radians vs. degrees)
- • Circles: Equations (x-h)^2 + (y-k)^2 = r^2, arc length, sector area
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