SAT Skills

Every SAT skill, decoded.

The digital SAT tests the same 31 skills, every time. Pick any one to see how often it appears, the exact way to score it, the traps to dodge, and real practice questions from our bank.

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Reading & Writing

Craft and Structure

Words in Context~7 per test · 2 question types Text Structure and Purpose~4 per test · 3 question types Cross-Text Connections~3 per test · 3 question types

Information and Ideas

Central Ideas and Details~4 per test · 2 question types Inferences~4 per test · 2 question types Command of Evidence — Textual~6 per test · 2 question types Command of Evidence — Quantitative~3 per test · 1 question type

Expression of Ideas

Rhetorical Synthesis~6 per test · 1 question type Transitions~5 per test · 1 question type

Standard English Conventions

Boundaries (Punctuation)~6 per test · 1 question type Form, Structure, and Sense~6 per test · 1 question type

Math

Algebra

Linear equations · one variable~3 per test · 4 question types Linear equations · two variables~3 per test · 5 question types Linear functions~4 per test · 6 question types Systems of two linear equations~3 per test · 4 question types Linear inequalities~2 per test · 6 question types

Advanced Math

Equivalent expressions~3 per test · 4 question types Nonlinear equations · one variable~2 per test · 5 question types Systems with nonlinear equations~2 per test · 3 question types Nonlinear functions~5 per test · 7 question types

Problem-Solving and Data Analysis

Ratios, rates, proportions, units~2 per test · 5 question types Percentages~2 per test · 4 question types One-variable data: center & spread~2 per test · 6 question types Two-variable data: models & scatterplots~2 per test · 4 question types Probability & conditional probability~2 per test · 4 question types Inference from samples & margin of error~1 per test · 4 question types Evaluating statistical claims~0.4 — rare, but easy points per test · 3 question types

Geometry and Trigonometry

Area and volume~2 per test · 4 question types Lines, angles & triangles~2 per test · 4 question types Right triangles & trigonometry~1 per test · 4 question types Circles~1 per test · 6 question types

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