PSAT 8/9 Geometry. Practice it free.

Measures the ability to solve problems that focus on area and volume; lines, angles, triangles. This All grades reporting domain maps to 22 practice skills and 8 representative questions from the playable bank.

Grades 8-922 mapped skills
What the test measures

Geometry skills

  1. Area and volume

  2. Lines, angles, and triangles, including right triangles

Standards basis

Common Core State Standards (CCSS-M) / college-and-career-readiness aligned SAT Suite math framework — national

How the PSAT 8/9 reports it

PSAT 8/9 uses the SAT Suite’s shared digital math framework and the same four content domains as the other suite tests, with PSAT 8/9 adjusted for a younger grade band. College Board notes that PSAT 8/9 does not test trigonometry.

Blueprint & weighting

PSAT 8/9 Math has 44 questions total over 2 modules and 70 minutes total. Published question distribution is Algebra 16–18, Advanced Math 7–9, Problem-Solving and Data Analysis 9–11, and Geometry 4–6; College Board also summarizes these as approximately 42.5%, 20%, 25%, and 12.5%, respectively.

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Practice playeasy

Find the area of a trapezoid with bases b1=7b_1 = 7 and b2=10b_2 = 10 and height h=6h = 6.

Trapezoid area =12(b1+b2)h=12(7+10)6=12(17)6=51= \dfrac{1}{2}(b_1 + b_2) \cdot h = \dfrac{1}{2}(7 + 10) \cdot 6 = \dfrac{1}{2}(17) \cdot 6 = 51.

Practice playeasy

A rectangle is 33 cm long and 22 cm wide. What is its area in cm2^2?

3×2=63 \times 2 = 6.

Practice playeasy

The equation (x2)2+(y+1)2=16(x - 2)^2 + (y + 1)^2 = 16 represents Circle A. Circle B is obtained by shifting Circle A down 33 units in the coordinate plane. Which of the following equations represents Circle B?

Circle A has center (2,1)(2, -1) and radius 44. Shifting down 33 moves the center to (2,4)(2, -4), so Circle B is (x2)2+(y+4)2=16(x - 2)^2 + (y + 4)^2 = 16.

Practice playeasy

A circle has radius 33. Using π=3\pi = 3, what is its area?

A=πr2=3×9=27A = \pi r^2 = 3 \times 9 = 27.

Practice playmedium

A metal sample has a mass of 540540 kilograms and a density of 1212 kilograms per cubic meter. What is the volume of the sample, in cubic meters?

Set up the proportion 12 kilograms1 cubic meter=540 kilogramsx cubic meters.\dfrac{12\text{ kilograms}}{1\text{ cubic meter}} = \dfrac{540\text{ kilograms}}{x\text{ cubic meters}}\textsf{.} Cross-multiplying gives 12x=540,12x = 540\textsf{,} so x=45 m3.x = 45\text{ m}^{3}\textsf{.}

Practice playeasy

Similar rectangles WXYZWXYZ and ABCDABCD have areas 1616 and 64.64\textsf{.} Side WXWX corresponds to side AB,AB\textsf{,} and WX=5.WX = 5\textsf{.} What is the length of AB?AB\textsf{?}

The area ratio is 6416=4=k2,\dfrac{64}{16} = 4 = k^{2}\textsf{,} so the scale factor is k=2.k = 2\textsf{.} Then AB=52=10.AB = 5 \cdot 2 = 10\textsf{.}

Practice playeasy

A rectangle has width 55 m and perimeter 3030 m. What is its length in meters?

Perimeter P=2+2wP = 2\ell + 2w, so 30=2+2(5)30 = 2\ell + 2(5). Then 30=2+1030 = 2\ell + 10, so 2=202\ell = 20 and =10 m.\ell = 10\text{ m}\textsf{.}

Practice playhard

A rectangular prism has volume 7272 cubic centimeters and height 44 centimeters. The length is twice the width. What is the width, in centimeters?

V=whV = \ell w h and =2w\ell = 2w, so 72=(2w)(w)(4)=8w272 = (2w)(w)(4) = 8w^2. Then w2=9w^2 = 9 and w=3 cm.w = 3\text{ cm}\textsf{.}

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