Common Core State Standards (CCSS-M) / college-and-career-readiness aligned SAT Suite math framework — national
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.
Common Core State Standards (CCSS-M) / college-and-career-readiness aligned SAT Suite math framework — national
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.
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.
College Board PSAT 8/9
College Board Math Specifications - SAT Suite of Assessments
College Board PSAT 8/9 Student Guide PDF
Find the area of a trapezoid with bases and and height .
Trapezoid area .
A rectangle is cm long and cm wide. What is its area in cm?
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The equation represents Circle A. Circle B is obtained by shifting Circle A down units in the coordinate plane. Which of the following equations represents Circle B?
Circle A has center and radius . Shifting down moves the center to , so Circle B is .
A circle has radius . Using , what is its area?
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A metal sample has a mass of kilograms and a density of kilograms per cubic meter. What is the volume of the sample, in cubic meters?
Set up the proportion Cross-multiplying gives so
Similar rectangles and have areas and Side corresponds to side and What is the length of
The area ratio is so the scale factor is Then
A rectangle has width m and perimeter m. What is its length in meters?
Perimeter , so . Then , so and
A rectangular prism has volume cubic centimeters and height centimeters. The length is twice the width. What is the width, in centimeters?
and , so . Then and
The PSAT 8/9 placement starts with this test's real coverage map and finds the right difficulty.