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PSAT 8/9 Problem-Solving and Data Analysis. Practice it free.
Measures the ability to apply quantitative reasoning about ratios, rates, and proportional relationships; understand and apply unit rate; and analyze and interpret 1- and 2-variable data. This All grades reporting domain maps to 33 practice skills and 8 representative questions from the playable bank.
What the test measuresStandards basis How the PSAT 8/9 reports it Blueprint & weighting Official sources
Problem-Solving and Data Analysis skills
Ratios, rates, proportional relationships, and units
Percentages
1-variable data: distributions and measures of center and spread
2-variable data: models and scatterplots
Probability and conditional probability
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
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Topics mapped to this domain
Scatterplots and trend lines
Custom unit conversions
Fraction-decimal-percent conversion
Percent from part and whole
Percent of a quantity
Percent parts of a whole
Compound probability
One-event probability word problems
Probability basics
Probability from number sets
Sample spaces for compound events
Two-event compound probability word problems
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A trend line predicts that a bakery will sell bagels on Monday. The bakery actually sells bagels. What is the residual (actual value minus predicted value)?
Residual actual predicted .
A package of nuts weighs ounces. What is the weight in pounds? ( pound ounces)
Use a conversion factor with pounds in the numerator so ounces cancel: .
Write as a percent.
Multiply by 100: .
is what percent of
There are students in sixth grade. On Friday, of the students went on a field trip. How many students went on the field trip?
Convert to a decimal and multiply: students.
What is of
Then
Mia can pick from shirts and hats. How many different (shirt, hat) outfits are possible?
By the counting principle: .
A jar contains red tokens and blue tokens. One token is chosen at random. What is the probability that the token is red?
There are tokens in all and are red, so .
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AlgebraMeasures the ability to analyze, fluently solve, and create linear equations and inequalities as well as analyze and fluently solve equations and systems of equations using multiple techniques.8 QsPractice →Advanced MathMeasures skills and knowledge central for progression to more advanced math courses, including demonstrating an understanding of absolute value, quadratic, exponential, polynomial, rational, radical, and other nonlinear equations.8 QsPractice →GeometryMeasures the ability to solve problems that focus on area and volume; lines, angles, triangles.8 QsPractice →