SAT考试数学练习题 1[1]
1. Of the following, which is greater than ½ ?
A. 2/5
B. 4/7
C. 4/9
D. 5/11
E. 6/13
2. If an object travels at five feet per second, how many feet does it travel in one hour?
A. 30
B. 300
C. 720
D. 1800
E. 18000
3. What is the average (arithmetic mean) of all the multiples of ten from 10 to 190 inclusive?
A. 90
B. 95
C. 100
D. 105
E. 110
4. A cubical block of metal weighs 6 pounds. How much will another cube of the same metal weigh if its sides are twice as long?
A. 48
B. 32
C. 24
D. 18
E. 12
5. In a class of 78 students 41 are taking French, 22 are taking German and 9 students are taking both French and German. How many students are not enrolled in either course?
A. 6
B. 15
C. 24
D. 33
E. 54
答案
1.Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
One way to deal with fractions is to convert them all to decimals. (Using your calculator, divide the numerator by the denominator).
In this case all you would need to do is to see which is greater than 0.5.
Otherwise to see which is greater than ?, double the numerator and see if the result is greater than the denominator. In B, the correct answer, doubling the numerator gives us 8, which is bigger than 7.
2.Correct Answer: E
Explanation:
If an object travels at 5 feet per second it covers 5x60 feet in one minute, and 5x60x60 feet in one hour. Answer = 18000 (E)
3.Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
You could add up all the multiples of 10 (10 + 20 + 30 ....+190), and divide by the number of terms (19). Or you could realize that the average of an evenly spaced series of numbers is equal to the value of the middle term (or the average of the two middle terms if there are an even number of terms). The middle term out of 19 is the tenth term in the series = 100.
4.Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
If you double the sides ofSAT