Correct Answers and Difficulty Levels for the SAT Practice Test - SAT Score Conversion and Raw-to-Scaled Scoring

Sep 22, 2026

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Answer key and estimated difficulty levels for a SAT practice test, organized by sections including Critical Reading, Math, and Writing. Provides scoring guidance to convert student responses into raw scores, then rounds raw scores and uses reference tables to obtain scaled scores. Includes formulas for counting correct/incorrect responses, calculating subscores, estimating essay contribution, and deriving the Writing composite score. Concludes with an SAT score conversion table mapping raw scores to scaled results.

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Correct Answers and Difficulty Levels

Critical Reading Sections 4, 6, and 9

Math and Writing Sections 3, 5, and 10

Scoring the SAT Practice Test

Get Your Math Score

Get Your Critical Reading Score

Get Your Writing Score

SAT Score Conversion Table

Correct Answers and Difficulty Levels for the SAT Practice Test Critical Reading Section 4 COR. DIFF. ANS. LEV. COR. DIFF. ANS. LEV. 1. E 2. C 3. B 4. E 5. C 6. B 7. D 8. B 9. D 10 . B 11 . A 12 . E 1 3 3 5 5 1 2 5 5 3 3 2 13 . A 14 . B 15 . A 16 . B 17 . E 18 . A 19 . E 20 . C 21 . D 22 . E 23 . C 3 3 2 3 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 Section 6 COR. DIFF. ANS. LEV. 1. A 1 2. A 3 3. D 4 4. C 3 5. B 4 6. C 5 7. B 5 8. A 5 9. C 2 10 . B 2 11 . E 2 12 . A 4 COR. DIFF. ANS. LEV. 13 . E 4 14 . B 3 15 . C 3 16 . E 2 17 . C 1 18 . D 2 19 . A 3 20 . D 5 21 . B 3 22 . B 3 23 . D 2 24 . A 3 25 . B 3 Section 9 COR. DIFF. ANS. LEV. 1. E 1 2. B 2 3. C 3 4. C 3 5. D 4 6. A 5 7. B 3 8. D 2 9. E 3 10 . C 4 COR. DIFF. ANS. LEV. 11 . C 3 12 . C 4 13 . A 3 14 . B 5 15 . A 3 16 . D 3 17 . C 3 18 . C 3 19 . E 3 Number correct Number incorrect Number correct Number incorrect Number correct Number incorrect Math Writing Section 3 COR. DIFF. ANS. LEV. 1. D 2 2. E 1 3. E 1 4. E 3 5. B 3 6. A 3 7. B 3 8. D 3 9. C 3 COR. DIFF. ANS. LEV. 10 . C 5 11 . C 5 12 . A 1 13 . D 3 14 . B 1 15 . B 1 16 . A 3 17 . C 3 18 . C 3 COR. DIFF. ANS. LEV. 19 . E 2 20 . A 5 21 . E 3 22 . D 3 23 . D 4 24 . A 1 25 . B 5 26 . C 5 27 . D 5 COR. DIFF. ANS. LEV. 28 . A 3 29 . E 3 30 . C 3 31 . E 3 32 . A 3 33 . E 3 34 . A 3 35 . C 3 Section 10 COR. DIFF. COR. DIFF. COR. DIFF. ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV. 1. C 1 6. A 1 11 . E 3 2. D 1 7. C 2 12 . B 3 3. D 1 8. B 3 13 . C 4 4. D 1 9. A 3 14 . D 5 5. C 3 10 . D 3 Number correct Number incorrect Number correct Number incorrect NOTE: Difficulty levels are estimates of question difficulty for a reference group of college-bound seniors. Difficulty levels range from 1 (easiest) to 5 (hardest) . SAT Preparation Booklet 83 Scoring the SAT Practice Test Check your responses with the correct answers on page 83. Fill in the blanks below and do the calculations to get your math, critical reading, and writing raw scores. Use the tables on pages 85–86 to find your scaled scores. Get Your Math Score How many math questions did you get right? Section 2: Questions 1–18 Section 5: Questions 1–20 + Section 8: Questions 1–16 + Total = (A) How many multiple-choice math questions did you get wrong? Section 2: Questions 1–8 Section 5: Questions 1–20 + Section 8: Questions 1–16 + Total = × 0.25 = (B) A-B = Math Raw Score Round Math raw score to the nearest whole number. Use the table on page 85 to find your Math scaled score. Get Your Critical Reading Score How many critical reading questions did you get right? Section 4: Questions 1–23 Section 6: Questions 1–25 + Section 9: Questions 1–19 + Total = (A) How many critical reading questions did you get wrong? Section 4: Questions 1–23 Section 6: Questions 1–25 + Section 9: Questions 1–19 + Total = × 0.25 = (B) A-B = Critical Reading Raw Score Round Critical Reading raw score to the nearest whole number. Use the table on page 85 to find your Critical Reading scaled score. Get Your Writing Score How many multiple-choice writing questions did you get right? Section 3: Questions 1–35 Section 10: Questions 1–14 + Total = (A) How many multiple-choice writing questions did you get wrong? Section 3: Questions 1–35 Section 10: Questions 1–14 + Total = × 0.25 = (B) A-B = Writing multiple-choice Raw Score Round Writing multiple-choice raw score to the nearest whole number. (C) Use the table on page 85 to find your Writing multiple-choice scaled score. Estimate your essay score using the Essay Scoring Guide on page 35. × 2 = (D) Use the table on page 86, your writing multiple-choice raw score (C),

FAQs

What do the difficulty levels represent in this SAT practice test answer key?

Difficulty levels are estimates of question difficulty for a reference group of college-bound seniors, ranging from 1 (easiest) to 5 (hardest).

How are math raw scores calculated?

Math raw score is derived from the number correct and the number wrong using the section question ranges, then rounding the resulting A-B value to the nearest whole number before using the scaled-score table.

How is the writing composite scaled score determined?

The process uses writing multiple-choice raw score (C) and an estimated essay score (D), then applies the provided formula and the writing conversion table to find the Writing composite scaled score.

Sep 22, 2026

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