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SAT Sample Questions

Quantitative Comparisons

21. Quantity A: (y + 5)²
    Quantity B: (y - 5)²
    1. Quantity A equals Quantity B
    2. Quantity A is greater
    3. Relationship Indeterminate
    4. Quantity B is greater

    Answer: C

22. 

    Diagram is illustrative and is not drawn to scale.

    Quantity A: Measure of angle 1 + Measure of angle 3
    Quantity B: Measure of angle 2 + Measure of angle 4

    1. Relationship Indeterminate
    2. Quantity A is greater
    3. Quantity A equals Quantity B
    4. Quantity B is greater

    Answer: A

23. 

    Diagram is illustrative and is not drawn to scale.
    In triangle ABC, AB = AC and measure of angle 1 = 100^o.

    Quantity A: Measure of angle 2 + Measure of angle 3
    Quantity B: 90^o

    1. Quantity B is greater
    2. Quantity A equals Quantity B
    3. Relationship Indeterminate
    4. Quantity A is greater

    Answer: A

24. 

    Diagram is illustrative and is not drawn to scale.
    Given angles 1 and 2 are equal,
    length of side AB = x, length of side BC = y, length of side AC = z.

    Quantity A: x + y
    Quantity B: y + z

    1. Quantity B is greater
    2. Quantity A equals Quantity B
    3. Quantity A is greater
    4. Relationship Indeterminate

    Answer: B

25. x and y are both positive and x/y > 5

    Quantity A: 0.2x
    Quantity B: y

    1. Quantity B is greater
    2. Relationship Indeterminate
    3. Quantity A equals Quantity B
    4. Quantity A is greater

    Answer: D

26. yz < 0

    Quantity A: (y - z)²
    Quantity B: y² + z²

    1. Quantity A is greater
    2. Quantity B is greater
    3. Quantity A equals Quantity B
    4. Relationship Indeterminate

    Answer: A

27. Consider a rectangle. The length of its shorter side is 8, and the length of its diagonal is 16.

    Quantity A: 30^o
    Quantity B: measure of angle formed by diagonal and shorter side

    1. Quantity A is greater
    2. Quantity A equals Quantity B
    3. Quantity B is greater
    4. Relationship Indeterminate

    Answer: C

28. The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 18.

    Quantity A: Their average
    Quantity B: 6

    1. Relationship Indeterminate
    2. Quantity A is greater
    3. Quantity A equals Quantity B
    4. Quantity B is greater

    Answer: C

29. x - y > 10

    Quantity A: y - x
    Quantity B: 12

    1. Quantity B is greater
    2. Quantity A is greater
    3. Quantity A equals Quantity B
    4. Relationship Indeterminate

    Answer: A

30. x = 0, y > 0

    Quantity A: xy
    Quantity B: yx

    1. Quantity A equals Quantity B
    2. Quantity A is greater
    3. Quantity B is greater
    4. Relationship Indeterminate

    Answer: C