Question ID dd4ab4c4 2.

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: dd4ab4c4

Which of the following is a factor of

the polynomial above?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: dd4ab4c4 Answer

Correct Answer: B

Rationale

Choice B is correct. The first and last terms of the polynomial are both squares such that and

. The second term is twice the product of the square root of the first and last terms:
. Therefore, the polynomial is the square of a binomial such that

, and is a factor.

Choice A is incorrect and may be the result of incorrectly factoring the polynomial. Choice C is incorrect and
may be the result of dividing the second and third terms of the polynomial by their greatest common factor.
Choice D is incorrect and may be the result of not factoring the coefficients.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID b8caaf84 2.2

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: b8caaf84
If and , which of the following is
equivalent to ?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: b8caaf84 Answer

Correct Answer: B

Rationale

Choice B is correct. It’s given that and . Substituting the values for p and v into the
expression yields . Multiplying the terms yields

. Using the distributive property to rewrite yields . Therefore, the entire

expression can be represented as . Combining like terms yields

Choice A is incorrect and may result from subtracting, instead of adding, the term . Choice C is incorrect.
This is the result of multiplying the terms . Choice D is incorrect and may result from
distributing 2, instead of , to the term .

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID ad2ec615 2.3

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: ad2ec615
Which of the following is equivalent to the
expression ?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: ad2ec615 Answer

Correct Answer: B

Rationale

4
Choice B is correct. The term x can be factored as . Factoring –6 as yields values that add to
2
–1, the coefficient of x in the expression.

Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may result from finding factors of –6 that don’t add to the coefficient of
2
x in the original expression.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID 42c71eb5 2.4

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: 42c71eb5

Which of the following is equivalent to

the expression above?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: 42c71eb5 Answer

Correct Answer: A

Rationale

Choice A is correct. The given expression can be rewritten as . Applying the

distributive property, the expression can be rewritten as

, or . Adding like terms yields . Substituting for in the given

expression yields . By the rules of exponents, the expression is equivalent to

. Applying the distributive property, this expression can be rewritten as

, or . Adding like terms gives . Substituting

for in the rewritten expression yields , and adding like terms

yields .

Choices B, C, and D are incorrect. Choices C and D may result from rewriting the expression as

, instead of as . Choices B and C may result from rewriting the expression as

, instead of .

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID a05bd3a4 2.5

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: a05bd3a4
Which of the following expressions is
equivalent to ?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: a05bd3a4 Answer

Correct Answer: C

Rationale

2 2
Choice C is correct. The expression can be written as a difference of squares x – y , which can be factored as
2
(x + y)(x – y). Here, y = 5, so , and the expression therefore factors as .

Choices A and B are incorrect and may result from misunderstanding how to factor a difference of squares.
2
Choice D is incorrect; (x + 5)(x – 1) can be rewritten as x + 4x – 5, which is not equivalent to the original
expression.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID cc776a04 2.6

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: cc776a04
Which of the following is an equivalent form of
?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: cc776a04 Answer

Correct Answer: C

Rationale

Choice C is correct. The first expression can be rewritten as . Applying

the distributive property to this product yields . This difference

can be rewritten as . Distributing the factor of through

the second expression yields . Regrouping like terms, the

expression becomes . Combining like terms yields

Choices A, B, and D are incorrect and likely result from errors made when applying the distributive property or
combining the resulting like terms.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID a520ba07 2.7

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: a520ba07

Which of the following expressions is equivalent

to the expression above?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: a520ba07 Answer

Correct Answer: B

Rationale

Choice B is correct. One of the properties of radicals is . Thus, the given expression can be
1 2 2
rewritten as . Simplifying by taking the cube root of each part gives x ⋅ y , or xy .

Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may be the result of incorrect application of the properties of exponents
and radicals.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID 5b6af6b1 2.8

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: 5b6af6b1
Which expression is equivalent to ?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: 5b6af6b1 Answer

Correct Answer: C

Rationale

Choice C is correct. Applying the distributive property to the given expression yields
. Applying the distributive property once again to this expression yields
, or . This expression can be
rewritten as . Thus, is equivalent to .

Choice A is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice B is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID a255ae72 2.9

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: a255ae72
If and , which of the
following is equal to ?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: a255ae72 Answer

Correct Answer: B

Rationale

Choice B is correct. It’s given that and . Using the distributive property, the expression

can be rewritten as . Substituting and for and , respectively, in

this expression yields . Expanding this expression yields

. Combining like terms, this expression can be

rewritten as .

Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may result from an error in using the distributive property, substituting,
or combining like terms.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID 463eec13 2.10

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: 463eec13
If , which of the following expressions is

equivalent to ?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: 463eec13 Answer

Correct Answer: D

Rationale

Choice D is correct. Taking the square root of an exponential expression halves the exponent, so

, which further reduces to . This can be rewritten as .

Choice A is incorrect and may result from neglecting the denominator of the given expression and from

incorrectly calculating the square root of 16. Choice B is incorrect and may result from rewriting as

rather than . Choice C is incorrect and may result from taking the square root of the variables in the

numerator twice instead of once.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID a1bf1c4e 2.11

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: a1bf1c4e

Which of the following is equivalent to

the expression above?
A. (x + 3)2 + 5
B. (x + 3)2 – 5
C. (x – 3)2 + 5
D. (x – 3)2 – 5

ID: a1bf1c4e Answer

Correct Answer: B

Rationale

Choice B is correct. The given quadratic expression is in standard form, and each answer choice is in vertex
form. Completing the square converts the expression from standard form to vertex form. The first step is to
rewrite the expression as follows: . The first three terms of the revised

expression can be rewritten as a perfect square as follows: . Combining the

constant terms gives .

Choice A is incorrect. Squaring the binomial and simplifying the expression in choice A gives .

Combining like terms gives , not . Choice C is incorrect. Squaring the binomial and

simplifying the expression in choice C gives . Combining like terms gives , not

. Choice D is incorrect. Squaring the binomial and simplifying the expression in choice D gives

. Combining like terms gives , not .

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID f237ccfc 2.12

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: f237ccfc
The sum of and can be written in the form
, where a, b, and c are constants. What is the value of
?

ID: f237ccfc Answer

Rationale

The correct answer is 32. The sum of the given expressions is . Combining like

terms yields . Based on the form of the given equation, , , and . Therefore,
.

Alternate approach: Because is the value of when , it is possible to first make that
substitution into each polynomial before adding them. When , the first polynomial is equal to
and the second polynomial is equal to . The sum of 30 and 2 is 32.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID a391ed22 2.13

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: a391ed22

The expression above is equivalent to , where a, b, and c

are constants. What is the value of b?
ID: a391ed22 Answer
Rationale

The correct answer is . The expression can be written in the form ,

where a, b, and c are constants, by multiplying out the expression using the distributive property of

multiplication over addition. The result is . This

expression can be rewritten by multiplying as indicated to give , which can be

simplified to , or . This is in the form , where the value of b is

. Note that 5/2 and 2.5 are examples of ways to enter a correct answer.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID c3a72da5 2.14

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: c3a72da5
Which of the following is equivalent to the sum of
and ?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: c3a72da5 Answer

Correct Answer: D

Rationale

Choice D is correct. Adding the two expressions yields . Because the pair of terms

and and the pair of terms and each contain the same variable raised to the same power, they are

like terms and can be combined as and , respectively. The sum of the given expressions therefore

simplifies to .

Choice A is incorrect and may result from adding the coefficients and the exponents in the given expressions.
Choice B is incorrect and may result from adding the exponents as well as the coefficients of the like terms in
the given expressions. Choice C is incorrect and may result from multiplying, rather than adding, the
coefficients of the like terms in the given expressions.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID 16de54c7 2.15

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: 16de54c7

If the given expression is rewritten in the form , where k

is a constant, what is the value of k ?
ID: 16de54c7 Answer
Rationale

The correct answer is 4. It’s given that can be rewritten as ; it follows that

. Expanding the left-hand side of this equation yields

. Subtracting from both sides of this equation yields

. Using properties of equality, and . Either equation can be
solved for k. Dividing both sides of by yields . The equation can be
rewritten as . It follows that . Solving this equation for k also yields . Therefore,
the value of k is 4.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID d9137a84 2.16

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: d9137a84
Which expression represents the product of and ?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: d9137a84 Answer

Correct Answer: D

Rationale

Choice D is correct. The product of and can be represented by the expression

. Applying the distributive property to this expression yields
, or . This expression is equivalent to
, or .

Choice A is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice B is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID 3e9cc0c2 2.17

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: 3e9cc0c2
Which of the following is equivalent to
?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: 3e9cc0c2 Answer

Correct Answer: B

Rationale

Choice B is correct. Multiplying (1 – p) by each term of the polynomial within the second pair of parentheses
2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5
gives (1 – p)1 = 1 – p; (1 – p)p = p – p ; (1 – p)p = p – p ; (1 – p)p = p – p ; (1 – p)p =p – p ; (1 – p)p =
5 6 6 6 7
p – p ; and (1 – p)p =p – p . Adding these seven expressions together and combining like terms gives 1 +
2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7
(p – p) + (p – p ) + (p – p ) + (p – p ) + (p – p ) + (p – p ) – p , which can be simplified to 1 – p .

Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may result from incorrectly identifying the highest power of p in the
expressions or incorrectly combining like terms.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID 7348f046 2.18

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: 7348f046

Which of the following is equivalent to

the given expression?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: 7348f046 Answer

Correct Answer: C

Rationale

Choice C is correct. Distributing the negative sign to the terms in the second parentheses yields
. This expression can be rewritten as . Combining like terms results in .

Choice A is incorrect and may result from not distributing the negative sign to the 7. Choice B is incorrect and
may result from adding to instead of subtracting . Choice D is incorrect and may result

from adding the product of and x to the product of 3 and 7.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID b47419f4 2.19

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: b47419f4

Which of the following is equivalent to

the expression above?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: b47419f4 Answer

Correct Answer: A

Rationale

Choice A is correct. By distributing the minus sign through the expression , the given expression can

be rewritten as , which is equivalent to . Combining like terms gives

, or .

Choice B is incorrect and may be the result of failing to distribute the minus sign appropriately through the

second term and simplifying the expression . Choice C is incorrect and may be the result of

multiplying the expressions and . Choice D is incorrect and may be the result of

multiplying the expressions and .

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID 8838a672 2.20

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: 8838a672

Which of the following expressions is equivalent

to the expression above?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: 8838a672 Answer

Correct Answer: B

Rationale

Choice B is correct. Using the distributive property, the given expression can be rewritten as
. Combining like terms, this expression can be rewritten as

, which is equivalent to .

Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may result from an error when applying the distributive property or an
error when combining like terms.

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID 0b3d25c5 2.21

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: 0b3d25c5
Which of the following is equivalent to
, where ?
A.
B.
C.

D.

ID: 0b3d25c5 Answer

Correct Answer: D

Rationale

Choice D is correct. The given expression can also be written as . The trinomial

can be rewritten in factored form as . Thus, the entire expression can be rewritten as .

Simplifying the exponents yields .

Choices A, B, and C are incorrect and may result from errors made when simplifying the exponents in the

expression .

Question Difficulty: Medium

Question ID c602140f 2.22

Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty

SAT Math Advanced Math Equivalent

expressions

ID: c602140f

Which of the following is equivalent to

the expression above?
A.
B.
C.
D.

ID: c602140f Answer

Correct Answer: B

Rationale

2
Choice B is correct. Expanding all terms yields (x – 11y)(2x – 3y) – 12y(–2x + 3y), which is equivalent to 2x –
2 2 2 2
22xy – 3xy + 33y + 24xy – 36y . Combining like terms gives 2x – xy – 3y .

Choice A is incorrect and may be the result of using the sums of the coefficients of the existing x and y terms
as the coefficients of the x and y terms in the new expressions. Choice C is incorrect and may be the result of
incorrectly combining like terms. Choice D is incorrect and may be the result of using the incorrect sign in
front of the 12y term.

Question Difficulty: Medium