Controversial questions of the November SAT

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<p>I’ve compiled a list of all of the controversial questions on the SAT, along with their controversial answers (possible answers are A and B)…if someone could clear up this mess it would be much appreciated. If I messed up a question or omitted any, please correct me. </p>

<p>READING:

  • Musical authenticity passage.
  1. how does the author present the lines the lines “Authenticity is a goal, a quest, etc.”?
    A. Unconditional assertion
    B. Extended analogy</p>

<p>WRITING:

  1. Enriched by the gold and diamond mines of Brazil, [Lithuania] is one of Europe’s most opulent cities.
    A. “Enriched by” should be “Enriched with”
    B. No error</p>

<ol>
<li><p>It appears that rubber was first synthesized by the Mayans, using it to create baskets, houses, and even artificial sports equipment.
A. “Using it” should be “who used”
B. No error</p></li>
<li><p>Janelle, although less prominent, is agreed by most critics as more talented than either of her sisters.
A. More talented than either of
B. Most talented of both </p></li>
</ol>

<p>MATH</p>

<ol>
<li>Ring problem, with a specific pattern repeating, and a certain number being taken out.
A. Red
B. Blue</li>
</ol>

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<p>Reposting the explenation I gave for the rings problem:</p>

<p>So this is how you do the rings without brute force:
(Note that for this explanation I will use the mod operator, basically it just means that it returns the remainder of the division, so for example 5%2 , % being the mod operator, returns 1, because the remainder of 5/2 is 1.)</p>

<p>You start off with the pattern rbggyp (or something along those lines, the only thing that matters is the position of r and b). Label the rings 1-5 + 0(0 being the 6th place) left to right</p>

<p>Note that position%6 tells you which ring is at a certain spot. For example, if you want to know what ring is at the 7th spot, then 7%6 returns 1, which means that ring r is at the 1st spot.</p>

<p>Since 16%6 = 4, you know that after you remove the rings, b is at the 4th position in the pattern. Shift it over left until you get b to be in the 4th position. You know have this:</p>

<p>yprbgg.</p>

<p>Now, doing 51%6 returns 3, which points to red, which is the answer.</p>

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<p>I didn’t take the test, so I can’t comment on the Reading or Math, but from what you said, I’m pretty sure that the answers for your writing questions are

  1. B
  2. A
  3. A</p>

<p>By the way, question 3 sounds really funny lmao. Professional critics are analyzing and coming to a consensus on the rankings of some family? Jesus</p>

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<p>I put no error for the one about Brazil. Also, it’s Lisbon not Lithuania, which is odd because Lisbon is in Portugal. I put no error for the second and A for the 3rd. For math it was red.</p>

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<p>I agree that for the writing I put

  1. B
  2. A
  3. A
    but that’s just what I got I have no idea if that’s right and as for reading I personally put A. unconditional assertion because I didn’t really see any analogy that was being extended. For the ring problem I got red.</p>
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<p>For the Janelle questions, it was “most talented than either of” I think…</p>

<p>and i think that’s the right answer</p>

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<p>“is the most talented of either of her sisters”</p>

<p>i thought that was the right answer…</p>

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<p>it would be “more” talented because it is referring to one sister at a time. Comparing two different things uses more not most.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I agree with you quaker. My bad. Oops.</p>

<p>But I put
-Extended analogy
-Enriched with
-And said there was an error with a Mayan one.</p>

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<p>I took the November SAT. Do any of you know where the Music Passage was taken from?</p>

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<p>

Same question</p>