Exam preparation materials

Part Four

Practice Tests

HOW TO TAKE THE PRACTICE TESTS

Before taking a practice test, find a quiet room where you can work uninterrupted for one hour. Make sure you have several No. 2 pencils with erasers.

Record your answers on a separate piece of paper. Guidelines for scoring your test appear on the reverse side of the answer grid. Time yourself. Spend no more than one hour on the 90 questions. Once you start the practice test, don’t stop until you’ve reached the one-hour time limit. You’ll find an answer key and complete answer explanations following the test. Be sure to read the explanations for all questions, even those you answered correctly.

Good luck!

HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR SCORE

Step 1: Figure out your raw score. Refer to your answer sheet to determine the number right and the number wrong on the practice test you’re scoring. You can use the formula below to figure out your raw score. Multiply the number wrong by 0.25 and subtract the result from the number right. Round the result to the nearest whole number. This is your raw score.

SAT Subject Test: U.S. History Practice Test 1

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Step 2: Find your practice test score. Find your raw score in the left of each column of the table below. The score in the right of each column is an approximation of what your score would be on the SAT Subject Test: U.S. History.

A note on your practice test scores: Don’t take these scores too literally. Practice test conditions cannot precisely mirror real test conditions. Your actual SAT Subject Test: U.S. History score will almost certainly vary from your practice test scores. However, your scores on the practice tests will give you a rough idea of your range on the actual exam.

Conversion Table

Raw

Scaled

  90

800

  89

800

  88

800

  87

800

  86

800

  85

800

  84

800

  83

800

  82

800

  81

800

  80

790

  79

790

  78

790

  77

790

  76

780

  75

780

  74

780

  73

770

  72

770

  71

760

  70

760

  69

750

  68

750

  67

740

  66

740

  65

730

  64

730

  63

720

  62

720

  61

710

  60

710

  59

700

  58

700

  57

690

  56

690

  55

680

  54

680

  43

670

  52

670

  51

660

  50

660

  49

650

  48

650

  47

640

  46

640

  45

630

  44

630

  43

620

  42

610

  41

610

  40

600

  39

600

  38

590

  37

580

  36

580

  35

570

  34

570

  33

560

  32

550

  31

550

  30

540

  29

540

  28

530

  27

520

  26

520

  25

510

  24

510

  23

500

  22

490

  21

490

  20

480

  19

480

  18

470

  17

460

  16

460

  15

450

  14

450

  13

440

  12

430

  11

430

  10

420

    9

410

    8

410

    7

400

    6

390

    5

390

    4

380

    3

370

    2

370

    1

360

    0

350

  –1

350

  –2

340

  –3

340

  –4

330

  –5

330

  –6

320

  –7

320

  –8

310

  –9

310

–10

300

–11

300

–12

290

–13

280

–14

280

–15

270

–16

270

–17

260

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