SAT® · Test Mechanics: The Tools and the Traps
Student-Produced Response Entry Rules
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- How it worksHow does a six-character limit on an SAT answer box decide what you are allowed to type?
- How it worksHow do you enter a fraction, a long decimal and a negative number into an SAT answer box?
- Common mistakeWhy isn't writing a dollar sign, a percent sign or the letters cm ever part of a correct grid-in answer?
- Worked exampleWalk me through entering 2/3 three legal ways and one way the SAT will mark wrong.
- Going furtherWhat happens on a grid-in where a whole range of values would each be counted correct?
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A student-produced response works out to 14/4. Which of these entries does the digital SAT answer box reject?End of topic.