SAT® · Test Mechanics: How the Digital SAT Actually Works
The Time Budget Per Question
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- How it worksHow do 32 minutes across 27 questions turn into a 71-second budget per Reading and Writing question?
- How it worksHow does a 35-minute math module across 22 questions leave you 95 seconds a question?
- Worked exampleWalk me through a math module where you burn 4 minutes on question 9 and find what that costs.
- Going furtherWhat changes about pacing once you know the last questions in a module are the hardest ones?
- Common mistakeWhy isn't spending equal time on every question the right way to spend 35 minutes?
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A module gives 35 minutes for 26 questions. How many seconds does that leave per question on average?End of topic.