Contents

Acknowledgments

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Part I: Orientation

1 The SAT, The Princeton Review, and You

2 Cracking the SAT: Basic Principles

3 Cracking the SAT: Advanced Principles

Part II: How to Crack the Critical Reading Section

4 Joe Bloggs and the Critical Reading Section

5 Sentence Completions

6 Reading Comprehension: An Open-Book Test

7 Reading Comprehension: Wait, There’s More!

Part III: How to Crack the Math Section

9 Joe Bloggs and the Math Section

10 The Calculator

11 Fun with Fundamentals

12 Algebra: Cracking the System

13 Advanced Arithmetic

15 Grid-Ins: Cracking the System

16 Putting It All Together

Part IV: How to Crack the Writing Section

Part V: Taking the SAT

Part VI: Answer Key to Drills

Part VII: The Princeton Review SAT Practice Tests and Explanations

19 Practice Test 1

20 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 1

21 Practice Test 2

22 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 2

23 Practice Test 3

24 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 3

25 Practice Test 4

26 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 4

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