A student sees the sharpest increase in the likelihood of getting an A
between:
A) 0–2 days.
B) 2–4 days.
C) 4–6 days.
D) 6–8 days.Here, the SAT is asking about the greatest increase between the various two-
day periods charted on the x-axis. Between 0–2 days, it increases from about 5
percent to around 15 percent, or a 10 percent increase. Between 2–4 days, it
increases from about 15 percent to about 45 percent, or a 30 percent increase,
which is greater than the increase between either 4–6 or 6–8 days. Answer
choice B, then, is our answer.
Some SAT graphics show change over time differently by presenting two
different “distributions,” taken at two different times, side by side. The following
pie charts, for example, show the results of two surveys that asked teenagers to
select their favorite method of procrastinating, conducted four centuries apart.
Note: Students who named an activity that was not one of the three most
popular procrastination methods were classified as “Other.”
How does the information in the pie charts relate to the author’s claim
that students’ procrastination preferences have become more varied
since 1618?
A) It does not support the claim because trying to lick one’s own nose
was the most popular procrastination choice of teenagers in 1618
and 2018.
B) It supports the claim because the second and third most popular
procrastination methods in 2018 were not available to teenagers in
1618.*POLL: FAVORITE
PROCRASTINATION METHODS,
1618