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SAT Geometry (Advanced)

Harder items at competition-adjacent depth.

Phase 2 · SAT Math

SAT Geometry: core idea

Similarity ratio scales length/area.

Example problem: hint and answer

A right triangle has hypotenuse 2525 and one leg 77. Find the other leg.

Hint: Use a2+b2=c2a^2+b^2=c^2. Answer: 24.

Practice (9 problems — type your answers)

  • 1. A cylinder has volume 200π200\pi and radius 55. Find its height.

  • 2. A circle is inscribed in a square of side 1414. Find the area inside the square but outside the circle.

  • 3. In triangle ABCABC, DE∥BCDE\parallel BC, AD=6AD=6, DB=4DB=4, and AE=9AE=9. Find ACAC.

  • 4. Find the area of a regular hexagon with side 44.

  • 5. A sphere has radius 66. Find its surface area in terms of π\pi.

  • 6. A triangle has sides 13,14,1513,14,15. Find its area.

  • 7. The endpoints of a diameter are (2,3)(2,3) and (10,9)(10,9). Find the circle's radius.

  • 8. A sector has radius 99 and area 27π27\pi. Find its central angle.

  • 9. A pyramid has square base side 66 and height 1010. Find its volume.

SAT Geometry Practice Problems — Advanced