Logical Reasoning Questions

This is the second of a series of articles on LSAT Logical Reasoning questions. The series contains the following articles:

LSAT Logical Reasoning: An Introduction
Logical Reasoning Questions
Logical Reasoning Arguments
Logical Reasoning Answers
Logical Reasoning Elimination

Logical Reasoning Questions

The first step in the TestSherpa method for Logical Reasoning is reading the questions. Logical reasoning question stems are tucked away between the stimulus and the answer choices, so it’s easy to miss. In fact, your instinct is probably to read the stimulus (argument) first, and then read the logical reasoning question. But there are several reasons you should read the question stem first, before reading the stimulus.

Least Common Multiples

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You will likely need to deal with the concept of multiples on the SAT test, especially the least common multiple. A multiple is any integer that can be evenly divided by another integer. For example, 18 can be evenly divided by 9, 6 and 3, so 18 is a multiple of 9, 6 and 3.

Dealing With Factors

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Any integer that divides into another integer evenly is a factor. For example, 3 and 2 are factors of 6, 12, 18, etc. The number 16 has 2, 4 and 8 as factors. The number is always a factor of itself. The number one is a factor for all whole numbers.

To quickly find the total list of factors for a given number, start with 1 and the number itself and then work your way up until you start repeating numbers. For example, to factor 36:

Quick Division on the SAT Test

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Some questions involve being able to quickly divide one number by another. Of course, the SAT is not really testing your ability to do long division, although you are welcome to use long division in a jam. If you tried to crunch through all of the questions on the SAT the normal (i.e., hard) way, you would run out of time. The SAT is deliberately designed to reward you for some advanced reasoning on the math portion instead of brute force.

SAT Test Quick Division Answers

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Now we’ll review our SAT Test Quick Division Answers. This article series contains the following articles related to Quick Division on the SAT Test:

Number Basics for SAT Math

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This may be the most basic of all the SAT Math reviews you read on TestSherpa – but take nothing for granted. You must know the basics about numbers in order to interpret the questions correctly.

SAT Math Student-Produced Responses (Answer Grids)

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The SAT Math section that is call “Student-Response Questions” involve gridded answer choices. That is, they have similar questions to the multiple-choice questions on the rest of the SAT Math section, but they require you to calculate the answer on your own and then enter it into an answer grid.

Eliminating SAT Math Answer Choices

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When a solutions fails you, it is time to move on and consider the process of elimination. First, you might consider skipping the question and returning later in the test. The next few questions might be about concepts you are well familiar with, so why spend extra time to get a single point when there are cheaper points to be had? But when it is time to tackle that tough question, here is the way to do it.

This is the second article in a series of articles about SAT Math Answer Choices. The series includes:

Multiple-Choice Questions for SAT Math

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Sometime, somewhere in your last ten or eleven years of schooling, you have seen multiple choice questions. Most students are happy to take a multiple-choice test rather than an essay or fill-in-the-blank test, so you may be happy to find out that more than two-thirds of the SAT Math section is made up of multiple-choice questions. Of course, the SAT might be a little sneakier in their use of multiple choice questions than your seventh grade Social Studies teacher.

This series of lesson articles will go over SAT Test Math Answer Choices. The series includes:

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