SAT

Math, and Reading and Writing

Both sections of the digital SAT, starting from your child’s practice-test results and working on the question types that cost them the most points.

How the exam runs

Two sections, each in two modules. How your child does on the first module of a section decides whether the second one is easier or harder.

Every Reading and Writing question has its own short passage, 25 to 150 words long.
About three quarters of the math questions are multiple choice; the rest ask for a typed-in answer.
Each module includes 2 unscored test questions that look just like the rest.

The College Board’s approximate share of each section’s questions.

Each section is scored from 200 to 800, and the two add up to a total from 400 to 1600. Scores come back about two weeks after test day.

Reading and Writing

200–800

Math

200–800

Total

400–1600

Test dates in 2026–27: Saturday, December 5, 2026 · Saturday, March 6, 2027 · Saturday, May 1, 2027 · Saturday, June 5, 2027
How it’s taken: At a test center, on a laptop or tablet in the Bluebook app.
Calculator: For the whole Math section: the Desmos calculator in Bluebook, or an approved graphing, scientific or four-function calculator. A reference sheet is on screen.
Cost: $68 to register, through June 2027.

From the College Board’s published exam details, checked November 2026.

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