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Learn the repeatable patterns behind SAT questions

Pattern Master teaches one repeatable pattern for each of the 29 skills the digital SAT tests, across its four Reading and Writing and four Math domains. Every lesson moves from a plain explanation to a worked example, guided practice, and a final check. All 29 are listed below, and every lesson is free inside a PsychSAT account.

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every pattern, by domain

All 29 SAT question patterns

The digital SAT reports results across eight content domains. Each skill below is one Pattern Master lesson.

Reading and Writing

Craft and Structure

Choose precise words in context, explain how and why a text is built, and connect two related texts.

  • Words in Context
  • Text Structure and Purpose
  • Cross-Text Connections

Reading and Writing

Information and Ideas

Find a text's central idea, support a claim with textual or graphic evidence, and draw logical inferences.

  • Central Ideas and Details
  • Command of Evidence
  • Inferences

Reading and Writing

Standard English Conventions

Edit sentence boundaries and punctuation, and keep form, structure, and agreement correct.

  • Boundaries
  • Form, Structure, and Sense

Reading and Writing

Expression of Ideas

Choose transitions that show the logic between ideas and combine notes to meet a stated goal.

  • Transitions
  • Rhetorical Synthesis

Math

Algebra

Write, solve, and interpret linear equations, functions, inequalities, and systems.

  • Linear equations in one variable
  • Linear functions
  • Linear equations in two variables
  • Systems of two linear equations in two variables
  • Linear inequalities in one or two variables

Math

Advanced Math

Rewrite expressions and work with quadratic, exponential, and other nonlinear equations and functions.

  • Equivalent expressions
  • Nonlinear equations in one variable and systems of equations in two variables
  • Nonlinear functions

Math

Problem-Solving and Data Analysis

Reason with percentages, ratios, rates, probability, data displays, and statistical claims.

  • Evaluating statistical claims: Observational studies and experiments
  • Inference from sample statistics and margin of error
  • One-variable data: Distributions and measures of center and spread
  • Percentages
  • Probability and conditional probability
  • Ratios, rates, proportional relationships, and units
  • Two-variable data: Models and scatterplots

Math

Geometry and Trigonometry

Find area and volume and work with lines, angles, triangles, circles, and right-triangle trigonometry.

  • Area and volume
  • Circles
  • Lines, angles, and triangles
  • Right triangles and trigonometry

what the system does

Designed around a specific study job

Learn the underlying move

Start with a ground-up explanation of what the pattern asks and why a specific approach works.

Watch the reasoning unfold

Follow a worked example that makes the decision process visible instead of jumping to an answer.

Try with support

Apply the move in a guided stage before the final independent check.

Prove it in protected practice

Finish with an account-only check connected to your progress evidence.

how it fits into practice

A clear loop from setup to evidence

  1. 1

    Choose a pattern

    Open a domain and select the problem form you want to understand.

  2. 2

    Build the mental model

    Read the explanation and identify the cue that distinguishes this pattern.

  3. 3

    Rehearse the decision

    Watch and try the steps with progressively less support.

  4. 4

    Check transfer

    Use the Prove stage to see whether you can recognize and apply the move independently.

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What this page does not promise

  • A pattern library is not a prediction of the exact questions on a future SAT.
  • The 29 lessons are PsychSAT instruction, not official College Board material.
  • This page lists every pattern; the lessons and practice questions themselves are in the app.

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