SAT Percentages Practice Test — 10 Questions
A full SAT-style Percentages practice test with 10 questions at varying difficulty levels. Answer every question, get instant feedback, and review detailed explanations to understand exactly where you went wrong.
What to Expect on This Practice Test
Difficulty Mix
5 Easy · 3 Medium · 2 Hard — matching the real SAT distribution.
Instant Feedback
Know immediately if you're right. Read a detailed explanation after every answer.
Topic Covered
Percentages — a key topic in the Problem Solving & Data Analysis section of SAT Math.
SAT Percentages Practice Test
10 QuestionsWhat is 15% of 80?
30 is what percent of 120?
A jacket originally costs $80 and is on sale for 25% off. What is the sale price?
A student scored 45 out of 60 on a test. What percentage did they score?
A price increases from 65. What is the percentage increase?
A shirt is marked up 40% from its wholesale cost. It then goes on sale for 20% off the marked price. Is the final price higher or lower than the original wholesale cost, and by what percentage?
A town's population was 25,000 in 2020. It grew by 8% in 2021 and then fell by 5% in 2022. What is the population after these changes?
A sales tax of 8% is added to the price of a television. If the final price (including tax) is $540, what was the original price?
An investment of $5,000 earns 6% annual simple interest for 3 years. What is the total amount after 3 years?
On the SAT: Store A offers a 30% discount on a $200 item. Store B offers a 20% discount on the same item and then an additional 15% off the discounted price. Which store offers the better deal, and by how much?
How to Improve Your SAT Percentages Score
Identify your specific error pattern on this topic
After completing this practice test, look at every wrong answer and ask: 'Was this a content gap, a misread, or a careless error?' Each type has a different fix. Content gaps require review. Misreads require slowing down. Careless errors require double-checking.
Review every explanation, even correct answers
Understanding why an answer is right is as important as getting it right. Many students get lucky on questions they don't fully understand — those will come back to haunt them on test day.
Practice under time pressure
SAT Math questions should take about 1.2–1.5 minutes each. Once you understand the Percentages concepts, practice with a timer. Speed comes from pattern recognition, which comes from repetition.
Drill Percentages questions until they feel automatic
Use Blitzsat's question bank to filter specifically for Percentages questions at medium and hard difficulty. Repeat until you can answer most questions in under 60 seconds.
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