Never fear however, because you will find that you rarely need your calculator for any portion of the test, even when you are allowed to use it. This is different from the ACT which allows the use of a calculator on the entire math section. Something that intimidates some SAT takers is that there is a portion in which you cannot use a calculator. The good news is that there are only four digits/spaces so the answer choice must be relatively simple – no crazy complicated solutions. You have to come up with an answer and grid it as either a fraction or decimal. There are no answer choices provided for about 20% of the questions.
The first 30 will be multiple-choice, and the remaining 8 are student-produced gridded responses. Of these 38 questions, yep, you guessed it, some are not multiple-choice. You will have 55 minutes for this portion. Once those 25 minutes have elapsed you will be allowed to get out your calculator in order to complete the remaining 38 questions. Of these 20 questions, the first 15 are multiple-choice and the last 5 are student-produced responses. You will begin with the No Calculator portion where you will solve 20 questions in 25 minutes.
You will have 80 total minutes to complete 58 questions. First, A Quick Overview of the SAT Math Section From how many questions are on the SAT math section to tangible strategies for tackling the questions, read, bookmark, and print the post below for your next study session. In order to own the SAT math section, you need some strategies.