SAT Reading and Writing
SAT Information and Ideas Practice
Information and Ideas questions ask you to find central ideas, use textual and quantitative evidence, and make inferences. They are about 26% of the SAT Reading and Writing section.
555official questions
132easy
185medium
238hard
Information and Ideas Skills
| Topic | Questions | Easy | Medium | Hard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Ideas and Details | 138 | 41 | 52 | 45 |
| Command of Evidence | 277 | 71 | 85 | 121 |
| Inferences | 140 | 20 | 48 | 72 |
Tips for Information and Ideas Questions
- Put the main idea of the passage in your own words before you read the choices.
- For evidence questions, pick the choice that directly supports the exact claim in the question.
- For inferences, choose the answer the text makes true, not one that is only possible.
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