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Short SSAT Middle practice test: 19 questions, about 16 minutes
A free quick SSAT Middle practice test with every section: 6 Quantitative, 5 Reading, 8 Verbal. Each section has its own short clock, 16 min 10 s in all. No sign-up. You get your score by section and skill, with every answer explained.
Written by us in the published SSAT Middle Level format. A short sample, not the real test, and not affiliated with E3n and The Enrollment Management Association.
Quick test · 19 questions · three timed sections
Free: no email, no sign-up. Each section's clock starts when the section opens and cannot be paused.
- Quantitative7:106 questions
- Reading5:005 questions
- Verbal4:008 questions
- Each of the three sections has its own clock. When the time for a section is up, the section ends and the next one begins.
- A right answer scores 1 point, a wrong answer costs a quarter of a point, a blank costs nothing. If you can rule out two of the five choices, a guess can be worthwhile.
- No calculator. Use scratch paper.
How the short test compares with the full test
Same sections in the same order, with a fraction of the questions and the clocks scaled to match: 6 Quantitative, 5 Reading, 8 Verbal.
| Section | Quick: questions | Quick: time | Full: questions | Full: time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantitative | 6 | 7:10 | 25 | 30 min |
| Reading | 5 | 5:00 | 40 | 40 min |
| Verbal | 8 | 4:00 | 60 | 30 min |
| All | 19 | 16:10 | 150 | 130 min |
The quick test is 16 min 10 s of timed testing, plus the time to read the directions and move between sections.
What it is not: a prediction. With so few questions in a section, one question moves it a long way, so the quick test shows raw scores only: no estimated scaled range and no percentile.
When the quick test is the right one
- Short on time. A first look at the format before you decide whether to sit down for the full 130 minutes.
- A warm-up. Your child meets every kind of question once, with a clock, before the full free test.
- A quick check on the weak spot. The report names the skills where points were lost.
What is on the short test
The mix of skills follows the full test. Every question is our own and every answer was checked before it went in.
Quantitative: 6 questions, 7:10
- Arithmetic and numbers2
- Algebra2
- Geometry1
- Data, probability, sequences1
Reading: 5 questions, 5:00
- Reading5
Verbal: 8 questions, 4:00
- Synonyms4
- Analogies4
Next: the full free SSAT Middle Level practice test (150 questions, four timed sections) or the plan with more full tests.
Questions about the short SSAT Middle practice test
Does the short test take off points for wrong answers?
Yes, as on the real SSAT: 1 point for a right answer, minus a quarter of a point for a wrong one, 0 for a blank. Trying it here is a safe way to learn when to leave a question blank.
How long is the short SSAT Middle practice test?
19 questions and about 16 minutes: 16:10 of timed testing in all. Each section has its own short clock, so the test is quick but still has the shape of the real one.
Is this the real SSAT?
No. It is a short practice test written by us in the published SSAT Middle Level format, with a few questions of each skill and clocks that follow the pace of the real test. The real test has 150 questions.
Is the short test free?
Yes. No email and no sign-up. When it ends you see the score of each section and each skill, and the answer and explanation of every question (all 19 of them: no section has more than 10 questions).
Can the short test predict my child's SSAT score?
No. With a handful of questions in a section, one question moves that section by many percentage points, so we show raw scores only, with no scaled score, estimate or percentile. Use it as a first look at the format and at which skills need work, then take the full free test.
What should we do after the short test?
Take the full free SSAT Middle Level practice test (150 questions, 130 minutes of testing) when you have the time. The result of the short test already shows which sections to watch.