SAT Reading & Writing: Interpreting Quantitative Information in Passages
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The concept, explained
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Many Digital SAT passages include graphs, tables, or charts alongside the text. Questions may ask you to integrate information from both.
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Always check axis labels, units, legends, and the title of any visual before drawing conclusions.
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The correct answer uses the data accurately — never misread a bar height, confuse two trend lines, or cite the wrong year/category.
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Text and visual may partially overlap — the question often asks which choice is supported by BOTH, or which choice the visual alone supports.
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Watch for scale: a graph with a y-axis not starting at zero can make differences look larger than they are.
- ✗ Reading the wrong data series in a multi-line graph — always trace the correct line all the way to the value being asked about.
- ✗ Choosing an answer based on the text's claim when the question explicitly asks what the graph shows.
SAT-style practice
A bar graph shows that City A had 400 incidents in 2020 and 350 in 2022. A passage states that safety improved significantly. Which statement is best supported by the graph?
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