40 Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) Practice Test

The SHSAT scrambled paragraphs section has 5 paragraphs. Below is a list of the things that generally appear in this section. The scrambled paragraph section will ask you to create a paragraph that is:

• • Grammatically correct
  • Logically structured
  • Coherent
  • Unified around the topic sentence

The SHSAT logical reasoning section has 10 questions. Below is a detailed list of the types of logical reasoning questions that generally appear on the SHSAT:

• Drawing conclusions from information given
• Identifying assumptions
• Ordering items based on partial information
• Deciphering coded statements

Below is more detailed list of the types of reading comprehension questions that generally appear on the SHSAT.

• Drawing logical conclusions
• Make predictions
• Analyze and evaluate the use of text structure to solve problems or identify sequences
• Vocabulary – Give the definition of a word from context
• Summarizing

The SHSAT® mathematics section has 50 questions. Below is a detailed list of the mathematics topics likely to appear on the SHSAT®. Make sure that you understand these topics at the very minimum.

• Convert decimals, percent and fractions
• Basic arithmetic functions
• Probability and statistics
• Operations using fractions, percent and fractions
• Geometry
• Algebra
• Exponents