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Command of Evidence: Quantitative

Information and Ideas · ~26% of Reading & Writing

75+ free practice questions, every answer explained.

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What it tests

Command of Evidence (Quantitative) pairs a short passage with a table or graph and asks which choice most effectively uses that data to complete or support a stated claim. No arithmetic beyond comparison is required — it is a reading question about a data display, not a maths question.

How to approach it

Read the title, the axis labels, the units and the column headers before you read a single answer choice; most wrong answers survive only because the reader assumed what the numbers measured. Then find the specific comparison the claim needs, locate exactly those cells or points, and check each choice against them.

The mistake that costs the most points

Picking a choice that describes the data correctly but does not support the claim. Wrong answers here are usually true statements about the table — they simply answer a question nobody asked. The choice must be both accurate and relevant to the sentence it is completing.

What a Command of Evidence: Quantitative question looks like

A hospital compared average patient wait times in its emergency department before and after implementing a new triage software system:

Before system (avg.) 94 minutes
After system (avg.) 61 minutes
Average patient satisfaction score before 3.2/5
Average patient satisfaction score after 3.4/5

A hospital administrator claims that the new triage system substantially reduced wait times and substantially improved patient satisfaction.

Does the data support the administrator's claim?

  1. A Yes, because satisfaction improved substantially even though wait times increased.
  2. B No, because although wait times dropped substantially, satisfaction improved only slightly.
  3. C Yes, because wait times dropped substantially and satisfaction improved by a similarly large margin.
  4. D No, because wait times increased after the system was implemented.

Answer: B. Wait times dropped substantially (94 to 61 minutes), but satisfaction rose only slightly (3.2 to 3.4)—so while wait times improved substantially, satisfaction did not improve to the same degree, contradicting the claim that both improved substantially.

Command of Evidence: Quantitative drills

75+ questions across 9 drills. Each drill is answered as a set — you see every explanation at once, at the end.

Drills 4–9 continue from the end of drill 3 — each drill links to the next.

Also in Information and Ideas

Reading comprehension proper: main ideas, stated details, evidence that supports or weakens a claim, and conclusions the text forces.

Command of Evidence: Quantitative FAQ

What does the Command of Evidence: Quantitative question type test on the Digital SAT?

Command of Evidence (Quantitative) pairs a short passage with a table or graph and asks which choice most effectively uses that data to complete or support a stated claim. No arithmetic beyond comparison is required — it is a reading question about a data display, not a maths question.

How should I approach Command of Evidence: Quantitative questions?

Read the title, the axis labels, the units and the column headers before you read a single answer choice; most wrong answers survive only because the reader assumed what the numbers measured. Then find the specific comparison the claim needs, locate exactly those cells or points, and check each choice against them.

How many Command of Evidence: Quantitative questions are on the SAT?

Command of Evidence: Quantitative sits in the Information and Ideas domain, which is ~26% of the Reading & Writing section — roughly 12–14 of its 54 questions. The College Board publishes weights by domain, not by individual skill, so an exact per-skill count is not something anyone can promise you.

Are these real SAT questions?

No. Every question is original, written to the College Board's published Digital SAT Reading & Writing specification. No retired or copyrighted College Board material appears anywhere on this site.

How much free Command of Evidence: Quantitative practice is here?

75+ questions across 9 drills, all free, no account needed, every answer explained.