Content		Minutes	Questions		Total Time
Writing	essay(Writing)	25	1 essay		60 minutes
	multiple-choice	35
			Recognize sentence errors	18
			Improve paragraphs	6
			Choose the best version of a piece of writing	25
Critical reading	multiple-choice	70			70 minutes
			Sentence completion	19
			Passage-based Reading	48
Mathematics	multiple-choice and student-produced response	25	10		70 minutes
	multiple-choice	45	44
Variable (unscored, multiple-choice)		25			25 minutes

*The unscored section :::
One of the 25-minute sections is unscored. This "variable" or "equating" section may have critical reading, mathematics, or multiple-choice writing questions. It does not count toward the final score but is used to try out new questions and to ensure that scores on new editions of the SAT are comparable to scores on earlier editions.