SHSAT practiceGrade 8
Free SHSAT practice test for Grade 8SHSAT for 8th graders
Most students sit the SHSAT in the fall of Grade 8. The Grade 8 test covers standards through Grade 7. In English that means reading stories, poems and nonfiction closely, revising a short text, and fixing sentences. In math it means ratios and percents, negative numbers and fractions, equations and inequalities, angles, area and volume, and probability and statistics, often several in one word problem. There is no calculator.
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The full test
100 questions · 180 minutes for both subjects · adapts as you go
English (ELA) and Math, on one clock, as on the real test. Start with either subject; once you submit it, it is closed and the other one begins.
English (ELA) on its own
50 questions · 90 minutes · a fixed practice test
Reading sets on stories, poems and nonfiction, then revising and editing.
Math on its own
50 questions · 90 minutes · a fixed practice test
Word problems, equations, geometry and probability up to Grade 7 standards, no calculator.
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Tips
Getting ready for Grade 8
- Start with the subject your child is stronger in, so the first hour builds confidence.
- Watch the clock across both subjects: 180 minutes is about 1 minute 48 seconds a question.
- In a reading set, answer every question before leaving the passage: the set closes when your child moves on.
- Practice the arithmetic without a calculator: fractions, decimals, negatives and percents by hand.
- For a made-up unit or coin, write each exchange rate as a fraction and multiply in steps.
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