Timed digital PSAT practice tests that feel like test day
Full-length, computer-based practice tests built to the digital PSAT/NMSQT: four modules on their own clocks, a harder or easier second module chosen by how you do on the first, the 10-minute break, split-screen passages, a built-in graphing calculator and the reference sheet — then an estimated 320–1520 score and National Merit Selection Index the moment you finish, and a written explanation for every answer choice.
- 100% digitalTaken on screen in your browser, like Bluebook
- Timed like test day4 modules, 98 questions, 2 h 14 min + break
- AdaptiveModule 2 gets harder or easier from your Module 1
- Instant scoreEstimated 320–1520 and Selection Index
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One timed digital test
Score 320–1520| Module | Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Reading and Writing — Module 1 | 27 | 32 min |
| Reading and Writing — Module 2 | 27 | 32 min |
| Break | 10 min | |
| Math — Module 1 | 22 | 35 min |
| Math — Module 2 | 22 | 35 min |
| Total | 98 | 134 min |
Every tool the real exam gives you
The PSAT/NMSQT is taken on a screen with its own set of tools. Practicing on paper — or on a site without them — means meeting them for the first time on the day that counts.
Split-screen passages
Passage on the left, question on the right, just like the Bluebook app — so reading practice feels like the real thing.
Built-in graphing calculator
Graph equations, find intersections, zeros and vertices, or switch to the scientific keypad — available on every Math question.
Math reference sheet
The same area, volume and special-triangle formulas you get on test day, one click away throughout Math.
Mark for review & eliminator
Bookmark questions to come back to and cross out options you have ruled out — then check your work before you submit.
Score + Selection Index
See an estimated 320–1520 total, both section scores and your National Merit Selection Index the moment you finish, broken down by all eight skill domains.
Every option explained
A written explanation for every question, the reason each wrong option is wrong, and a strategy tip you can use next time.
Three steps to a higher score
Sit a full test, properly timed
Four modules, 98 questions, 134 minutes and a real 10-minute break — with the same on-screen tools you will have on test day.
Get your score and Selection Index
An estimated 320–1520 and National Merit Selection Index the moment you finish, plus a breakdown by module and by each of the eight skill domains.
Fix what cost you points
Every question has a written explanation, a reason each wrong option is wrong, and a strategy tip. Then retake and watch it climb.
Nothing on test day you haven't seen
Our tests use every kind of question the PSAT/NMSQT does, in the proportions it does — including data tables and the questions where you type your own answer.
Words in context
Choose the most logical and precise word or phrase for the blank.
Text structure & purpose
What a sentence does in a passage, or what the whole passage is for.
Cross-text connections
Two short texts on one topic: how would the author of one respond to the other?
Central ideas & details
The main idea, or a detail the passage states or implies.
Command of evidence — textual
Which quotation or finding would best support or weaken a claim?
Command of evidence — quantitative
Read a data table to complete an argument accurately.
Inferences
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Boundaries
Punctuation between and within sentences: periods, semicolons, colons, dashes, commas.
Form, structure & sense
Agreement, verb forms, pronouns, modifiers and possessives.
Transitions
The logical link between two sentences.
Rhetorical synthesis
Use a student's bulleted notes to accomplish a specific goal.
Multiple choice
Four options, one correct — about three quarters of the Math questions.
Student-produced response
No options: you type the answer — a whole number, decimal, fraction or negative.
Data & tables
Word problems built on a table of values, a sample, or a rate.
Judge the quality before you pay
Every question comes with an explanation that tells you why the other options are wrong, not just which one is right.
- A written explanation on every question
- A reason each wrong option is wrong
- A strategy tip for next time
A line in the xy-plane passes through the points (2, 5) and (6, 17). What is the y-intercept of this line?
- A−1Correct
- B1
- C3
- D5
Explanation
First find the slope: (17 − 5) ÷ (6 − 2) = 12 ÷ 4 = 3. Then substitute one point into y = mx + b. Using (2, 5): 5 = 3(2) + b, so b = −1. The trap is stopping at the slope and choosing C — on the PSAT the wrong options are usually built from correct intermediate steps, so read what the question actually asks for before you choose.
Scored the way College Board reports it
Your results break down across the same eight content domains the official score report uses, so you know exactly where your next points are.
Information & Ideas
Central ideas, details, inferences, and using evidence — quotations and data from tables and graphs — to support a claim.
Craft & Structure
Words in context, the purpose and structure of a text, and how two texts on the same topic relate to each other.
Expression of Ideas
Transitions between sentences, and rhetorical synthesis: using a student's notes to accomplish a stated goal.
Standard English Conventions
Sentence boundaries, punctuation, subject–verb agreement, verb tense, pronouns, modifiers and possessives.
Algebra
Linear equations, inequalities, functions and systems — in one and two variables, in words and on graphs.
Advanced Math
Quadratic, exponential, polynomial, rational and radical expressions, equations and functions.
Problem-Solving & Data Analysis
Ratios, rates, percentages, units, probability, statistics and reading data from tables and scatterplots.
Geometry & Trigonometry
Area and volume, lines and angles, triangles, circles, and right-triangle trigonometry.
The number that matters in eleventh grade
National Merit Scholarship Corporation does not look at your 1520-point total. It looks at your Selection Index, where Reading and Writing counts twice. Every full test you sit here gives you an estimated index alongside your score, so you know which section moves you closer to Commended or Semifinalist.
Selection Index
(2 × R&W + Math) ÷ 10
700
R&W
680
Math
208
Index
Ranges from 48 to 228. Cut-offs are set by NMSC each year, and Semifinalist cut-offs differ by state.
What matches test day
- Four modules in the real order, each on its own clock
- Adaptive Module 2: your Module 1 result decides whether you get the harder or the easier second module
- The real question count and time limit in every module
- The 10-minute break between Reading and Writing and Math
- Split-screen passages, Mark for Review and an answer eliminator
- A graphing calculator and the reference sheet throughout Math
- An estimated National Merit Selection Index from every full test
- Typed student-produced responses, checked by the official entry rules
What we are upfront about
Our questions are written to SAT difficulty
The PSAT/NMSQT and the SAT share one format, one set of question types and one score scale, and the PSAT is pitched slightly easier. Our tests are built to the SAT end of that range, so expect test day to feel a little easier than our hardest modules, never harder. We think that is the right way round.
The exact line between the two routes is ours
Like the real PSAT/NMSQT, each test has a harder and an easier Module 2 and your Module 1 result picks one. College Board does not publish where it draws that line, so ours is set from published analyses of its official practice tests. A student near the line could be routed differently on test day.
Your 320–1520 score and Selection Index are estimates
Turning raw answers into an official scaled score needs College Board's equating for the exact form you sat, which is not published. We convert your raw score with a curve modeled on released practice tests and show it as an estimate with a range — close enough to track progress and your National Merit standing, not a promise of a test-day number.
Real scores, from real students and parents
Students who sat the full-length tests before test day, and the parents who watched their scores climb.
“I worked through these tests for most of junior year and went from a 1130 to a 1390 on the real PSAT. Honestly I did not expect that. Most of what I saw on test day followed the same patterns I had already practiced.”
“I have sat a lot of exams in my career and I still rate this 12 out of 10. Both my kids used it before their PSAT. It looks and feels like the real test app and the explanations are the best part. I would send any family here.”
“I completed all 50 practice tests and finished every one of them. Seeing the estimated score after each one kept me going and I always knew which area was costing me points. I recommend this to anyone sitting the PSAT.”
Before you buy
Still not sure?
Ask before you buy. There are no refunds on digital material, so we would rather answer a question now than take money from someone the tests do not suit.
Contact supportHow long is the PSAT/NMSQT?
98 questions in 134 minutes of testing — two hours and fourteen minutes — plus a 10-minute break between the Reading and Writing section and the Math section. It is split into four modules, each with its own clock. When a module's time runs out it closes, finished or not. Our practice tests are timed exactly the same way.
Is the PSAT the same as the SAT?
Almost. Since the move to digital testing, the PSAT/NMSQT and the SAT have the same structure — four adaptive modules, 98 questions, 134 minutes — the same question types, the same calculator and reference sheet, and the same Bluebook app. The differences are the score scale (320–1520 instead of 400–1600), a slightly lower difficulty ceiling, and the National Merit Selection Index that only the PSAT/NMSQT produces. Practice for one is practice for the other.
Do I get a score and a Selection Index?
Yes — estimated ones. The moment you finish you see an estimated total from 320 to 1520, a 160–760 estimate for each section with a likely range, and the National Merit Selection Index those section scores give: Reading and Writing twice, plus Math, divided by ten, on a 48–228 scale. Only College Board can produce an official score for a real test form, so treat ours as a close estimate for tracking progress, not a guarantee.
What score do I need for National Merit?
National Merit is decided by the Selection Index, not the total, and only on the PSAT/NMSQT taken in eleventh grade. Commended Student recognition has needed an index in the low-to-mid 200s in recent years, and the Semifinalist cut-off is set state by state, usually somewhere from the low 200s to the low 220s. National Merit Scholarship Corporation publishes the exact figures each year. Our National Merit page explains how it works.
Are your practice tests adaptive like the real PSAT?
Yes. Every test has two versions of each Module 2, a harder one and an easier one, just like the real PSAT/NMSQT. How you do on Module 1 of a section decides which one you get, and you are not told which while you are testing. Your estimated score then reflects the route: the harder module is the only way to the top of the scale. College Board does not publish exactly where it draws the line between the two, so ours is an estimate from its official practice tests.
Walk in knowing what to expect
Sit a full-length PSAT under real conditions, see your estimated score, find the domains costing you points, and fix them before test day.