美国教育考试服务中心(ETS)明确规定了
表5-1-2 SAT数学考试的出题范围(英文)
Number and Operation
Arithmetic word problems (including percent, ratio, and proportion)
Properties of integers (even, odd, prime numbers, divisibility, etc.)
Rational numbers
Sets (union, intersection, elements)
Counting techniques
Sequences and series (including exponential growth)
Elementary number theory
Algebra and Functions
Properties of exponents
Algebraic word problems
Solutions of linear equations and inequalities
Systems of equations and inequalities
Quadratic equations
Rational and radical equations
Equations of lines
Absolute value
Direct and inverse variation
Concepts of algebraic functions
Geometry and Measurement
Area and perimeter of a polygon
Area and circumference of a circle
Volume of a box, cube, and cylinder
Pythagorean Theorem and special properties of isosceles, equilateral, and right triangles
Properties of parallel and perpendicular lines
Coordinate geometry
Geometric visualization
Slope
Similarity
Transformations
Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability
Data interpretation (tables and graphs)
Descriptive statistics (mean, median, and mode)
Probability
表5-1-3 SAT数学考试的出题范围(中文)
数和运算
算数应用题(包括百分数，比率和比例)
整数性质(偶数，奇数，质数，整除性等等)
有理数
集合(合集，交集，元素)
计数技术
数列和级数(包括几何增长)
数论初步
代数和函数
指数的性质
代数应用题
求解线性方程和线性不等式
方程组和不等式组
一元二次方程
有理和无理方程
直线方程
绝对值
变量的正反关系
代数函数的概念
几何和测量
多边形的面积和周长
园的面积和周长
立方体，正方体和圆柱体的体积
勾股定理和等腰，等边，直角三角形的性质
平行线，垂直线的性质
解析几何初步
几何想象题
斜率
相似
转换
数据分析，统计和概率
数据描述(表和图)
统计知识(平均值，中位值，众数)
概率