Free PSAT 10 practice tests

Format, dates and practice-test links checked against College Board: October 29, 2026

You can take a free, full-length PSAT 10 practice test online at Test Ninjas. Practice Test 1 has all 98 questions in the digital, adaptive format and gives you an estimated score on the 320–1520 scale when you finish, with an explanation for every question. It's free with a free account. College Board also publishes official practice: full-length digital tests in its Bluebook app and three paper tests as PDFs, with answers and scoring guides.

Everything is linked below, along with six questions from our Practice Test 1 to try right here, what the PSAT 10 covers, and how to read your score.

Your free PSAT 10 practice tests

There are three free ways to take a full-length PSAT 10 practice test. Take at least one digital test before test day, because the real PSAT 10 is digital and adaptive.

Test Ninjas · online

PSAT 10 Practice Test 1

98 questions, adaptive modules, timed like test day, scored the moment you finish, with an explanation for every question.

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College Board · Bluebook app

Official digital tests

Full-length adaptive PSAT 10 practice tests in the same app you'll test in. Download Bluebook from College Board's practice page.

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Three paper tests

Printable, nonadaptive tests with answer explanations and scoring guides. See all three below.

Test Ninjas PSAT practice test: a Reading and Writing passage with two highlights, choice A crossed out, choice B selected, Mark for Review on and 14:34 left in the module — A Reading and Writing question in a Test Ninjas PSAT practice test: highlights, answer cross-out, Mark for Review and the module timer work like Bluebook.

Official PSAT 10 practice test PDFs with answers

College Board publishes three official PSAT 10 paper practice tests as free PDFs. Each has a test booklet, answer explanations and a scoring guide that converts your correct answers into section scores. They're nonadaptive, so every student gets the same questions.

Official PSAT 10 paper practice tests. All files are on College Board's paper practice tests page.

Practice test	Test	Answers	Scoring
PSAT 10 Practice Test 1	PDF	Explanations	Scoring guide
PSAT 10 Practice Test 2	PDF	Explanations	Scoring guide
PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10 Practice Test 3	PDF	Explanations	Scoring guide

College Board says PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10 practice materials can be used interchangeably, so its PSAT/NMSQT Practice Tests 1 and 2 are good extra practice too.

Printing a paper test? Time each part the way the real test does (Reading and Writing, then a 10-minute break, then Math) and score it with the PDF's scoring guide or our PSAT 10 score calculator.

Try six questions from Practice Test 1

These six questions are from the first module of our PSAT 10 Practice Test 1: three Reading and Writing and three Math, one per main skill area. Pick an answer and check it to see the explanation. Math questions without choices are type-in questions, like on the real test.

Sample 1 · Reading and Writing · Words In Context

For years, historians could not ______ the two accounts of the battle: one described a swift victory, while the other reported weeks of fighting. Only after a soldier's diary was discovered did scholars realize that both records described different stages of the same campaign.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

AreconcileBuncoverCcriticizeDtranslate

Sample 2 · Reading and Writing · Central Ideas and Details

Biologists have long known that animals living in hot deserts must avoid overheating. To learn how one lizard copes, researcher Amina Farouk studied the scales of horned lizards from several desert regions. She found that lizards from the hottest, sunniest areas had paler, more reflective scales than those from cooler, shadier areas. Farouk suggests that the lighter coloring bounces away more sunlight, helping the lizards stay cool. The finding supports the idea that body coloring can be shaped by an animal's environment.

Based on the text, what can be concluded about the horned lizards Farouk studied?

ALizards from cooler areas reflect more sunlight than lizards from hotter areas do.BHorned lizards change the color of their scales quickly when the weather grows hotter.CThe color of a lizard's scales appears to be related to the temperature of its habitat.DLizards living in shadier regions face a greater risk of overheating than other lizards do.

Sample 3 · Reading and Writing · Form, Structure, and Sense

Founded in 2011, Lagos Fashion Week, one of numerous annual events spotlighting clothing designers from across the African continent, ______ international buyers and journalists to Nigeria each year and has helped launch the careers of many young designers.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

AdrawBdrawsCare drawingDhave drawn

Sample 4 · Math · System of Two Linear Equations

$2x + 5y = 9$ $6x + 15y = c$ For what value of $c$ does this system have an infinite number of solutions?

9

18

27

36

Sample 5 · Math · Nonlinear Functions

A laboratory culture contains $b(t) = 25(3)^t$ spores after $t$ whole days have elapsed since the first observation. Find the value of $b(2)$ for this culture.

Type your answer

Sample 6 · Math · Inference from Sample Statistics

A polling group surveyed a random sample of registered voters in the Castille district about a transit measure. From the sample, an estimate emerged that $54\%$ of the district's registered voters back the measure, paired with a margin of error equal to $2.5\%$ . Which choice gives a valid statement, given that margin of error?

AIt is certain that the percent of the district's registered voters who support the measure equals

54\%

.BIt is plausible that the percent of the district's voters who support the measure is as low as

51.5\%

.CIt is impossible that the percent of the district's registered voters who support the measure exceeds

54\%

.DIt is certain that more than half of the district's registered voters support the proposed transit measure.

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What's on the PSAT 10

The PSAT 10 has 98 questions in two sections and takes 2 hours and 14 minutes. Each section has two modules. Everyone gets the same first module; how you do on it decides whether your second module is easier or harder.

PSAT 10 structure. Source: College Board.

Section	Questions	Time	Notes
Reading and Writing	54 (27 per module)	64 min (32 + 32)	Short passages, one question each
Break	—	10 min	Between the sections
Math	44 (22 per module)	70 min (35 + 35)	Calculator allowed on every question; some answers are typed in
Total	98	2 hr 14 min	Scored 320–1520

The PSAT 10 is scored from 320 to 1520: 160 to 760 for Reading and Writing and 160 to 760 for Math. It uses the same scale as the PSAT/NMSQT, so a 1200 means the same on both. See the PSAT format guide for how the adaptive modules work.

How to score your practice test and what it means

Test Ninjas practice tests score themselves; for a paper test, use its scoring guide or the PSAT 10 score calculator. Then compare your total with other 10th graders. These are College Board's percentiles for students who took the test in your grade:

PSAT 10 total score percentiles (user group). Source: College Board. Every score: PSAT percentiles.

Total score	10th grade
700	13th
800	30th
900	51st
1000	69th
1100	82nd
1200	92nd
1300	97th
1400	99th

College Board's grade-level benchmarks show whether you're on track for college readiness by the SAT: 10th grade, 430 in Reading and Writing and 480 in Math. Your score report shows whether you met each one.

Test Ninjas PSAT/NMSQT practice score report: estimated total 1440, Reading and Writing 720, Math 720, 92 of 98 correct, with pacing charts for all four modules — A Test Ninjas PSAT/NMSQT practice score report (example scores). PSAT 10 reports use the same 320–1520 scale, with pacing for every module.

How to use your PSAT 10 practice tests

Take one test early to find your gaps, practice those skills, then take another test to check your progress. Over about four weeks:

Week 1: take our Practice Test 1 in one sitting, timed, with the 10-minute break. Don't pause the clock.
Week 1–2: review every question you missed or guessed on. Sort them by skill (words in context, transitions, linear equations and so on) and note which mistakes were content and which were rushing.
Week 2–3: practice your two or three weakest skills with short drills, such as our free Reading and Writing and Math practice questions.
Week 3: take an official Bluebook practice test to get used to the app you'll test in.
Week 4: review that test, then do a final timed practice section a few days before test day.

When is the PSAT 10?

The PSAT 10 is given only in spring, at school. For 2027 the window is March 1 to April 30, and your school picks the day. Scores reach students on April 1, April 15, April 29 or May 13, 2027, depending on when the school sends its answers.

PSAT 10 testing windows and in-school score release dates. Source: College Board.

Window	Test dates	Scores to students
Spring 2027	March 1–April 30, 2027	April 1, April 15, April 29 or May 13, 2027

You don't register yourself: your school signs you up. State-run tests can follow the state's own schedule. Every window is on our PSAT test dates page.

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PSAT 10 practice test FAQ

Yes. College Board publishes three official paper PSAT 10 practice tests as free PDFs: PSAT 10 Practice Tests 1 and 2, and PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10 Practice Test 3. Each comes with answer explanations and a scoring guide. The paper versions aren't adaptive, so for test-day practice take a digital test too.

A full-length PSAT 10 practice test has 98 questions and takes 2 hours and 14 minutes: Reading and Writing is 54 questions in 64 minutes and Math is 44 questions in 70 minutes, with a 10-minute break between them.

They're interchangeable. The two tests have the same structure and the same 320–1520 scale, and College Board says their practice materials can be used interchangeably. The difference is the stakes: only the PSAT/NMSQT taken in 11th grade counts for National Merit.

The digital practice tests are. On Test Ninjas and in College Board's Bluebook app, how you do on the first module of each section decides whether your second module is easier or harder, like the real test. The paper PDFs aren't adaptive.

Anything above about 900 is above the middle for 10th graders: on College Board's table, a 900 is the 51st percentile, a 1040 the 75th and a 1180 the 90th. College Board's 10th-grade benchmarks are 430 in Reading and Writing and 480 in Math.

No. Only the PSAT/NMSQT taken in 11th grade enters the National Merit Scholarship Program. The PSAT 10 is practice for the PSAT/NMSQT and the SAT, with the same format and scale.

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