How Long Is the Digital SAT?
The new digital SAT is 2 hours and 14 minutes long with a total of 98 questions. In contrast, the old paper SAT was 3 hours long with a total of 154 questions, so the new digital SAT is 46 minutes shorter with 56 fewer questions.
The digital SAT consists of two sections—a Reading and Writing section and a Math section. Each section contains two modules of equal length. Each Reading and Writing module is 32 minutes long and contains 27 questions. Each Math module is 35 minutes long and contains 22 questions.
| SECTION | Module | NUMBER OF QUESTIONS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
|
Reading and Writing | Module 1 |
27 questions |
32 minutes |
|
Reading and Writing | Module 2
|
27 questions
|
32 minutes
|
|
(Break)
|
--- |
(10 minutes)
|
|
Math | Module 1
|
22 questions |
35 minutes |
|
Math | Module 2
|
22 questions |
35 minutes |
|
TOTAL
|
98 questions |
2 hours and 14 minutes |
Each module is timed separately. Students can skip ahead or go back to questions within a module. However, they cannot move on to the next module before the time is up or go back to questions in a previous module.
There is a 10-minute break between the Reading and Writing section and the Math section. However, there isn’t a break between the two modules within each section.
Learn more about how the SAT has changed with our side-by-side comparison of the digital and paper SAT.
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Originally published on November 29, 2022. Updated on December 7, 2023.
