Get the SAT experience you need when you conquer the PSAT! Need to practice for the SAT? Want to qualify as a National Merit Scholar? Then this is the book for you. McGraw-Hill"s PSAT/NMSQT provides you with the test-taking skills that will carry you though the SATs, college exams, and beyond. Designed to develop the command of the eight critical reasoning skills--the skills the PSAT is constructed to measure--this book will help you outthink the test and find the right answers for unfamiliar question types. You will also get online practice PSATs for an interactive test-prep experience. * Four full-length simulated PSATs with fully explained answers in the book and two more practice PSATs online. * Teaches critical thinking skills designed to help students solve any PSAT problem. * Eye-catching, eight-page Welcome section including "How to Use This Book," "PSAT Study Plan," "Getting the Most from the Online Tests," and more. Topics include: What You Need to Know about the PSAT/NMSQT; Smart Training for the PSAT/NMSQT and Beyond; Diagnostic PSAT; How to Build an Impressive Vocabulary; Critical Reading Skills for the PSAT and SAT; Sentence Completion Skills; Math Reasoning Skills: What the PSAT Math Test is Really Testing; Essential Pre-Algebra Skills; Essential Algebra I Skills; Special Math Problems; Essential Geometry Skills; Attacking the PSAT Writing Questions; Essential PSAT Grammar Skills