Free Online SAT Prep Games

Preparing students for the SAT can often feel like a daunting task, especially when trying to keep them engaged while covering the necessary content. One way you can add some variety to your students' prep is by incorporating SAT prep games into your classroom. These games provide a fun and interactive way to reinforce topics tested on the SAT. Look through the list below and find the ones that make sense for your students. If you are prepping students for the ACT as well, check out this list of ACT prep games.

General SAT Games 

Factile

Factile is a Jeopardy-style game platform where teachers can create quiz games using SAT content. Students can compete with friends or study alone in a fun, interactive environment. This encourages teamwork and competition while reviewing material. In addition, Factile has flashcards, Jeopardy-style multiple choice questions, a Quiz Bowl, and a memory matching board game. Here is an example SAT Jeopardy game

Gimkit

This is a live learning game show that teachers can use for SAT prep. Students answer questions on their own devices. They earn in-game cash when they answer questions correctly and lose cash when they answer incorrectly. They can then reinvest their money by buying upgrades and powerups. Teachers can create custom SAT quizzes and games to review vocabulary, math concepts, and reading comprehension. 

Kahoot! 

Kahoot! is an interactive learning platform that allows teachers and students to create and participate in quizzes, polls, and games using any device with internet access. Teachers can easily create quizzes on SAT topics, including math and vocabulary. Students compete against each other to make preparing for the SAT more fun and motivating.

LearnQ.ai

LearnQ.ai is a comprehensive gamified practice platform for the SAT. It provides various game-based tests and quizzes that make mastering SAT topics fun and interactive.

Quizizz

Quizizz is similar to Kahoot! and allows teachers to create and share interactive quizzes about SAT content. Students can compete in a fun, game-like environment, answering questions across various subjects. It also includes features like reports on student performance and homework assignments. 

Quizlet

Teachers and students can create their own set of SAT flashcards and then play games with them to review math and reading questions. Once teachers and students make a set, they can also play “Match” on the site, which is a fun matching game that reinforces learning. 

Sheppard Software

This website has a variety of simple, educational flash games. The math games cover many of the topics that will appear on the SAT math test, including algebra, geometry, and probability. The language art games cover vocabulary that will appear on the SAT reading and writing section.

Teachers Pay Teachers

On this site, teachers can buy resources that other teachers have already created for SAT prep. These resources include SAT breakout games, task cards, Jeopardy games, and escape rooms. Each game is roughly $2-$8. 

Math SAT Prep Games

Almost Fun

This app is a fun and easy way to prepare for the SAT math section. It offers interactive lessons and over 400 SAT questions. What makes this app unique is that it uses non-math concepts to explain math concepts. It can be played anytime, anywhere. As they state on the App Store, “Just whip out your phone and pull up a question on the subway, while waiting in line at Starbucks, or whenever you need to pretend like you're texting someone.” 

MathIsFun.com

This site has a variety of math games on various subjects like algebra, calculus, geometry, etc. It’s a great way to review math basics, although it’s not specifically tailored to the SAT.

Quizlet

Quizlet offers SAT-specific flashcards that cover different math concepts including algebra, geometry, advanced math, and problem-solving. The platform’s matching game makes learning math fun and interactive.  

SAT Math Jeopardy by Super Teacher Tools

Teachers can play this SAT math Jeopardy game as a class, or students can play on their own to review individually. It’s a fun way to practice SAT-style math questions in a different format.

SAT Games for Classrooms

Factile

This Jeopardy-style game is interactive and can be played in teams, making it a great classroom activity. Teachers and students can play Jeopardy, multiple choice, or classic memory games. Students can play from their phone, tablet, or computer. The new Buzzer Mode turns their devices into a Jeopardy game buzzer. In addition, Teachers can now use generative AI to make their games.

Gimkit

Gimkit allows students to answer quiz questions on their phones. Students earn in-game cash as they participate, which they can use to unlock upgrades. This gamified approach adds an element of strategy and motivation and encourages friendly competition and collaboration. 

Jeopardy Labs

Jeopardy Labs lets teachers create custom Jeopardy games that can include SAT topics. This can be a fun way to review vocabulary, math concepts, and reading comprehension skills.

Kahoot!

With its interactive quizzes, polls, and games, Kahoot! promotes active learning, enhances classroom participation, and boosts retention of SAT material. The instant feedback helps students learn from their mistakes in real time. 

Quizizz

Quizizz is similar to Kahoot! and allows teachers to create and share interactive quizzes. It also has reports on student performance and homework assignments that students can complete at their own pace.

Quizlet Live

Quizlet Live is a collaborative review game for the classroom that uses Quizlet's online flashcards platform. Students are grouped and work together to answer questions. The goal is to maintain a streak of correct answers. The first team to answer a set number of questions without missing one is the winner. 

Design Your Own SAT Game! 

General SAT Prep Games:

• SAT Trivia: Create a trivia game using Kahoot! or any of the other tools mentioned above. Quiz students on the SAT format, test-taking strategies, and general math and vocabulary knowledge. Students can compete against each other to answer questions correctly.
• SAT Practice Tests as Games: Set a time limit and treat each practice test like a real exam. Reward students for achieving a certain score or improving their performance.

Math SAT Games:

• Math Jeopardy: Divide the class into teams and create a Jeopardy-style game with math questions at different difficulty levels. Factile and Jeopardy Labs are great tools for making a Jeopardy game.
• Math Bingo: Create bingo cards with SAT math problems. Call out answers and students mark the corresponding problem on their cards.

Reading and Writing Games:

• Reading Comprehension Scavenger Hunt: Create a reading passage with hidden clues. Students work in teams to find the clues and answer questions.‍
• Class Debate: Assign students to different sides of a controversial issue. Have them write out their arguments and debate their positions with the class.