30dayPSATplan.com
PSAT · October 1 to 30, 2026
PSAT math · thirty days

The plan is already written.You just have to open it.

Thirty days of PSAT math, decided in advance. It starts by rebuilding the basics, puts you in the real test format, finds the exact areas costing you points, and then spends the rest of the month on those and nothing else.

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Day 7 of 30 About 30 minutes
Warm upThree questions you missed on Test 1, worked through again
LearnRatios in context. Your weakest area, 8 of 44 questions on your test
Practice12 questions, easy through hard, all on today's topic
DesmosOne walkthrough: solving proportions on the graph instead of on paper
Every day looks like this. You never have to decide what to study, how long to spend, or whether it is working.

Start today and you finish before the testing window opens.

Schools test any day from October 1 to 30

Four things this does that studying on your own does not

None of these are about working harder. They are about not wasting the thirty days you have.

1

It fixes the foundations first

The first four days are the Foundations course: fractions, ratios, percentages, linear equations, exponents. Most PSAT points are not lost on hard questions, they are lost on ordinary questions sitting on a shaky basic. Fix the basic and a whole group of questions stops going wrong at once.

2

It does the planning and the timing for you

Thirty days, each one written out with the work and how long it takes. No building a schedule, no deciding what today should be, no guilt about whether you picked the right thing. Open the day, do it, close the laptop.

3

It makes the real test feel ordinary

Same 44 questions, same two timed modules, same on-screen graphing calculator, same look on the screen. By October the format is not the thing taking your attention, because you have already sat it five times.

4

It finds your weak areas and drills them

After every test you get the specific error behind each wrong answer, not just which ones were wrong, plus the earlier skill underneath it. Then practice on those, easy through hard, until they stop happening.

44
Questions
70 min
Two modules
160–760
Math scale
5
Full tests

Four days of fixing all basic concepts that appear in the PSAT, then 26 days of refining your skills.

The shape of the month, start to finish.

Days 1–4

Foundations

Fractions, ratios, percentages, linear equations, exponents. Four days rebuilding the floor before anyone measures anything. This is the part most prep skips and most students needed.

Day 5

The first full test

Forty-four questions, two timed modules, the real format. Not to score you, to find you.

Days 6–14

Only your gaps

The topics you actually missed, worked in proportion to how much of the test they are. Strong areas are left alone, on purpose, because time spent there buys nothing.

Days 15–16

Desmos

The graphing calculator sits on the screen during the whole math section and most students never open it. Two days and twenty-four worked walkthroughs on which questions it collapses into seconds, and which ones it makes slower.

Days 17–29

Test, diagnose, fix, repeat

Three more full tests with thirteen days of gap work around them. The list of gaps gets shorter, and you watch it get shorter.

Day 30

Last test, then stop

One final run, then honest advice about the last day, most of which is about sleep rather than studying.

The format stops being a surprise

The PSAT math section is 44 questions in two 35-minute modules, with a graphing calculator on screen throughout. Every practice test here runs the same way, so October is the sixth time you have done it rather than the first.

  • Two timed modules, 22 questions each. The clock behaves the way it will on the day.
  • The second module adapts. Do well on the first and the second gets harder, which is worth experiencing before it happens for real.
  • A graphing calculator on screen. The same one, available for the whole section.
  • Eight questions with no answer choices. You type the answer yourself. No guessing and no working backwards.
  • Scored 160 to 760, not 200 to 800. Every practice test here reports an estimated PSAT score on that scale. The questions come from my SAT bank and run slightly harder at the top, so the estimate is more likely to land below your real October score than above it.
Student-produced response

If 3x + 7 = 25, what is the value of 9x + 21?

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Most students solve for x first. They do not need to. Seeing that the left side is three times the right is the difference between ninety seconds and fifteen.

What you get for one payment

Five full-length timed tests

Forty-four questions in two timed modules, the same shape as the real thing. Questions come from my SAT bank, which covers the same four content areas.

A named diagnosis after every test

Not a list of which questions were wrong. The specific error behind each one, and the earlier skill sitting underneath it.

The Foundations course

The ground floor of PSAT and SAT math, four modules, yours to keep.

Worked solutions and 24 Desmos walkthroughs

Every question you miss, worked out step by step, with video for the ones where the calculator does the heavy lifting.

A written day, every day

Open it, do the work, close the laptop. No deciding what to study and no wondering whether it helped.

Lifetime access

The PSAT is the rehearsal. Keep the whole thing for the SAT next year at no extra cost.

Who this is for, and who it is not for

A good fit

  • A tenth or eleventh grader taking the PSAT in October
  • Someone who can give it about thirty minutes a day for a month
  • A student whose math is uneven rather than uniformly weak
  • Anyone who wants to know exactly what is costing them points
  • A family who would rather buy a plan than a tutor at $80 an hour

Not a good fit

  • Anyone looking for Reading and Writing help. This is math only
  • A student with three days left. Thirty days is the product
  • Someone wanting a score guarantee. Nobody can honestly give one
  • A student already scoring near 760 on math. There is little here for you

One honest thing about National Merit

The Selection Index is calculated as twice the Reading and Writing score plus the Math score, divided by ten. Math is roughly a third of it, and only the eleventh grade sitting counts. This plan will move a math score properly. It will not, by itself, make a student a Semifinalist, and anyone telling you otherwise is selling something.

Thirty days is enough. Three days is not.

Whatever day in October your school has picked, the work starts the same way and it starts now.

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Questions people ask

When is my PSAT?

Your school picks the day, anywhere from October 1 to October 30. You do not register yourself. Ask your counselor for the exact date, and if you cannot find out, start anyway. The plan works from wherever you begin.

Is this the same as the SAT plan?

The plan is different. It runs thirty days aimed at October and it opens with four days of Foundations. The practice questions are drawn from my SAT bank, because the PSAT and SAT test the same four content areas and the same skills. The SAT reaches a little higher at the very top end, so if anything you will be practising slightly above what you meet in October.

How accurate is the practice score?

Every practice test reports an estimated PSAT math score on the real 160 to 760 scale. Treat it as a direction rather than a prediction. The questions are drawn from my SAT bank, which runs slightly harder at the top end than the PSAT does, so the estimate tends to come in below the real thing rather than above it. Nobody can promise a score, and any prep company that does is guessing.

What if we can only give it fifteen minutes a day?

Then it takes longer than thirty days, and that is fine. Nothing expires. The five full tests need about seventy minutes each, so plan for those separately.

My child does not have a card. How do we pay?

Use the "Ask a parent to pay" button. You enter a parent's email address and we send the payment link straight to them. Nothing is charged until someone completes it.

What if it is not right for us?

Seven days, money back, no explanation needed. Email and it is done.

Does it cover Reading and Writing?

No. Math only. It is what I have taught for thirty-two years and it is the only thing I am willing to sell.

What happens after the PSAT?

Access does not expire. Most students taking the PSAT in October will sit the SAT within eighteen months, and the same material carries over.