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Math Vocabulary and formulas
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You should do this even if you are unsure of what a question means.
What is Answer it!
100

What is the Kentucky benchmark for math?

19

100
What is the greatest common factor of 42, 126, and 210 ? F) 2 G) 6 H) 14 J) 21 K) 42
What is K.
100
A typical high school student consumes 67.5 pounds of sugar per year. As part of a new nutrition plan, each member of a track team plans to lower the sugar he or she consumes by at least 20% for the coming year. Assuming each track member had consumed sugar at the level of a typical high school student and will adhere to this plan for the coming year, what is the maximum number of pounds of sugar to be consumed by each track team member in the coming year? A. 14 B. 44 C. 48 D. 54 E. 66
What is D. 54
100

A2+B2=C2

Pythagorean Theorem

200

Situation: You've answered 53/60 questions and have 2 minutes left on the clock. The 7 questions remaining are questions about which you are unsure. What should you do?

guess each question with the same answer

200

What are the total numbers of questions and minutes for the Math Section?

60 questions, 60 minutes

200
What is the degree measure of the acute angle formed by the hands of a 12-hour clock that reads exactly 1 o’clock? A) 15° B) 30° C) 45° D) 60° E) 72°
What is B.
200
There are 15 balls in a box: 8 balls are green, 4 are blue and 3 are white. Then 1 green and 1 blue balls are taken from the box and put away. What is the probability that a blue ball is selected at random from the box? A) 3/13 B) 4/15 C) 3/15 D) 4/13 E) 2/13
What is A. 3/13
200

What is the area of a triangle?

1/2B*H

300

what should you use when doing questions that involve solving equations?

plug in

300

what order do the place the multiple choice answers in?

from smallest number to the largest

300
If xy = 144, x + y = 30, and x > y, what is the value of x – y ? F) 4 G) 6 H) 18 J) 22 K) 24
What is H.
300
The length of a rectangle is 3 times its width. If the width of the rectangle is 5 inches, what is the rectangle's area, in square inches? A) 15 B) 20 C) 30 D) 75 E) 40
What is D. 75
300

What is Congruency?

equal in shape and/or size

400

Should you eat breakfast before the ACT?

yes!

400
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What is the highest possible score you can get on the ACT?
400
A DVD player with a list price of $100 is marked down 30%. If John gets an employee discount of 20% off the sale price, how much does John pay for the DVD player ? A) $86.00 B) $77.60 C) $56.00 D) $50.00 E) $44.00
What is C.
400
If the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10 inches long and one of its legs is 5 inches long, how long is the other leg? A) 5 B) 5√3 C) 5√5 D) 75 E) 10 - √5
What is B) 5√3
400

List 3 words that may indicate you are multiplying in a word problem

Times, by, per, doubled, ETC

500

what shpuld you do if you have spent too much time on a queastion

mark and move

500

what is the national benchmark for math?

22

500
What is the value of x when 2x + 3 = 3x – 4 ? A. –7 B. C. 1 D. E. 7
What is E. 7
500
In the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, the graph of (x + 3)2 + (y + 5)2 = 16 is a circle. What is the circumference of the circle, expressed in coordinate units? A) 4π B) 5π C) 3π D) 8π E) 25π
What is D) 8π
500

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Circle Area

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