Art of Translation
Working Backwards
Picking Numbers
Test Strategies
Lagniappe
100

"difference" translates to this symbol

What is

-

(subtraction)

100

The value of if 

3x-4=-10

(A) -2  (B) -1

(C)  0  (D)  2  (E)  5

What is -2? (a)

100

The sum of two positive consecutive integers is x. This is the value of the larger of the two integers in terms of x.


(A)x/2+1 qquad (B)(x+1)/2

(C) x/2 qquad (D) (x-1)/2

(E)x/2-1

What is 

(B) (x+1)/2

100

TRUE or FALSE: I can only take the ACT one time.

What is FALSE! You can take the ACT up to 12 times!

100

Mr. Bodzin is from

A) Where is Little Rock, Arkansas

B) Where is Corpus Christi, Texas

C) Where is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

D) Where is Honolulu, Hawaii

E) Where is New Orleans, LA

Where is Philadelphia, Pensylvania?

200

"a number" can be represented by this.

What is x or ?

200

An equivalent to 

sqrt(40)+ sqrt(160)

(A) quad 6sqrt(10)

(B) quad 7sqrt(10)

(C) quad 10sqrt(2)+10sqrt(4)

(D) quad 20sqrt(10)

(E) quad sqrt(200)


What is 

(A) quad 6sqrt(10)

200

If x < y < 0, this is greatest in value of the following:

(A) 2x + y  (B) x + 2y

(C) x āˆ’ 2y  (D) 2y + 2x

(E) 2y āˆ’ 2x

What is 2y-2x? (E)

200

This is what you should do tonight.


What is get a full night's rest to be ready for the test!

200

This is what the SAT stands for.

What is Scholastic Aptitude Test?

300

An expression for "5 less than a number."

What is

x-5

300

Nate has x M&Ms.  He gives half of them to Unique.  Then he gives 5 to Leslie.  If Nate is left with 15 M&Ms, this is the value of x.

(A) 50  (B) 40  (C) 30

(D) 20  (E) 10

What is 40(B)?

300

When the positive integer m is divided by 5, the remainder is 3. What is the remainder when 4m is divided by 5?

What is 2?

300

True or False: Write down all of your steps when solving a problem.

What is True

300

The ACT Stands for this.

What is the American College Test?

400

An equation for "10 less than twice a number is equal to three quarters of another number."

What is

2x-10=3/4y

400

If 

3^(nāˆ’3) + 3^2 = 18 

then this is the value of n.

(A) 1  (B) 2  (C) 3  (D) 4  (E) 5 

What is n=5? (E)

400

If a and b are positive integers such that

a + b = 5

, then this is the value of 

3(b āˆ’ 5)/(2a) 

What is 

-3/2

400

This is how you should spend your last 5 minutes of the test.

What is double-checking and filling in "C" for unanswered questions?

400

The street address of Sci High is this.

Where is 2011 Bienville St?

500

The solution for x for the equation "8 is equal to the difference of one half of x and 2."

8=1/2x-2

What is 20?

500

Three consecutive integers are such that four times the least integer is three times the greatest. This is the greatest of these three integers?

(A) 6  (B) 8  (C) 10  (D) 12  (E) 14

What is 8? (B)

500

If (x/4)=(y/2), this is equivalent to y/3.

(A)xquad(B)x/2quad (C)x/3quad(D)x/6quad(E)x/9

What is D?

500

This is the length of the ACT Math Section.


What is 60 min?

500

This is the Order of Operations (full names not just the acronym!).

What is 

Parentheses 

Exponents 

Multiplication/Division 

Addition/Subtraction

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