Miscellaneous
The number of sections on the ACT test.
What is four?
5.
What is the number of passages in the English portion of the ACT?
Comprehension of several passages.
What is tested on the reading test?
The interpretation, analysis, evaluation, reasoning, and problem-solving skills required in the natural sciences.
What is tested on the ACT science test?
60
What is the number of questions asked and/or the number of minutes allowed on the ACT math test?
One way you can register for the ACT.
What is online? (Or what is in the counselors' office?)
75.
How many questions are on the ACT English test?
40
How many questions are on the reading test?
40
How many questions are on the ACT science test?
An approved calculator
What is allowed to be used on only the math portion of the ACT?
Your admission ticket and acceptable identification.
What do you need to bring with you on test day?
45
How many minutes are you given to take the ACT English test?
35
How many minutes do you have to complete the reading test?
35
How many minutes do you have to take the ACT science reasoning test?
The number of content areas tested on the math section of the ACT.
What is 6? (They are pre-algebra, elementary algebra, intermediate algebra, coordinate geometry, plane geometry, and trigonometry.)
The highest possible score you can make on the ACT.
What is 36.
Questions in this category test your understanding of the conventions of English, such as pronoun-antecedent agreement, modifiers, verb formation, pronoun case, and idiomatic phrasing.
What is grammar and/or usage?
What are the types of passages on the Reading Section?
A calculator.
What are you not permitted to use on the ACT science reasoning test?
The number of answer choices you are given on the math portion of the ACT.
What is 5? (The other sections have 4 answer choices.)
Your cell phone.
What is something you should not bring?
Questions in this category test your understanding of relationships between and among clauses, placement of modifiers, and shifts in construction.
What is sentence structure?
Questions in this category are based on passages in the content areas of anthropology, archaeology, biography, business, economics, education, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology.
What is social studies?
7
How many graphs, charts, or tables are presented on the ACT science reasoning test?
Questions in this content area are based on basic operations using whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and integers; place value, square roots, and approximations; the concept of exponents; scientific notation; factors; ration, proportion, and percent; linear equations in one variable; elementary counting techniques; and simple variability.
What is pre-algebra?