Scoring/Other
Reading
Science
English
Math
100

Max Point value of the ACT

What is 36 points

100
Number of questions on the reading portion
What is 40
100
Number of questions in the science section
What is 40 questions
100
The amount of questions on the ACT English Portion
What is 75 questions
100
Amount of time given on the math section
What is 60 minutes
200

The word used when all scores are added up then averaged

What is composite score

200
Amount of total time given on reading section?
What is 35 minutes
200
Amount of time given to complete the science section
What is 35 minutes
200
Amount of time given
What is 45 minutes
200
Amount of questions given on the math section
What is 60 questions
300

Why should you guess if you are unsure

What is no point deduction on wrong answers

300

What is one strategy we spoke about in class, that you should use specifically for Reading?

Read the question first

300

About how long should you take on each question on the Science Section

What is about 30-45 seconds

300
Number of passages in the ACT English section
What is 5 passages
300

What is one strategy we spoke about in class, that you should use specifically for math?

When using process of elimination, start with the middle number first to determine if your answer is too high or too low

400

What order is the ACT by subject

What is English, Math, Reading, Science

400

Types of questions where words are learned from other words around it

What is context clues

400

How many passages are on the Science section?

What is 6

400
This type of questions will ask about commas and semicolons
What is punctuation
400

What is the Benchmark Score for Math

What is 21

500

What is the highest number of points you can receive on the writing section?

12

500

Types of questions where important parts of the story are referenced.

What is main idea

500

Name any 2/3 subjects that will be on the Science section of the ACT

Biology, Chemisty, Physics 

500
The average score nationally in this section
What is 21
500

If I have a 24 on English, 18 on Reading, and a 26 on Science. What do I need on Math to have a Composite score of 22

20