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Adv. Algebra
100

A local movie theater sells matinee tickets, m, for $7 and regular tickets, r, for $14. Which of the following expressions represents total ticket sales at the movie theater?

What is 7m + 14r

100

If you’re stuck on a problem for too long, this is the best strategy to keep your pace on the PreACT?

What is Skip Around

100

Gojo has 25 balls. 7 are blue and 8 are red. If 1/5 of the balls are purple, how many purple balls does he have?

What is 5

100

If you multiply this number by the diameter of a circle, you will get the circumference.

What is  \pi ?

100

Two linear equations with the SAME SLOPE but DIFFERENT Y-INTERCEPTS have this kind of solution

What is "no solution?"
200

Jennifer is saving money to buy a new laptop. She already has $150 saved and plans to save an additional $25 each week from her part-time job.

Which expression models the total amount of money M, Jennifer will have after w weeks?

What is M=150 +25w

200

This strategy improves your chance of getting the\e correct answer by removing choices that you know are wrong first?

Process of Elimination 



200

What is 41% of 67 rounded to the nearest tenth?

What is 27.5

200

How many Labubus were sold worldwide by Pop Mart in 2025?

over 100 million

200

Solve the solution to this system of equations 

3x - y = 3

4x + y = 7


What is the point (10/7, 9/7)

300

Tavion is saving money to buy a tablet that costs $250. He currently has $40 saved in his piggy bank and plans to save $15 per week from his sales job. What is the minimum number of weeks he needs to work in order to afford the tablet?

What is 14

300

What strategy reminds you to stay/remain with your original answer if you don’t have valid evidence of a mistake?

Don’t change your guess

300

What is the range of the function f(x)=2x?

What is negative infinity to positive infinity

300

What is the highest possible score on the ACT?

What is 36

300

Two equations in a system with infinite solutions appear as this on a graph. 

What is the same line

400

Lisa is mowing lawns to earn extra money over the summer. She earns $5 per 10 square feet of lawn that she mows. If she mows a rectangular lawn that measures 20 feet by 15 feet, how much money will she earn from mowing the lawn?

What is $150

400

This strategy involves writing, underlining key points, and solving problems step by step?

 Show your work/annotating 

400

Geometric sequences have what kind of graph?

What is Exponential

400

What’s the furthest Artemis ii went from earth? To the nearest ten thousandth

What is 

252,756 miles



400

The solution to this system of equations

Y = 2x + 3

Y = -4x + 3


What is the point (0,3)

500

 The Algebra quiz scores for 5 students are:

72, 78, 85, 90, 93

If we want the mean of the scores to be 85 by adding a sixth quiz score, what must it be?

What is 92

500

What strategy involves reading the problem for understanding, identifying key information/ what the problem is asking, and planning/solving the problem carefully?

3 Read-Strategy

500

If f(x)=2x+1 and g(x)=2x, what is f(g(5))?

What is 21

500

What is the most watched Youtube video of all time?

What is Baby Shark

500

This is the domain of an arithmetic or geometric sequence.

What are whole numbers