Reading
How many questions and how much time do you have in the reading section?
What is 40 Questions; 35 minutes
How many questions and how much time do you have on the English section?
How many are 75 questions and 45 minutes?
How many questions and how much time do you have on the math section?
What is 60 questions in 60 minutes?
How many questions and how much time do you have on the Science section?
What is 40 questions in 35 minutes?
For a reading Vocabulary question, what should you go into the passage to look for?
What are context clues?
How many reading passages are there?
What is four passages, one of which is a paired passage?
What does an adverb describe?
A verb, adjective or other adverb.
The average of a group of numbers.
What is MEAN? Also know median and mode.
What is the hardest passage on the science test?
What is Conflicting viewpoints?
What strategy should you use with wordiness questions in the English section?
First, be sure it is a wordiness question by noticing that all the answer options say roughly the same thing, but some have extra words. Then, choose the SHORTEST answer and plug it in. If it doesn't work, try the second shortest. Remember, OMIT or DELETE is the shortest.
How do you decide what is the easiest passage on the reading section?
Should you do the English passages in order?
Yes, they are all on the same reading level.
Do this even though "figures are not necessarily drawn to scale."
Eyeball geometry questions with figures. If a line in a triangle looks longer than another line, then it is. They don't draw figures to deliberately deceive you.
The best strategy for the Science section (but DON'T do this for the Reading section.)
Begin with the questions, and only read as much of the passage as necessary to find the information the questions ask you about.
What composite and subscores should be your MINIMUM college-ready goal on the ACT?
Composite- 22
English- 18
Math- 22
Reading- 22
Science- 23
Questions that ask about _________________ order are going to be harder.
What is chronological?
The English directions say to read the entire passage before answering any questions. Is this a good idea? Why or Why not?
No, because it will slow you down. However, do chunk your English reading. Sometimes you have to answer a later question first- especially when there are two questions in one sentence.
At most, how many questions do you need to get right to get a college-ready score in math?
What is 40?
A graph with two axes represents the relationship between two __________.
What are variables?
When you see an EXCEPT or a NOT (thought-reverser), what should you do?
1. Maybe skip the question for after you've read the rest of the passage, because thought reversers take longer to answer.
2. Put a box or circle around the word NOT or EXCEPT the minute you see it.
What are the 7 types of questions in a reading passage?
1. Main idea
2. Explicit Detail
3. Vocabulary
4. Development/Organization
5. Voice/Author's Purpose
6. Implied Idea
7. Application
Check for similarities and differences in the answer options.
What is the first thing you should do on the English test?
When you see an item stem that includes hours, minutes, pounds, inches or other units, what should you do?
What is put a star by it or circle it because you might need to convert units. It's so easy to forget the unit conversion.
A ___________ relationship exists when there is an increase in both variables. The slope would be _____ on the graph.
What are direct and positive?
What is the best way to prepare for the fact that this is a timed test?
Always time your practice. Even if you only have time to do one passage, divide the number of passages by the number of minutes and give yourself that amount of time to do the passage. For math items 1-40, give yourself 8 minutes to finish 10 questions. For items 20-60, take 12 minutes to finish 10 questions.