New ACT Questions Explained
New ACT Questions Explained
{2}A car travels 1 mile and has a tire with a radius of 14 inches.How many times
will the tire rotate in order to cover the entire distance? 1 mile = 5280 ft
{3}If f(2)=-20, then what are the zeros of the function f(x)=𝑥^2 + 3𝑥 + 𝑏𝑥 + 3𝑏?
{4}The perimeter of a square is equal to the circumference of a circle whose
area is 20 in2. What is the area, in square inches, of the square ?
A. 5π
B. 5
C. 20π
D. 20
{6} Which of the following shapes has the greatest numbers of lines of
symmetry?
A. Square
B. Rectangle that is not a square
C. Equilateral triangle
D. Circle
{7} Given :
Points A,B,C,D, and E are collinear
AC=12
DB=20
BE=8
C is between B and E
A is between B and D
B is the midpoint of AC
What is the measure of DE?
A. 40
B. 28
C. 24
D. 16
{8} Two semicircles are congruent and are collinear. How many points and lines
of symmetry do they have, if any?
A. 1 Point , 1 Line
B. 1 Point, 0 Line
C. 0 Point, 1 Line
D. 0 Point, 0 Line
{9} The perimeter of a square is equal to the circumference of a circle whose
area is 20 in2. What is the area, in square inches, of the square ?
A. 5π
B. 5
C. 20π
D. 20
{10} If Rayn traveled 620 miles in 2 hours and 20 minutes , what was his
average speed?
A. 260 miles per hour
B. 283 miles per hour
C. 299 miles per hour
D. 310 miles per hour
A. 22.5
B. 30
C. 45
D. 60
L=14, W=6
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{17} A circular pizza fits tightly in the bottom of a square box. The inside area of
the box is 144 inches. Which of the following values is the closest to the area in
square inches of the top of the pizza?
A. 144𝜋
B. 36𝜋
C. 12𝜋
D. 6𝜋
{18} What is the name of the polygon in which the sum of interior angles is 540
A. Pentagon
B. Hexagon
C. Heptagon
D.Octagon
{20} A worker wants to make 10 pounds of mixed nuts using peanuts and
cashews.He buys peanuts at 3.75 dollars per pounds and cashews at 8 dollars
per pound. If 1 pound of his mixture is valued at 5.45 dollars, how many pounds
of peanuts did he buy?
{22}Sarah invested $5000 with 3% simple annual interest rate. What will be the
interest in Sarah’s account after t years
.
{23} The table below shows the number of bacteria increasing exponentially.
What will the value of Y be when X=10 ?
X Y
0 1
1 2
2 4
3 8
{27} Jade bought two similar planters. The second planter has dimensions 3
times as large as the first planter. If the first planter gets filled using 1 bag of soil,
how many bags will the second planter need to be filled?
{28}Which is the Converse of the following Statement. If Chris uses toothpaste
X, he doesn’t get cavities.
1^3/2 x 3^2
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{34}
AGE VALUE
0 25000
3 13353.13
5 11092.63
9 5790.42
12 3556.04
As the age of the car increases, the value of the car decreases………..
35if there are 6 rabbits on an isolated island that double each year, what would be
?their number after 9 years
{36}Chris started a new job. On the first day he worked for 5 hours ,on the fifth
day he worked for 4 hours ,on the 12th and 14th day he worked for 6 hours.
Which set relation represents this situation?
A. (1,5),(5,4),(12,6),(14,6)
B. (5,1),(5,4),(12,6),(14,6)
C.(1,5),(5,4),(6,12),(6,14)
D.(1,5),(4,5),(12,6),(14,6)
{37}If there are 9 white cards and 7 black cards, what is the probability of
randomly picking a white card?
75 70 80 70 80 90 95 70 70 75 80 80 90 95
A. Circle
B. Oval
C.Rectangle
D. Triangle
{41} Marco, Charlie, Rob ,and Lauren ate desserts. The options were
cookies,ice cream,brownies, and cake.
If
Marco and Charlie had the same dessert
No one chose the same dessert as Rob or Lauren
Rob chose brownies and charlie chose cake
Neither Marco nor lauren choose cookies
A) Ice cream
B) Brownies
C) Cookies
D) Cake
2 2
{42} 𝑥 − 100 . 𝑥 − 6𝑥
2
𝑥 + 4𝑥 − 60 𝑥 − 10
3 5 3
{43} 2(2𝑥 𝑦 𝑧)
3 2 5 2
{44}− 2𝑝𝑞 (1/3 𝑝 𝑞 )
A. Q1 ,Q2
B. Q2, Q4
C. Q1, Q3
D. Q3, Q4
{47} Find the area of a circle with a diameter of 17.
2
{48} Factor 25𝑥 − 121
A. 2
B. 11
C. 5
D. 6
{55} To the nearest tenth how many small cylinders full of water
can fit into the large cylinder?
{56} The diameter of the first circle is 1 and the second is 2 and
the third(largest) is 3.
A. QR=PS
B. triangle PTS= Triangle QTS
C. PT=ST
D. T is a midpoint of QS and PS
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
{59}What is the mean of a set if we have 20 numbers in the set?
A. Decrease s4 by 11.92
B. Decrease s3 by 8.50
C. Increase s4 by 8.50
D. Increase s3 by 11.92
{71}A worker has two similar boxes, one of them has 3 times the
dimensions of the other. How many times bigger is the volume of
.
A. 3
B. 9
C. 27
D. 30
{72}There are two similar rectangular prisms, one has dimensions
8, 10, 12, the other has one of the dimensions as 24.
Which of the following could be the volume of the bigger prism?
A. 20
B. 40
C. 80
D. 120
{77}6a²-2b²-3a²+b²+2ab
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{82} In how many ways can you draw a line from 10 points?
{83}What will be the resulting slope of the given points?
(2, 4) | (2, -6)
A- Positive Slope.
B- Negative Slope.
C- Undefined Slope
D- Zero Slope
{84}A rectangle has a length that is 6 more than double its width.
The area of this given rectangle is 80.What is the length?
{87} If the mean can be determined, what could the mean be?