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ACT Math format and strategy: the enhanced ACT, reporting categories, calculator, pacing and scoring quiz quiz

12questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. On the enhanced ACT used for national test dates, about how many questions and minutes does the Mathematics test have?

  2. How many answer choices does each enhanced ACT Math question have?

  3. Which lists the three ACT Math reporting categories?

  4. On which ACT Math questions may a permitted calculator be used?

  5. A student leaves 4 questions blank rather than guessing. Given four choices and no wrong-answer penalty, what is the expected number of correct answers lost by not guessing?

  6. After eliminating two of the four choices on a question, what is the probability that a guess among the rest is correct?

  7. About how many seconds per question does the enhanced ACT Math timing allow on average?

  8. Which reporting category covers multi-step problems combining rates, percentages, averages and measurement in real contexts?

  9. A $50 jacket is marked down 20%, then 7% tax is added to the sale price. What is the final price?

  10. A gym charges a 30feeplus30 fee plus 15 per month. Which expression models the cost for m months?

  11. How is the ACT Composite score produced?

  12. In the model P(t) = 200 times 2 to the power t, what does the 200 represent?