ACT Practice 1

How would you change the underlined portion?

The nature trail is six feet wide and seven miles long. It slithers through the forest like a snake curving, and bending along the banks of the river.

• NO CHANGE

• snake, curving and bending

• snake curving and bending,

• snake, curving, and bending

The county cleared this path and paved it with packed gravel, so they would have a peaceful place to hike and bike.

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?

• path, paving

• path and then paved

• path before paving

• path paved

How would you change the underlined portion?

The county cleared this path and paved it with packed gravel, so they would have a peaceful place to hike and bike

• NO CHANGE

• knowing they

• that they

• people

How would you change the underlined portion?

I ride this trail nearly every day—not on a bike, but on “Luigi.” That’s the nickname I gave my motorized wheelchair.

• NO CHANGE

• day; not on a bike

• day not on a bike

• day, not on a bike;

I ride this trail nearly every day—not on a bike, but on “Luigi.” That’s the nickname I gave my motorized wheelchair.

If the writer were to delete this sentence, the essay as a whole would lose:

• a reason why the narrator is in the forest.

• a detail important for understanding the essay.

• a contrast to the lighthearted tone of the essay.

• nothing at all; this information is irrelevant to the essay.

The weekly fee for staying at the Pleasant Lake Campground is $20 per vehicle and $10 per person. Last year, weekly fees were paid for v vehicles and p persons. Which of the following expressions gives the total amount, in dollars, collected for weekly fees last year?

• 20v + 10p

• 20p + 10v

• 10(v + p)

• 30(v + p)

• 10(v + p) + 20p

If r = 9, b = 5, and g = −6, what does

(r + b − g)(b + g) equal?

• −20

• −8

• 8

• 19

• 20

A copy machine makes 60 copies per minute. A second copy machine makes 80 copies per minute. The second machine starts making copies 2 minutes after the first machine starts. Both machines stop making copies 8 minutes after the first machine started. Together, the 2 machines made how many copies?

• 480

• 600

• 680

• 720

• 960

Marlon is bowling in a tournament and has the highest average after 5 games, with scores of 210, 225, 254, 231, and 280. In order to maintain this exact average, what must be Marlon’s score for his 6th game?

• 200

• 210

• 231

• 240

• 245

Joelle earns her regular pay of $7.50 per hour for up to 40 hours of work in a week. For each hour over 40 hours of work in a week, Joelle is paid 1.5 times her regular pay. How much does Joelle earn for a week in which she works 42 hours?

• $126.00

• $315.00

• $322.50

• $378.00

• $472.50