ACT Practice #1

54 - 6 ÷ 2 + 6 = ?

• 6

• 24

• 27

• 30

• 57

The lowest temperature on a winter morning was -8°F. Later that same day the temperature reached a high of 24°F. By how many degrees Fahrenheit did the temperature increase?

• 3°

• 8°

• 16°

• 24°

• 32°

If (3/4 - 2/3) + (1/2 + 1/3) is calculated and the answer reduced to simplest terms, what is the denominator of the resulting fraction?

• 24

• 12

• 6

• 4

• 3

Mr. Brown went grocery shopping to buy meat for his annual office picnic. He bought 7 3/4 pounds of hamburger, 17.85 pounds of chicken, and 6 1/2 pounds of steak. How many pounds of meat did Mr. Brown buy?

• 32.10

• 31.31

• 26.25

• 22.10

• 21.10

Four students about to purchase concert tickets for $18.50 for each ticket discover that they may purchase a block of 5 tickets for $80.00. How much would each of the 4 save if they can get a fifth person to join them and the 5 people equally divide the price of the 5-ticket block?

• $1.50

• $2.50

• $3.13

• $10.00

• $12.50

In scientific notation, 20,000 + 3,400,000 = ?

• 3.42 x 10^6

• 3.60 x 10^6

• 3.42 x 10^7

• 3.60 x 10^7

• 3.60 x 10^12

Saying that 4 < √x < 9 is equivalent to saying what about x?

• 0 < x < 5

• 0 < x < 65

• 2 < x < 3

• 4 < x < 9

• 16 < x < 81

• 5 1/3

• 6 3/4

• 10 1/2

• 11

• 12

On a math test, 12 students earned an A. This number is exactly 25% of the total number of students in the class. How many students are in the class?

• 15

• 16

• 21

• 30

• 48

Adam tried to compute the average of his 7 test scores. He mistakenly divided the correct sum of all of his test scores by 6, which yielded 84. What is Adam’s correct average test score?

• 70

• 72

• 84

• 96

• 98