Halloween Activities Theme - Math ACT Prep

Maddie visits the local thrift store to look for a Halloween costume. She finds 5 shirts, 3 pants, and 4 pairs of shoes that can each go together to make a different costume. How many possible costumes consisting of 1 shirt, 1 pants, and 1 pair of shoes are there for her to choose from?

• 3

• 12

• 15

• 20

• 60

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

The Newman’s Halloween candy bucket is filled with individually wrapped gumballs with 36 orange, 26 yellow, 28 green, and 30 red. What is the probability of Mrs. Newman reaching in and randomly selecting a red gumball, then a yellow gumball (without replacement)?

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

This Halloween, there is a full moon that lights up the sky. The distance from the earth to the moon is 238900 miles. What is this distance in scientific notation?

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CCSS.6.EE.A.1

The prices to go through a corn maze and pumpkin patch are $15 for adults and $12 for students.

What is an expression to represent the total cost of the maze and patch if x represents the number of adults and y represents the number of students?

• 12x + 15y

• 15x + 12y

• (15x)(12y)

• (15 - 12y)x

• 3xy

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CCSS.HSA-SSE.A.1A

The prices to go through a corn maze and pumpkin patch are $15 for adults and $12 for students.

If 128 total tickets were sold on a Saturday and $1695 was brought in, how many adult tickets were sold?

• 11

• 53

• 75

• 106

• 108

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CCSS.8.EE.C.8C

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CCSS.8.EE.A.2

Jeff plans to visit Jack’s house for trick-or-treating. If the coordinate graph below shows the location of Jeff and Jack’s houses, what is the nature of the slope of the line that connects the two houses?

• The slope is negative.

• The slope is equal to 0.

• The slope is positive.

• The slope is undefined.

• Unable to determine from this information.

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5

In which quadrant is A’, the reflection of point A representing Jack’s home, across the x-axis?

• Quadrant I

• Quadrant II

• Quadrant III

• Quadrant IV

• Unable to determine

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.2

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.5

CCSS.HSG.CO.B.6

CCSS.HSG.CO.B.7

The Hampton family have 5 jack-o-lanterns to line up in a row on their front porch. How many different arrangements of the 5 jack-o-lanterns are there?

• 5

• 15

• 25

• 100

• 120

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

On a cool fall night, Nick and several friends decide to roast marshmallows over an outdoor fire. They set the logs up, light a nice fire, and sit back and enjoy s’mores. Speaking of logs, what is the value of x in the equation logₓ 16 = 4?

• ¼

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 10

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CCSS.HSF.BF.B.5