ACT Math Practice Cont’d!

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Check out some more continuing math practice problems for the ACT! 

  1. For an angle with measure c in a right triangle, since sin c= 102/170and tan c=102/136. What is the value of cos c?
  2. 170/136
  3. 136/170

C.170/102

D.102/130

E.102/140

  1. In isosceles triangle ABC, AB is congruent to BC and the measure of the vertex angle b is 65 degrees. What is the measure of angle a in degrees?
  2. 60
  3. 65
  4. 57.5
  5. 55
  6. 50
  1. Students studying motion observed a cart rolling at a constant rate along a straight line. The table below gives the distance, d feet, the cart was from a reference point at 3-second intervals from t=0 seconds to t=1 seconds.
d 0 2 4 6 8 10
t 6 10 14 18 22 26

Which of the following equations represents this relationship between d and t?

  1. d = 2t +4
  2. d = 4t + 6
  3. d = 2t + 6
  4. d = 4t + 10
  5. d = 6t + 4
  1. Each side of a square is 4 cm long. One vertex of the square is (5, 1) on a coordinate grid marking in cm units. Which of the following points on the grid could be another vertex of the square?
  2. (2, 5)
  3. (3, 4)
  4. (2, 6)
  5. (1, 5)
  6. (6, 2)
  1. A box contains 4 red, 3, blue, and 3 white marbles. Tiffany will randomly remove 1 bead from the box, record the color of the bead, and return the bead to the box. Tiffany will repeat this process 100 times. How many times should Tiffany expect for record a blue colored marble?
  2. 40
  3. 30
  4. 15
  5. 10
  6. 5
  1. The ratio of 28 to 16 is the same as the ratio of 56 to what number?
  2. 30
  3. 32
  4. 34
  5. 36
  6. 38
  1. Given that √(4x) – 8= 2, x=?
  2. 25
  3. 28
  4. 36
  5. 48
  6. 50
  1. Whenever 4(a – 8b) – c = 0, which of the following expressions is equal to a?
  2. c/4– b
  3. c/4– 2b
  4. c/4+ 2b
  5. c/4+ 8b
  6. 4/c+ 8b
  1. Cowling’s rule is a method of calculating a medication dosage for a child by using the child’s age and the adult dosage. The rule uses the formula d=a(t+1/24), where d is the child’s dosage in milligrams, a is the adult dosage in milligrams, and t is the child’s age in years. Tyler is taking a 100- milligram dosage of medication that has an adult dosage of 400 milligrams. According to this rule, which of the following values is closest to Tyler’s age in years?
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6
  5. 7
  6. 8
  1. A high school ice hockey conference that consists of 10 teams requires that every conference team must play each of the other conference teams at least once in a season. For n teams in the conference, the number of conference games played in a season must be at least 2n+n/2. What is the minimum number of conference games that must be played in a season for this conference.
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 5
  5. 10
  6. 15

Answers:

  1. B
  2. H
  3. C
  4. J
  5. B
  6. G
  7. A
  8. J
  9. B
  10. K

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