ACTOverviewandStrategies
DescriptionoftheTest
YourACTScore
QuestionstoConsider
WhyUseaMathandScienceWorkbook?
TestDay
StrategiesfortheACT
PART1:THEMATHSECTION
1OverviewoftheMathTest
WhatTopicsAreontheTest?
QuestionTypes
Calculators
2Pre-Algebra
WhatShouldYouExpect?
SpecificStrategies
UsingaCalculator
TopicsinPre-Algebra
AcetheACT!SamplePre-AlgebraQuestions
3ElementaryAlgebra
SpecificStrategies
TopicsinElementaryAlgebra
AcetheACT!SampleElementaryAlgebraQuestions
4IntermediateAlgebra
SpecificStrategies
TopicsinIntermediateAlgebra
AcetheACT!SampleIntermediateAlgebraQuestions
5PlaneandSolidGeometry
SpecificStrategies
TopicsinPlaneandSolidGeometry
AcetheACT!SamplePlaneandSolidGeometryQuestions
6CoordinateGeometry
Strategies
TopicsinCoordinateGeometry
AcetheACT!SampleCoordinateGeometryQuestions
7Trigonometry
TheGraphingCalculator
TopicsinTrigonometry
AcetheACT!SampleTrigonometryQuestions
PART2:THESCIENCESECTION
8OverviewoftheScienceTest
WhatTopicsAreontheTest?
DataRepresentationPassages
ResearchSummariesPassages
ConflictingViewpointsPassages
9GeneralStrategiesforScience
TipsforTacklingACTScience
HowtoReadSciencePassages
KnowingtheLingo
ACTScienceVocabulary
10DataRepresentation
GeneralStrategies
ReadingSimpleGraphs
ReadingMoreComplicatedGraphs
ReadingTables
Warm-UpExercises
AcetheACT!SampleDataRepresentationPassages
11ResearchSummaries
TheScientificMethod
StrategiesforReadingAboutanExperiment
Warm-UpExercises
StrategiesforResearchSummariesPassages
AcetheACT!SampleResearchSummariesPassages
12ConflictingViewpoints
StrategiesforConflictingViewpointsPassages
FurtherAdvice
AcetheACT!SampleConflictingViewpointsPassages
PART3:MODELACTTESTS
PracticeMathematicsTest
AnswerKey
MathAnswersandExplanations
PracticeScienceTest
AnswerKey
ScienceAnswersandExplanations
APPENDIXES
AppendixA:SomeUsefulMathFormulas
AppendixB:SomeUsefulScientificUnits