[Sample] ACT Math Problems 1

Prepared by: Shar Mae Gayangos

DIRECTIONS: Solve each problem, choose the but some of the problems may best be done without
correct answer, and then fill in the corresponding using a calculator.
oval on your answer document. Note: Unless otherwise stated, all of the following
should be assumed.
Do not linger over problems that take too much
time. Solve as many as you can; then return to the
1. Illustrative figures are NOT necessarily
others in the time you have left for this test.
drawn to scale.
You are permitted to use a calculator on this test. 2. Geometric figures lie in a plane.
You may use your calculator for any problems you 3. The word line indicates a straight line.
choose, 4. The word average indicates arithmetic
mean.
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1. How many irrational numbers are there between 4. If ( ) = (4 3 + 1), then (1)=?
10 and 18?
A. -6
A. 5
B. 0
B. Zero
C. 2
C. 180
D. 8
D. Infinitely Many
5. In the following figure, the area of the larger
2. The fees for single rooms at 5 dormitories are square is 108. What is the area of the shaded figure?
$230, $310, $320, $430 and $450, respectively.
What is the mean of these monthly fees? x 2x
A. $340

B. $348
4x
C. $440

D. $448

3. The first term is 1 in the geometric sequence 1, -2,

4, -8what is the sum of the first EIGHT terms?

A. 1/2
A. 18
B. 1/3
B. 54
C. -85
C. 108
D. -128
D. 972