AccelePrep for the ACT Test 2nd Edition Student Text

C HAPTER 4 | F AST T RACK TO M ATH M ECHANICS • 71

ANATOMY OF THE MATH TEST

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The directions below are similar to the directions that appear on the Math ‡•–Ǥ  –‡•– †ƒ›ǡ †‘ǯ– ™ƒ•–‡ ƒ› –‹‡ ”‡ƒ†‹‰ –Š‡ †‹”‡…–‹‘•Ȅ›‘— •Š‘—Ž† ‘™ ™Šƒ– ›‘— ƒ”‡ ‡š’‡…–‡† –‘ †‘Ǥ MATH DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS: ‘Ž˜‡ ‡ƒ…Š ‹–‡ ƒ†…Š‘‘•‡ –Š‡…‘””‡…– ƒ•™‡” …Š‘‹…‡Ǥ ƒŽ…—Žƒ–‘” —•‡ ‹• ’‡”‹––‡†Ǣ Š‘™‡˜‡”ǡ •‘‡ ‹–‡• ƒ”‡ „‡•– •‘Ž˜‡† ™‹–Š‘—– –Š‡ —•‡ ‘ˆ ƒ…ƒŽ…—Žƒ–‘”Ǥ NOTES: All of the following should be assumed, unless otherwise •–ƒ–‡†Ǥ ͳǤ ŽŽ—•–”ƒ–‹˜‡ ϐ‹‰—”‡• ƒ”‡ ‡…‡••ƒ”‹Ž› †”ƒ™ –‘ •…ƒŽ‡Ǥ ʹǤ The word average ‹†‹…ƒ–‡• ƒ”‹–Š‡–‹…‡ƒǤ ͵Ǥ The word line ‹†‹…ƒ–‡• ƒ •–”ƒ‹‰Š– Ž‹‡Ǥ ͶǤ ‡‘‡–”‹…ϐ‹‰—”‡• Ž‹‡ ‹ ƒ ’Žƒ‡Ǥ There ƒ”‡ –™‘ –Š‹‰• –‘ ‘–‡ ƒ„‘—– –Š‡ †‹”‡…–‹‘•Ǥ ‹”•–ǡ ›‘—…ƒ —•‡ ƒ …ƒŽ…—Žƒ–‘”ǡ •‘ —•‡ ‹–Ǩ •‡ ›‘—”…ƒŽ…—Žƒ–‘” ™Š‡‡˜‡” ›‘— –Š‹ ‹– ™‹ŽŽ •ƒ˜‡ –‹‡ǡ ƒ‡ ƒ…ƒŽ…—Žƒ–‹‘ ‡ƒ•‹‡”ǡ ‘” ’”‡˜‡– ƒ”‹–Š‡–‹…‡””‘”•Ǥ ‡…‘†ǡ –Š‡ ϐ‹‰—”‡• ƒ”‡ ‘– ‡…‡••ƒ”‹Ž› †”ƒ™ –‘ •…ƒŽ‡Ǥ ‘™‡˜‡”ǡ ‹ ’”ƒ…–‹…‡ǡ ϐ‹‰—”‡• ƒ”‡ –›’‹…ƒŽŽ› †”ƒ™ –‘ •…ƒŽ‡Ǥ ‡ǯŽŽ ƒŽ•‘ ”‡–—” –‘ –Š‹• –‘’‹…Žƒ–‡” ‹ –Š‹•…Šƒ’–‡”Ǥ The Math Test items are standard multiple-choice problems: the item stem ‹…Ž—†‡• ƒ› ϐ‹‰—”‡• ‘” ‰”ƒ’Š•ǡ ƒ††‹–‹‘ƒŽ ‹ˆ‘”ƒ–‹‘ǡ ƒ† –Š‡ “—‡•–‹‘ǡ ˆ‘ŽŽ‘™‡† „› ϐ‹˜‡ ƒ•™‡”…Š‘‹…‡•Ǥ ‘— —•–…Š‘‘•‡ ‘‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡ ϐ‹˜‡…Š‘‹…‡•Ǥ Š‡”‡ ‹• ‘ ’‡ƒŽ–› ˆ‘” ™”‘‰ ƒ•™‡”•Ǥ Ž™ƒ›•…Š‘‘•‡ ƒ ƒ•™‡” –‘ ‡˜‡”› ’”‘„Ž‡ǡ ‡˜‡ ‹ˆ ›‘— Šƒ˜‡ –‘ ‰—‡••Ǥ ”‘„Ž‡•…ƒ „‡ •–”ƒ‹‰Š–ˆ‘”™ƒ”† •‘Ž—–‹‘ ‹–‡•ǡ •‘ •‘Ž˜‡ –Š‡ ‰‹˜‡ ’”‘„Ž‡ ƒ† •‡Ž‡…– –Š‡ ƒ•™‡”…Š‘‹…‡ –Šƒ– ƒ–…Š‡• ›‘—” ƒ•™‡”Ǥ

STRATEGY ALERT •‡ ›‘—”…ƒŽ…—Žƒ–‘”Ǥ ‘— should be doing almost no ƒ”‹–Š‡–‹…„› Šƒ†Ǥ

TEST SPECS ‹‰—”‡• ƒ”‡ —•—ƒŽŽ› †”ƒ™ –‘ •…ƒŽ‡ǡ ‡˜‡ –Š‘—‰Š –Š‡ directions tell you not to …‘—– ‘ –Šƒ–Ǥ

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