A grocery store is running a sale on seasonal berries. During the sale, the store sells packages of blueberries for $4 each and packages of strawberries for $6 each. Kate purchased nine packages of fruit for her mother's dinner party for $40. How many packages of blueberries did she purchase?
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) 10
Erin and Amy are playing poker. At a certain point in the game, Erin has 3 more chips than Amy. On the next hand, Erin wins 4 chips from Amy. Now how many more chips does Erin have than Amy?
(F) 1(G) 4(H) 7(J) 11(K) 14
Correct Answer: J
Consider the exponential equation y = , where K and p are positive real constants and x is a positive real number. The value of y decreases as the value of x increases if and only if which of the following statements about p is true?
(F) 0 < p < 1 (G) 1 < p < 2 (H) p > -1 (J) p > 0 (K) p > 1
Correct Answer: F
Given that E = ABCD, which of the following is an expression of B in terms of E, A, C, and D?
(A) (B) E + ACD (C) E - ACD (D) (E) EACD
Correct Answer: D
More ACT Math Exam Questions
- 1What does your ACT score have to be to get into Harvard?
- 2
For integers x and y such that xy = 14, which of the following is NOT a possible value of x?
- 3On an xy-graph, three corners of a parallelogram are located at (3, 3), (4, – 4), and (–2, –1). Which of the following points could be the remaining corner?
- 4
For each of 3 years, the table below gives the number of different routes a runner ran, the number of runs she ran, and the total number of miles she ran.
To the nearest tenth of a mile, what is the average number of miles the runner ran per run in 2005?
- 5In the figure below, a cone is shown, with dimensions given in
centimeters. What is the total surface area of this cone, in square
centimeters? (Note: The total surface area of a cone is given by the
expression πr2 + πrs, where r is the radius and s is the slant height.)