The Northampton Volunteer Association has built a rectangular sandbox for a local elementary school and is ready to fill it with sand. The sandbox is 60 inches wide, 72 inches long, and will be filled 18 inches deep. Under the assumption that 1 bag of sand can fill 3,600 cubic inches of the sandbox, what is the minimum number of bags of sand they will need in order to fill the sandbox?
(A) 1
(B) 7
(C) 12
(D) 21
(E) 22
For the first several weeks after hiring a private tutor, Teddy's score on a standardized test increased slowly. As Teddy began to understand the concepts more clearly, though, his standardized test scores improved more rapidly. After several more weeks, Teddy stopped working with his tutor and his scores did not improve any more. Which of the following graphs could represent all of Teddy's standardized test scores as a function of time, in weeks, after he hired a private tutor?
(F) 
(G) 
(H) 
(J) 
(K) 
Correct Answer: F
An integer, x, is subtracted from 6. That difference is then multiplied by 3. This product is 15 more than half the original integer. Which of the following equations represents this relationship?
(F) 3(6 - x) = 
+ 15(G) 3(6 - x) + 15 = (H) 3(6 - x) = 15 - (J) x - 6 × 3 = 
(K) 6 + 3 = + 15
Correct Answer: F
The employees at Belinda's Paint Store are having a competition to see who can create the most new accounts over a period from January to June in a certain year. Data is missing because one of the employees began to erase it from the white board, thinking that the competition was over. The numbers in the chart below have been confirmed with the assistant manager's personal records.
Which of the following is closest to the percent decrease in Cameron's new accounts from January to February?
(F) 4.00% (G) 17.40% (H) 19.40% (J) 20.00% (K) 21.10%
Correct Answer: G
More ACT Math Exam Questions
- 1
For the imaginary number i, which of the following is a possible value of in if n is an integer less than 5?
- 2For the circle whose standard equation is (x - 1)2 + (y + 2)2 = 8, the center and radius are:
- 3In a complex plane, the vertical axis is the imaginary axis and the horizontal axis is the real axis. Within the complex plane, a complex number a + bi is comparable to the point (a, b) in the standard (x, y) coordinate plane.
is the modulus of the complex point a + bi. Which of the complex numbers F, G, H, J, and K below has the smallest modulus?
- 4
This semester, Gerry scored an average of 93 on his five history exams. He got the same score on his first two exams, and then he got a 94, an 85, and a 90 on the remaining exams. What score did he receive on his first two exams?
- 5
△ABC, shown below in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, is equilateral with vertex A at (0,w) and vertex B on the x-axis as shown. What are the coordinates of vertex C?
