Phil earned $800 at his summer job and saved all of his earnings. He wants to buy a deluxe drum kit that is regularly priced at $925 but is on sale for off. The drum kit is subject to 5% sales tax after all discounts are applied. If Phil buys the kit on sale and gives the sales clerk his entire summer earnings, how much change should he receive?
(F) $23
(G) $37
(H) $40
(J) $77
(K) None; Phil still owes $171.25.
If a+ 2b= 2, what is the value of ?
(F) –6(G) 8(H) 10(J) –12(K) 14
Correct Answer: F
At the end of each month, a credit card company uses the formula D = B (1 + r) + 10m2 to calculate debt owed, where D is the cardholder's total debt; B is the amount charged to the card; r is the rate of interest; and m is the number of payments the cardholder has previously missed. If Daniel has charged $2,155 to his credit card with a 13% interest rate and has missed 2 payments, which value is closest to Daniel's total credit card debt?
(A)$2,195 (B) $2,435 (C) $2,455 (D) $2,475 (E) $2,495
Correct Answer: D
What is a good score on the ACT?
The ACT is scored on a scaled score of 1 to 36. The national average ACT score is 21. However, every school has a different score requirement.
More ACT Math Exam Questions
- 1At a banquet of 36 people, every person had a choice among beef stroganoff, chicken divan, and linguini primavera. If 25% chose beef stroganoff and 17 people chose chicken divan, how many people chose linguini primavera?
- 2If 6x2 + x - c = (cx - 1)(3x + 2), what is the value of c?
- 3
If (a,-3) is on the graph of the equation x - 4y = 14 in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, then a =?
- 4What is the x–intercept of the line that passes through points (-3,7) and (6,4) in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane?
- 5A sample of 300 jellybeans was removed from a barrel of jellybeans. All
of the jellybeans in the barrel are one of four colors: red, orange,
green, and purple. For the sample, the number of jellybeans of each
color is shown in the table below.
Color Number of jellybeans red 75