What is the coefficient of x8 in the product of the polynomials below?
(–x4 + 3x3 - 5x2 + x - 5)(5x4 - 2x3 + x2 - 5x + 2)
(A)0
(B) 5
(C) 4
(D) -2
(E) -5
What is the median of the data given below?
18, 25, 19, 41, 23, 29, 35, 19
(A) 32 (B) 26 (C) 25 (D) 24 (E) 19
Correct Answer: D
The stem-and-leaf plot below shows the scores for each golfer in a recent tournament at the Lehigh Valley Golf Club. There were 13 golfers participating in the tournament.
(Note: For example, a score of 72 would have a stem value of 7 and a leaf value of 2.) If a score represented in the stem-and-leaf plot is selected randomly, what is the probability that the score selected is exactly 83?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Correct Answer: A
Violet is baking a mixed berry pie that contains blueberries, cherries, blackberries, and raspberries. She uses three times as many blackberries as cherries, twice as many blueberries as raspberries, and the same number of blackberries and raspberries. If Violet has 10 cherries, how many of each of the other berries must she use? Raspberries Blueberries Blackberries
(A)3 2 3 (B) 30 2 3 (C) 30 2 30 (D) 30 60 10 (E) 30 60 30
Correct Answer: E
More ACT Math Exam Questions
- 1At a certain company, 240 of the employees are women and the remaining 160 are men. What percentage of the company's workers are women?
- 2
Eldridge opened a savings account with an initial balance of $1,000. After that, every month for 8 months, she made one deposit to the account, always for the same amount. During that time, she made just one withdrawal.
If each of Eldridge’s 8 deposits was in the amount of $200 and her withdrawal was $350, how much money did her account have at the end of 8 months?
- 3Antoine bought a new electric guitar that cost $588.60 after 9% sales tax was added. What was the price of the guitar without tax?
- 4
How many 4-letter orderings, where no letters are repeated, can be made using the letters of the word BADGERS?
- 5If 6x2 + x - c = (cx - 1)(3x + 2), what is the value of c?