Susan is planning the layout of her garden. She wants to plant tomatoes
in 3 plots, each 10 feet by 16 feet. Within the total area, she will
leave a 4-foot-by-6-foot rectangular plot for beans, and a 2
-foot-by-5-foot
rectangular plot for lettuce. If each packet of tomato seeds will cover
between 150 and 200 square feet of soil, which of the following is the
minimum number of packets of seeds Susan needs to buy to plant tomatoes?
(A)5
(B) 4
(C) 3
(D) 2
(E) 1
Given parallel lines l and m, which of the following choices lists a pair of angles that must be congruent?
(F) ∠1 and ∠2 (G) ∠1 and ∠3 (H) ∠2 and ∠3 (J) ∠2 and ∠5 (K) ∠3 and ∠5
Correct Answer: K
A rectangular solid consisting of 18 smaller cubes that are identical is positioned in the standard (x,y,z) coordinate system, as shown below. Vertex M has coordinates of (-1,3,0) and point O on the y-axis has coordinates of (0,3,0). What are the coordinates of vertex N?
(F) (3,0, 2) (G) (2,2, 0) (H) (3,0,-1) (J) (0,2, 2) (K) (2,0, 2)
Correct Answer: K
At the company YouGroove, 35 employees work in the sales department and 50 employees work in the operations department. Of these employees, 15 work in both the sales and the operations departments. How many of the 110 employees at YouGroove do NOT work in either the sales or the operations departments?
(F) 10 (G) 15 (H) 20 (J) 35 (K) 40
Correct Answer: K
More ACT Math Exam Questions
- 1Aleksandra began collecting model airplanes in May of 2008. The number of model airplanes that she owns in each month can be modeled by the function A(m) = 2m + 2, where m = 0 corresponds to May. Using this model, how many model airplanes would you expect Aleksandra to own in December of 2008?
- 2Two contractors bid on a job to build a brick wall in a yard. Contractor A charges a flat fee of $1,600 plus $2 per brick. Contractor B charges a flat fee of $400 plus $8 per brick. If x represents the number of bricks in the wall, which of the following equations could be solved to determine the number of bricks which would make B's charge to build the wall equal to A's charge?
- 3
Gregor works as a political intern and receives a monthly paycheck. He spends 20% of his paycheck on rent and deposits the remainder into a savings account. If his deposit is $3,200, how much does he receive as his monthly pay?
- 4
The following figure shows f(x), which includes points L,M,and nplus the line segments and . Which of the following functions is equivalent to f(x)?
- 5What is the length of
, in coordinate units?