What values of x are solutions in the equation x2 + 4x = 12?
(A)8 and 12
(B) 0 and 4
(C) -2 and 6
(D) -4 and 0
(E) -6 and 2
The playground equipment shown below has a ladder that is 6 feet tall and a diagonal slide that is 7 feet long. If the ladder makes a right angle with the ground, approximately how many feet is the base of the slide from the base of the ladder?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 10
Correct Answer: B
If f(x) = x2+ 9 and g(x) = 24 + 4x,what is the value of 
?
(F) 0.75(G) 0.8(H) 1.2(J) 1.25(K) 1.75
Correct Answer: J
If x2– x– 2 > 0, which of the following is the solution set for x?
(F) x> –1(G) x> 2(H) –1 < x < 2(J) x< –1 or x> 2(K) No solutions are possible.
Correct Answer: J
More ACT Math Exam Questions
- 1
In the following figure, the large quadrilateral is a square. What is the area of the shaded region in terms of x and y?
- 2Two values of msatisfy the equation |5m– 11| – 3m= 9. What is the result when you multiply these two values together?
- 3
What is the ratio of a circle's radius to its circumference?
- 4
If a(x) = b(x) + c(x), where b(x) = 3x2 - 8x + 113 and c(x) = - 3x2 + 18x + 7 and x is an integer, then a(x) is always divisible by which of the following?
- 5
Which of the following gives the equation for the circle in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane with a center at (4,-8) and a circumference of 10π square coordinate units?