Which of the following expressions is equivalent to the inequality 6x – 8 > 8x + 14?
(A)x < --11
(B) x > --11
(C) x < --3
(D) x > --3
(E) x < 11
Stacie has a bag of solid colored jellybeans. Each jellybean is orange, purple, or pink. If she randomly selects a jellybean from the bag, the probability that the jellybean is orange is , and the probability that it is purple is . If there are 72 jellybeans in the bag, how many pink jellybeans are in the bag?
(A)16 (B) 24 (C) 32 (D) 40 (E) 48
Correct Answer: C
Which of the following is a complete factorization of the expression 12b2c + 6bc + 3b?
(A) 4bc + 2c + 1 (B) 3b (9bc + 2c + 1) (C) 3b (4bc + 2c + 1) (D) 3b (4bc + 2c) (E) 6bc (2b + 6) + 3b
Correct Answer: C
Nita, Craig, and Chris catch a total of 300 fish on their trip. If Chris catches 45% of the fish and Craig catches 25 fish, what fraction of the 300 fish does Nita catch?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Correct Answer: D
More ACT Math Exam Questions
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Which of the following is a complete factorization of the expression 12b2c + 6bc + 3b?
- 2
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.
Additional records are uncovered that show that Don's sales decreased 5% each month from January to May because his responsibilities in the store mounted and he could not seek out new accounts as frequently. Which of the following is closest to the number of new accounts Don created in May?
- 3 = ?
- 4Which of the following lines has the same graph as the line 2x - y = 12?
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A two-digit number from 10 to 99, inclusive, is chosen at random. What is the probability that this number is divisible by 5?