If 7x+ 4y= 18 and 3x+ y= –3, what is the value of x+ y?
(F) 9
(G) 11
(H) 12
(J) 14
(K) 15
What is the solution set for the equation |-x| = x?
（A）All real numbers （B） x ≥ 0 （C） x ≤ 0 （D） Only x = 0 （E） Only x = -1
Correct Answer: B
In the standard (x,y) coordinate plane below, the base of a right triangle lies along the x-axis and is bisected by the y-axis. The vertex of the angle opposite the base is on the graph of the parabolic function f(x) = 2x2 - 4. Let b represent any value of x such that -
< x < 0. Which of the following is an expression in terms of b for the area, in square coordinate units, of any such right triangle?
(A) 4b4 - 16b2 + 16 (B) 4b3 - 8b (C) 2b3 - 4b (D) 2b2 + b - 4 (E) b2 - 4b + 4
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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The table below shows the percents of U.S. citizens who had ever consumed a certain brand-name soda, out of all soda consumers, for each year from 1986 through 2006.
Which of the following years had the LEAST increase in the percent of U.S. citizens who had consumed the brand-name soda from the previous year?
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The expression
equals: - 3What real number is halfway between
and 
? - 4
The percent P of a population that has completed 4 years of college is given by the function P(t) = -0.001t2 + 0.4t where t represents time, in years. What percent of the population have completed four years of college after 20 years, to the nearest tenth?
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If x is a real number and 3x = 81, then 3 × 2x =?