At a convenience store, two candy bars and two bags of potato chips cost $4.00, and three candy bars and two bags of potato chips cost $4.75. What is the price of one bag of potato chips?
(A) $0.50
(B) $0.75
(C) $1.00
(D) $1.25
(E) $1.50
A department store escalator is 25 feet long and forms an angle of 43° with the floor, which is horizontal. Which of the follow is an expression for the horizontal distance of the escalator from beginning to end?
(A) 25 sin 43° (B) 25 cos 43° (C) 25 tan 43° (D) 25 csc 43° (E) 25 sec 43°
Correct Answer: B
A square and a regular pentagon (a 5-sided polygon with congruent sides and interior angles) have the same perimeter. One side of the pentagon measures 20 inches. How many inches long is one side of the square?
（A）4 （B） 16 （C） 25 （D） 36 （E） 100
Correct Answer: C
If a number sequence begins 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12 . . ., which of the following numbers does NOT appear in the sequence?
(F) 34(G) 43(H) 57(J) 65(K) 72
Correct Answer: J
More ACT Math Exam Questions
- 1A car averages 27 miles per gallon. If gas costs $4.04 per gallon, which of the following is closest to how much the gas would cost for this car to travel 2,727 typical miles?
- 2
In the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, point A is located at (w,w + 5) and point B is located at (4w,w-- 5). In coordinate units, what is the distance between A and B?
- 3
What is the area of ΔRST in the following figure?
- 4Which of the following expresses the equation 4x - 2y = 12 in slope-intercept form for the standard (x, y) coordinate plane?
- 5For any positive two-digit integer x with tens digit t, units digit u, and t ≠ u, y is the two-digit integer formed when the digits of x are reversed. What is the greatest possible value of (y - x) when t is less than u?