Beth got a job painting dorm rooms at her college. At top speed, she could paint 5 identical rooms during one 6-hour shift. How long did she take to paint each room?
(F) 50 minutes
(G) 1 hour and 10 minutes
(H) 1 hour and 12 minutes
(J) 1 hour and 15 minutes
(K) 1 hour and 20 minutes
A graduation cap is tossed upward. It is f feet above the ground s seconds after it has been thrown. The relationship between f and s is given by the equation f = 60s - 17s2 where 0 ≤ s ≤ 3.5. How many feet above the ground is the cap 3 seconds after it is thrown?
(A) 27 (B) 41 (C) 60 (D) 80 (E) 163
Correct Answer: A
What is the coefficient of x8 in the product of the polynomials below?
(–x4 + 3x3 - 5x2 + x - 5)(5x4 - 2x3 + x2 - 5x + 2)
（A）0 （B） 5 （C） 4 （D） -2 （E） -5
Correct Answer: E
The difference of 2 integers is 6. The sum of the same 2 integers is 42. What is the lesser of the 2 integers?
(A) 18
(B) 19
(C) 21
(D) 23
(E) 24
Correct Answer: A
More ACT Math Exam Questions
- 1In the figure below, 3 lines intersect at the indicated angles.
What is the degree measure of
x?
- 2
Wade is making a tile mosaic. He begins the project by laying tile at a speed of 50 pieces per hour for 3.5 hours. He is then interrupted from his work for 60 minutes. He resumes working and lays tile at a speed of 35 pieces per hour, until he has laid 280 pieces of tile total. How many hours did Wade spend working on the mosaic after he was interrupted?
- 3Beth got a job painting dorm rooms at her college. At top speed, she could paint 5 identical rooms during one 6-hour shift. How long did she take to paint each room?
- 4The function y varies directly as x for all real numbers in the (x, y) coordinate plane. Which of the following could be the graph of y?
- 5
In the triangle below, the lengths of the two given sides are measured in centimeters. What is the value, in centimeters, of x?
