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ACT Practice 1

Practice 1 for ACT: 25 questions, explained answers, and a review routine.

These questions are for study practice only and are not official exam questions.

Question 1

1

Which version correctly punctuates a direct quotation?

Question 2

2

For f(x) = 2x + 3, what is f^(-1)(x), the inverse function?

Question 3

3

Original passage: The creek appeared still, but leaves near the bank drifted steadily downstream. Ben used their movement to judge the current before lowering his sampling bottle. What can be inferred?

Question 4

4

A study repeats the same measurement twenty times. What is a primary benefit of repetition?

Question 5

5

Choose the sentence with correct comparison.

Question 6

6

What is the sum of the interior angles of a hexagon?

Question 7

7

Original passage: Omar saved the torn ticket, not because he wanted to remember the concert's music, but because it marked the evening he met his oldest friend. What gives the ticket importance?

Question 8

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A cart travels 0, 4, 8, and 12 meters at times 0, 1, 2, and 3 seconds. What constant speed is consistent with the data?

Question 9

9

Choose the correct completion: Either the assistants or the manager ___ responsible for locking the door.

Question 10

10

A circle has radius 5 cm. What is its area?

Question 11

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Original passage: A reviewer calls the biography vivid but uneven, praising its scenes of daily life while noting that major political decisions receive only a few pages. Which description best fits the review?

Question 12

12

A metal rod lengthens from 100.0 cm to 100.2 cm when heated. What is the change in length?

Question 13

13

Which sentence correctly uses a possessive for multiple students?

Question 14

14

A right triangle has legs 9 and 12. What is its hypotenuse?

Question 15

15

Original passage: The warehouse kept paper logs even after installing digital tracking. During a power outage, staff used those logs to continue shipments. Which statement is supported?

Question 16

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A rock sample has mass 54 g and volume 18 cubic cm. What is its density?

Question 17

17

Choose the clearest revision of The reason the path flooded was because the drain was blocked.

Question 18

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A rectangle's length is doubled and its width is tripled. Its area is multiplied by what factor?

Question 19

19

Original passage: The market's noise faded when Lina stepped into the courtyard. A single fountain replaced dozens of competing voices. The passage primarily emphasizes what?

Question 20

20

A graph's vertical axis starts at 90 instead of 0. What should a reader consider when comparing bars at 95 and 100?

Question 21

21

Choose the correct completion: The volunteers worked quickly ___ carefully.

Question 22

22

For an acute angle in a right triangle, the opposite side is 6 and the hypotenuse is 10. What is the sine of the angle?

Question 23

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Original passage: The narrator expected the village to look exactly as childhood memory preserved it. New roofs and a wider road first felt like losses; later, a familiar greeting made the changes seem less important. What shifts?

Question 24

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A trial of filter A removes 80% of particles from 100,000 particles. Filter B then removes 50% of the particles remaining. How many particles remain after both filters?

Question 25

25

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

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