Here’s today’s ACT algebra question:
If x + 2y = 1, and 2x + y = 5, then x + y = ?
Let’s get to work! Continue reading
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ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 22, 2014 – English
Today’s ACT question of the day comes from the English passage about radio. Specifically, they want to know if this sentence needs to be changed:
Yet even in the midst of such anarchy, some commercial possibilities and organizations
saw clearly of a medium whose regulation seemed imminent.
ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 20, 2014 – Reading, Fiction
Today’s ACT question comes from the reading passage about Mrs. Sennett. It’s a detail question asking when a certain event takes place in the passage, relative to other events. Continue reading
ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 19, 2014 – Algebra, Linear Equations
Today’s ACT question of the day is secretly asking if you know the meaning of y = mx + b. We have to figure out which graph looks like y = 3x +1. Yes, you could graph that on your calculator, but if your graph’s scale doesn’t match the scale of the graphs in the test booklet, you might not find the answer that way. Continue reading
ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 18, 2014 – English
Today’s ACT question of the day is an English question from the passage about radio. For more questions form this passage, check out the posts from February 14, February 10, and January 17.
The question asks about underlined section 11:
The RCA executives who created the
powerful NBC network…
ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 17, 2014 – Science
Today’s ACT question of the day comes from the same science passage we saw about a week ago.
We are given a table of sediment concentrations at various depths that’s something like this:
| Depth (cm) |
Temperature (oC) |
pH | Concentration in sediment (ppm) | |||||
| SO42– | S2– | CO2 | Fe3+ | Fe2+ | O2 | |||
| 0 | 4 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 5 | 5 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| 10 | 7 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 15 | 9 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| 20 | 10 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
The test maker would like us to tell them which ion and dissolved gas will not be helpful in determining whether a sample was taken from either 15 or 20cm. Continue reading
ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 16, 2014 – Reading, Fiction
Today’s ACT question is a new one from the passage about Mrs. Sennett. The question: how do you characterize the relationship between Mrs. Sennett and the narrator? Continue reading
ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 15, 2014 – Math, Trapezoids
Today’s ACT question is a flashback to a week ago – working with trapezoids.
ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 14, 2014 – English
Today’s ACT question of the day is another English question from the passage about radio. The writer has decided to add a sentence to the passage, and we have to choose where it will fit best.
The sentence:
Nowadays, no matter where you are, it’s hard to be far from a radio.
This sounds like the kind of sentence that either opens or concludes a passage as a whole – it’s broad, it ties the subject back to the present, and it serves somewhat to summarize the passage.
ACT Question of the Day Explained- February 13, 2014 – Science
Today’s ACT question is a repeat of Sunday’s data interpretation question. Enjoy the review and remember to answer what the question is asking!