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American College Testing The ACT American College Testing

What is it? The ACT is an exam that tests your achievement in English, Reading, Mathematics, Science and Writing Most colleges in the middle of the nation require the ACT for admission East/West coast schools more often require the SAT ALL juniors in MN will take the ACT on April 28th – free of charge!

Basics of the ACT 4 multiple choice sections followed by a written essay The English section is 1st and there are 75 questions – it is 45 minutes long The Math section is 2nd and there are 60 questions – it is 60 minutes long The Reading section is 3rd and there are 40 questions – it is 35 minutes long The Science section is 4th and there are 40 questions – it is 35 minutes long The Writing section (essay) is last and is 30 minutes long Including breaks, the test takes about 4 hours

English Test 75 questions 45 minutes The questions cover grammar, parts of speech, punctuation and rules of usage and mechanics There are 5 passages, each with 15 questions

Math Test 60 questions 60 minutes The math test covers algebra, geometry and trigonometry

Reading Test 40 questions 35 minutes There are four passages with 10 questions each Prose Fiction Social Science Humanities Natural Science The questions cover main ideas, points of view, vocabulary, facts and inferences

Science Test 40 questions 35 minutes The science test presents you with graphs, experiments, data and brief articles accompanied by questions Any area of science could be included on the test but you are not expected to have specific knowledge of all types of science, just how to interpret data, understand experiments and come to conclusions based on scientific information

Writing Test (Essay) 1 essay 30 minutes You are given a prompt and asked to respond to a specific question Often the prompt will ask you to take a side on an issue and argue for that side

How to Prepare Practice Tests! ACT.org has online practice questions in each of the sections.