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ACT Math Strategies - THS Advisory 3/26/25
ACT Math Strategies - THS Advisory 3/26/25
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1
What is the formula you use to find the area of a circle?
A=2πr
A=πr2
A=dr2
2
What strategy should you use to solve geometry problems?
Use/make a picture
Ignore/don't trust the picture
Order of operations
3
What is the rule of thumb when solving equations?
Ignore the sign
Add y variables
What you do to one side, do to the other
Do exponents last
4
Which problems should you put down an answer for your first time through?
Solve easy problems NOW, guess on ones you will NEVER do correctly
ALL of them
Solve easy problems NOW
Solve easy problems NOW and work on the ones you think you'll be able to do
5
What strategy will help you save time by focusing on problems you can easily answer?
Guess a random letter sometimes
Answer problems last to first
Solve easy problems NOW, skip ones for LATER, and guess on NEVER
Use your calculator on every problem
6
What is a helpful strategy for the Math ACT test?
Solve every problem by hand
Have a sense of humor
Use your calculator
Stay up all night before studying
7
How many degrees is a right angle always equal to?
45
180
360
90
8
What is pythagorean theorem?
(b*h)/2
2a + 2b = c
a2 + b2 = c2
9
What is a helpful strategy when answering word problems like this?
Underline the question
Break the question into smaller parts
Use a variable
10
What formula do you use to find the circumference of a circle?
C=2πrd
C=2πr
C=2π2r
11
What strategy would you use to solve this problem?
Ballpark
Plug in your numbers
Percent change
Slope intercept form
12
What should you
NEVER
do on the ACT Math test?
Guess random letters on questions you don't know
Substitute answers in to expressions or equations
Make a diagram
Guess the same letter every time
13
What strategy should you use when answering variable problems like this?
FOIL
Backsolve (plug in their numbers)
Pythagorean theorem
Plug in your numbers
14
What equation do you use to find the area of a triangle?
b*2π
(b*h)/2
b*h
15
What equation do you use to find the average of several numbers?
Avg= sum/2 * # of things
Avg = # of things/total
Avg=sum
Avg= sum/# of things
16
What do you need to remember when solving -2x>10 ?
Change the sign when dividing
Nothing
Use your calculators
Change the sign when dividing by negative numbers
17
The sum of a rectangle's angles always equals how many degrees?
90
45
180
360
18
What strategy do you use to solve this kind of problem?
PEMDAS
Draw a picture
Pythagorean theorem
Draw a picture and pythagorean theorem
19
How would you solve this problem?
Backsolving (substitute the MC answers in)
Draw a picture
Guess E and move on
Calculator
20
What is slope intercept form?
y=1/2mx-b
y=mx+b
Ax+By=C
21
How do you find the perimeter of a figure?
A=πr2
length x width x height
The sum of all the sides
base x width
22
The sum of a triangle's angles always equals how many degrees?
90
45
180
360
23
What do you need to know to solve trigonometry problems?
SOHCAHTOA
Tan = sin + cos
SINCOSTAN
24
What should you do with ratio problems?
Multiply by a common multiple
PEMDAS
Add or subtract
Calculator
25
A radius is equal to
d*π
1/2*d
d2
26
What number/s should you use when using the Plug in your numbers strategy?
1
3 then 2 if needed
2
1 then 2 if needed
27
What strategy would you use to solve this problem?
Substitute the number two
Backsolve (plug in their numbers)
Substitute an easy-to-work-with odd number
Guess
28
What is the average also known as?
Marvelous
Medium
Mean
Mode
29
What strategy should you use to solve this problem?
Substitution
Plug in your numbers
Exponent Rules
Ballpark
30
What does PEMDAS mean?
Parenthesis, exponents, multiply and divide, add and subtract
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