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The ACT is a standardized college entrance examination that measures knowledge and skills through multiple-choice questions covering the following:
- English
- Mathematics
- Reading
- Science reasoning
- Writing (optional)
You receive 12 separate scores:
- One composite
- Four subject scores
- Seven sub-scores
The composite, or scaled, score is the most important. Its range is 1–36. Nearly half of test takers receive scores between 17 and 23.
The ACT reports three additional scores to students who take the ACT Writing Test:
- Writing Test score (2–12)
- English/Writing score (1–36)
- Comments about your writing
Registering for Exams
- Contact your school counselor's office for the necessary registration
materials.
- Call ACT at 319-337-1270, materials will mailed
for free
Preparing for Exams
Practice Test: Visit ACTstudent.org to access sample tests. While taking the sample test, click on your answers to find out if you are correct. Explanations are given for each question.
Test Structure
| English |
75 multiple-choice questions |
| Usage & Mechanics |
40 |
| Rhetotical Skills |
35 |
| Mathematics |
60 multiple-choice questions |
| Pre-Algebra |
14 |
| Elementary Algebra |
10 |
| Intermediate Algebra |
9 |
| Coordinate Geometry |
9 |
| Plane Geometry |
14 |
| Trigonometry |
4 |
| Reading |
40 multiple-choice questions |
| Analysis of four Reading Passages |
| Prose Fiction |
10 |
| Humanities |
10 |
| Social Studies |
10 |
| Natural Sciences |
10 |
| Science |
40 multiple-choice questions |
| Content areas for Science are Biology, Earth/Space Sciences, Chemistry, and Physics |
| Data Representation |
15 |
| Research Summary |
18 |
| Conflicting Viewpoint |
7 |
Reviewing Test Scores
View your scores at ACT.org. For a fee, you can see your scores two weeks before the official score report arrives by mail.
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