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The ACT Mathematics

Mock Test 2
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Mathematics
Directions
This booklet contains a mathematics test. The test row of ovals with the same number as the question.
measures skills and abilities highly related to high Only responses marked on your answer document
school course work and success in college. will be scored. Your score on each test will be based
Calculators may be used on the mathematics test. only on the number of questions you answer correctly
The questions in the test are numbered, and the during the time allowed for the test. You will not be
suggested answers for each question are lettered. On penalized for guessing. It is to your advantage to
the answer document, the rows of ovals are numbered answer every question even if you must guess.
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The ACT
Mathematics
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2 2
MATHEMATICS MOCK TEST 2
60 Minutes – 60 Questions

DIRECTIONS: Solve each problem, choose the correct but some of the problems may best be done without using a
answer, and then in fill in the corresponding oval on your calculator.
answer document. Note: Unless otherwise stated, all of the following should be
Do not linger over problems that take too much time. assumed.
Solve as many as you can; then return to the others in the 1. Illustrative figures are NOT necessarily drawn to scale.
time you have left for this test. 2. Geometric figures lie in a plane.
You are permitted to use a calculator on this test. You may 3.The word line indicates a straight line.
use your calculator for any problems you choose, 4. The word average indicates arithmetic mean.

1. The top surface of a rectangular card has an area of 96 DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
square centimeters and a length of 12 cm. What is the
width, in cm, of the card?

A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
E. 12

2. A bag contains 20 food coupons. 7 of them are worth


$10, 5 of them are worth $5 and the rest are worth $1. A
coupon is drawn at random from the bag. What is the
probability that the coupon drawn will be worth $1?

1
F. 4
7
G. 20
2
H. 7
5
J. 2
2
K. 5

3. Henry is going to visit a theme park to play amusement


rides. The theme park is divided into 3 districts I, II and
III. The numbers of amusement rides in districts I, II
and III are 5, 7 and 6 respectively. If he only plays an
amusement ride in each district, how many different
choices does he have?

A. 27
B. 105
C. 126
D. 210
E. 630

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4. Anita and her family are preparing study bags for DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
students at winter camp. Each entire study bag contains
6 pencils, 4 books, 2 rubbers, and 7 packs of orange
biscuits. Anita and her family have packed 10 entire
study bags and the following materials remain:

5 sets of pencils (8 pencils per set)


4 sets of books (6 books per set)
2.5 sets of rubbers (10 rubbers per set)
4 sets of orange biscuits (8 packs of orange biscuits
per set)

What is the maximum of entire study bags can Anita


and her family prepare with the remaining materials?

F. 1
G. 2
H. 3
J. 4
K. 5

The formula V = 13  r h is the volume of a right circular


2
5.
cone, where r is the radius of the base and h is the
height of the cone. Using 227 as an approximate value
for  , which of the following values is closest to the
volume, in cubic meters, of a cone with height 12
meters and radius 7 meters?

A. 88
B. 264
C. 616
D. 1,056
E. 1,848

6. In the figure below. B is on AD , the measure of


∠BCA is 5x°, the measure of ∠BAC is 6x°, and the
measure of ∠CBD is 132°. What is the value of x ?

5x°
F. 11
G. 12
H. 22
J. 26.4
K. 132
6x° 132°
A B D

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7. What is the difference of 1.1n2 + n – 30 and DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
0.2n2 + 5n ?

A. 0.9n2 – 4n + 30
B. 0.9n2 – 4n – 30
C. 0.9n2 + 6n – 30
D. 1.3n2 – 4n + 30
E. 1.3n2 + 6n – 30

8. The table below shows the weight (x kg) of clothes for


washing in a laundry and the corresponding fee ($f).

x 1 2 3 4 5 6
f 8 13 18 23 28 33

Which of the following equations represents this


relationship between f and x ?

F. f = 5x + 3
G. f = 5x + 6
H. f = 3x + 5
J. f = 3x + 6
K. f = 3x

9. An electronic guitar was sold at the discounted price of


$180 and the original price of the guitar was $200.
What was the percent of the discount?

A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 18%
D. 20%
E. 40%

10. What is the value of | 8 – 35 | – | –3 | ?

F. 20
G. 24
H. 27
J. 31
K. 32

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11. An amount of $3,600 is shared among Sam, Roger and DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
Paul. Sam owns 100 shares, Roger owns 80 shares,
Paul owns 60 shares. How much does Roger get?

A. 560
B. 600
C. 900
D. 1,200
E. 1,500

12. 98
Which of the following integers is closest to 2 ?

F. 3
G. 3.5
H. 5
J. 5.5
K. 7

13. In the figure below, B and C lie on AD , E and F lie on


AG , BE and CF are parallel to DG , and the given
lengths are in inches. What is the length of AG , in
inches?
A
1.5 2
B E
1.5
C F

D G

A. 4
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 10

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14. Lisa will give 5 of the red ribbon to her daughter
1
Emily and 7 of the red ribbon to her son Arthur. What
fraction of the red ribbon remains?

3
F. 5
6
G. 7
16
H. 35
1
J. 12
2
K. 35

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15. The ratio of Tom’s weight to his son’s weight is 11 : 5. DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
The sum of their weights is 128 kg. What is the weight,
in kg, of Tom’s son?

A. 25.6
B. 40
C. 58.2
D. 88
E. 100

16. When the body temperature of a person is greater than


or equal to 37.5C, the person is said to have a fever.
One of the number lines below illustrates the range of a
person having a fever, in C. Which number line is it?

F.
37.5C

G.
37.5C

H.
37.5C

J.
37.5C

K.
38C

17. What value of x makes the proportion below true?


8 36
7 x  54

A. 2
B. 0
C. –1
D. –3
E. –5

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18. The figure shows that the circle is inscribed into a DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
rectangle. What is the total area, in square centimeters,
of the region outside the circle?

7 cm

12 cm
F. 84  – 49
G. 84  – 12.25
H. 84  + 12.25
J. 84 – 12.25 
K. 84 + 12.25 

19. Which of the following ordered pairs in the standard


(x,y) coordinates plane satisfies the system of
inequalities below?

x+1<0
y>2
x – y < –5

A. (–2,4)
B. (–2,3)
C. (–2,2)
D. (–1,2)
E. (–1,1)

20. The graph of y = 3 sin x + 1 is shown in the standard


(x,y) coordinate plane below. What is the range of y ?

F. –2 ≤ y ≤ 0
G. –2 ≤ y ≤ 2
H. –2 ≤ y ≤ 4
J. 0≤y≤4
K. 0 ≤ y ≤ 360

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21. Given functions f(x) = x2 + 5x – 7 and g(x) = x + 1, DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
what is the value of f(g(–2)) ?

A. 2
B. 1
C. 0
D. –1
E. –2

22. The consultation fees charged to an elder and an adult


by a doctor are $100 and $180 respectively. On a
certain day, there were 38 patients and the total
consultation fee was $4,920. How many adults
consulted the doctor on that day?

F. 12
G. 14
H. 16
J. 18
K. 24

23. The following shows the lengths, in inches, of 8 pieces


of ribbon:

65, 68, 70, 71, 77, 82, 86, 88

Find the median length, in inches, of the 8 pieces of


ribbon.

A. 70
B. 71
C. 74
D. 77
E. 84

24. A rectangle has a perimeter of 102 feet, and 1 of its


sides measures 32 feet. If it can be determined, what
are the lengths, in feet, of the other 3 sides?

F. 19, 19, 32
G. 19, 32, 32
H. 19, 35, 35
J. 32, 35, 35
K. Cannnot be determined from the given information

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25. All of the small squares are equal in area in the figure DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
below. If the area of the rectangle is 1 square unit,
which of the following expressions can represent the
area (in square units) of the shaded part?

1 6
A. 7 × 7
1
B. 8 × 16
1 5
C. 8 × 6
7
D. 8 × 16
7
E. 8 × 65

26. A bag contains 15 blue balls, 7 red balls and 18 yellow


balls. How many additional blue balls should be added
to the 40 balls already in the bag in order that the
3
probability of randomly drawing a blue ball is 4 ?

F. 18
G. 37
H. 42
J. 52
K. 60

27. For all a > 0, which of the following expressions is


equal to (–a)–1 ?

A. a
B. –a
1
C. 2a
1
D. a

E. – a1

28. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to


(3x + 1) – (2x2 – 3) + (3x + 2x + x) ?

F. –2x2 + 9x + 4
G. –2x2 + 9x – 2
H. 2x + 1
J. 9x + 1
K. 9x – 1

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DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
Use the following information to answer
questions 29–32.

Parallelogram ABCD is shown in the standard (x,y)


coordinate plane below. Sides AB and CD are each 8
coordinate units long. Sides AD and BC are each
34 coordinate units long. The distance between
AB and CD is 3 coordinate units.

A(–5,9) B(3,9)

D C(8,6)

29. What is the area, in square coordinate units, of ABCD ?

A. 10
B. 12
C. 17
D. 24
E. 34

30. What is the distance, in coordinate units, from A to C ?

F. 22
G. 160
H. 178
J. 2 160
K. 16

31. What is the slope of AB ?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. Undefined

32. Parallelogram ABCD will be reflected over the x-axis.


What will be the coordinates of the image of B ?

F. (3,9)
G. (–3,–9)
H. (–3,9)
J. (3,–9)
K. (–9,3)

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33. Which of the following is equivalent to 273 • 90.5 ? DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
A. 310
B. 273.5
C. 93.5
D. 271.5
E. 91.5

34. A college accepts 3 out of every 14 applicants. Given


that the college accepted 699 students last year, how
many applicants were there?

F. 200
G. 233
H. 2,097
J. 3,262
K. 4,893

35. What is the value of log3 27 ?

3
A. 4
3
B. 2
1
C. 2
2
D. 3
E. 1

36. Alex asked 80 customers to choose 1 type of discs they


purchased most in his audio-visual store last month.
There were 4 options: CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays and
Others. DVDs were chosen as purchased most by 23
customers. CDs, Blu-rays and Others were each
selected by an equal number of the remaining
customers. What must be the measure of the central
angle in the circle graph for CDs?

Type of discs purchased most


F. 85.5°
G. 103.5° DVDs
H. 171° 23
J. 189°
K. 207°

1
37. For all non-zero real numbers x, 3 – 2x = ?

1
A. 3x
2
B. 3x
x 2
C. 3x
x2
D. 3x
x 6
E. 3x

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DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
Use the following information to answer
questions 38–40.

The Williamstown Library recently changed its hours to


open 1.5 hours early and close 2 hours early than it had
previously. Citizens of Williamstown age 13 or older
were given a survey, and 800 responses received. The
survey asks each citizen his or her student status (junior
school, high school, or nonstudent) and what he or she
considered about the change in opening hours (accept,
reject, or no opinion). The results are summarized in
the table below:

Student No
Accept Reject
status opinion
Junior school 15 38 30
High school 129 212 17
Nonstudent 121 162 76
Total 265 412 123

38. What fraction of these high school citizens said that


they accepted the change in hours?

15
F. 129
121
G. 265
15
H. 129
129
J. 265
129
K. 358

39. Suppose that a resident will be chosen at random from


these 800 citizens. Which of the following values is
closest to the probability that the resident chosen will
NOT be a junior school student and will NOT have
replied with “Reject”?

A. 0.02
B. 0.12
C. 0.31
D. 0.43
E. 0.85

40. After constructing the table, it was found out that the
student status of 20 citizens who said that they accepted
had been wrongly classified as “High school”. After
correcting the errors, exactly 20% of the junior school
students had answered that they accepted. To the
nearest 1%, what percent of nonstudent citizens
answered that they accepted?

F. 16%
G. 20%
H. 37%
J. 42%
K. 57%

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41. Set A and Set B each consists of 6 distinct numbers. DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
The 2 sets carry identical numbers with the exception
of the number with the greatest value in each set. The
number with the greatest value in Set A is greater than
the number with the greatest value in Set B. The value
of which of the following measures must be greater for
Set A than for Set B ?

A. Mean only
B. Mode only
C. Median only
D. Mean and median only
E. Mean and mode only

42. For all x such that 0 ≤ x ≤ 90, which of the following


expressions is NOT equivalent to cos x° ?

F. cos (–x°)
G. –cos (–x°)
H. sin (90 + x)°
J. sin (90 – x)°
K. 1  (sin x )2

43. A 10-inch-tall rectangular box with a square base is


made to hold a circular birthday cake that has a
diameter of 12 inches. What is the volume, in cubic
inches, of the smallest such box that can hold this
birthday cake?

A. 144
B. 720
C. 1,000
D. 1,440
E. 1,728

44. Find FG in the figure correct to 1 decimal place.


E

F. 6.4
G. 7.6 28 48
H. 8.4
J. 8.6 F
K. 15.8
H
12
G
45. Given today is Wednesday, what day of the week will it
be 101 days in future?

A. Wednesday
B. Thursday
C. Friday
D. Saturday
E. Sunday

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46. In the figure below, line a is perpendicular to line b, DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
and both lines intersect line c at the same point. What is
the measure of w ?

F. 13°
G. 26°
H. 64°
J. 77°
K. 128°

47. The greatest common factor of 2 whole numbers is 12.


The least common multiple of these same 2 numbers is
72. What are these 2 numbers?

A. 6 and 24
B. 6 and 36
C. 12 and 24
D. 12 and 36
E. 24 and 36

48. The side lengths of a certain triangle are 8, 9, and 10


centimeters. Which of the following descriptions best
classifies this triangle?

F. Scalene acute
G. Scalene right
H. Scalene obtuse
J. Isosceles right
K. Isosceles obtuse

49. There are 100 rats in a laboratory. 44 of them live in a


radioactive environment, while 56 of them live in a
normal environment. A researcher estimates that 42%
and 5% of the rats in a radioactive environment and in a
normal environment develop cancer respectively. If two
rats are chosen at random, what is the probability that
they don’t develop cancer?

A. 2.1%
B. 39.9%
C. 47%
D. 55.1%
E. 67%

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x 1 DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
50. What is the domain of the graph of f(x) = ?
x 2 3 x  4

F. {x | x ≠ –1}
G. {x | x ≠ 1}
H. {x | x ≠ 4}
J. {x | x ≠ 4 and x ≠ –1}
K. {x | x ≠ 1 and x ≠ –1}

51. An identification number consists of 2 letters followed


by 4 digits. The 2 letters are fixed as “AA”. The 4 digits
are selected from the digits 0 to 9 inclusive. How many
identification numbers can be formed?

A. 2 + 104
B. 2(94)
C. 2(104)
D. 94
E. 104

52. In the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, the circle centered


at (–2,3) that passes through (–3,5) is the set of all points
that are:

F. 5 coordinate units from (–2,3).


G. 5 coordinate units from (–3,5).
H. 5 coordinate units from both (–2,3) and (–3,5).
J. equidistant from (–2,3) and (–3,5).
K. equidistant from the line segment with endpoints
(–2,3) and (–3,5).

53. Which of the following values is the x-coordinate of the


point in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane where the
graph of the straight line y = 8 intersects the graph of the
function y = ln(x + 4) – 2 ?

A. e10
B. e10 – 4
C. e10 + 4
D. ln(10) – 4
E. ln(10) + 4

54. In the standard (x,y) coordinate plane, what is the


equation of the line that passes through the points
(–3,–2) and (1,6) ?

F. y = 2x + 4
G. y = 2x – 4
H. y = –2x + 4
J. y = –2x – 4
K. y = –4x – 2

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55. A toy shop sells toy car for $25 each. At this price, 35 DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
toy cars are sold every week. For every $1 discount, the
shop will sell 5 more toy cars each week. What will be
the maximum possible revenue for a week?
(Note: The revenue is the number of toy cars sold times
the price of each toy car.)

A. $760
B. $840
C. $960
D. $1,080
E. $1,280

56. Each of the following graphs in the standard (x,y)


coordinate plane has the same scale on both axes. One
graph below is the graph of ax + by ≥ c, where
0  a  b  c . Which one is it?

F. J.

G. K.

H.

57. The movie club planned to produce leaflets by colors red


and yellow for promoting its activities. Each leaflet
1 4
needed 5 inch and 9 inch of red material and yellow
material respectively. The club supposed to purchase
exactly materials to make 450 leaflets, but they found
that the materials would be cheaper if purchased in sets
– the red materials in 7-inch set and the yellow materials
in 12-inch set. How many more leaflets could be made if
they bought enough sets of materials to produce 450
leaflets?

A. 9
B. 11
C. 13
D. 15
E. 17

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58. For all real numbers x and the imaginary number i, DO YOUR FIGURING HERE.
which of the following expressions is equivalent to
(2x – i)4 ?

F. 16x4 – 32x3i – 24x2 + 8xi + 1


G. 16x4 – 32x3i – 16x2 – 1
H. 16x4 + 16x2 – 8xi – 1
J. 16x4 – 8x2 + 1
K. 16x4 – 1

59. The graph in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane below is


the graph of one of the following functions. Which one
is it?

A. g(x) = x(x – 1)(x + 2)


B. h(x) = x(x + 1)2 (x – 2)2
C. k(x) = x2(x – 1)2(x + 2)
D. m(x) = x2(x + 1)3 (x – 2)
E. n(x) = x3(x – 1)(x + 2)2

60. The table below shows the numbers of rows and


columns for each of 4 matrices.

Matrix Number of Number of


columns rows
P m n
Q n k
U m k
V n m

We know that m, n and k are all distinct values. Which


of the following matrix products is possible?

F. VQ
G. PU
H. UV
J. QP
K. PQ

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