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ACT Test Study Guide Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com - All rights reserved. 1 Table of Contents ACT TEST RESOURCES....................................................................................................................... 4 READING................................................................................................................................................... 5 STRATEGY 1: FLYING OVER THE PASSAGE............................................................................................ 5 STRATEGY 2: CREATING A TENTATIVE SUMMARY................................................................................. 6 STRATEGY 3: OPENINGS AND ENDINGS................................................................................................ 7 STRATEGY 4: USING KITCHEN LOGIC.................................................................................................... 7 STRATEGY 5: GETTING INTO THE AUTHOR’S MIND.............................................................................. 8 STRATEGY 6: EMOTIONAL WORDS......................................................................................................... 8 STRATEGY 7: FINDING THE KEY WORDS............................................................................................... 9 STRATEGY 8: MAKING PROPER INFERENCES....................................................................................... 11 STRATEGY 9: APPLYING IDEAS FOR GENERALIZATIONS..................................................................... 12 STRATEGY 10: USING CONTEXT CLUES............................................................................................. 12 STRATEGY 11: BREAKING DOWN PASSAGE ORGANIZATION............................................................. 13 STRATEGY 12: FIRST WORD ANALYSIS............................................................................................. 15 STRATEGY 13: UNDERSTANDING THE INTIMIDATION......................................................................... 15 STRATEGY 14: FINDING YOUR OPTIMAL PACE................................................................................... 16 STRATEGY 15: DON’T BE A PERFECTIONIST........................................................................................ 18 STRATEGY 16: FACTUALLY CORRECT, BUT ACTUALLY WRONG......................................................... 19 STRATEGY 17: DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS............................................................................................. 19 STRATEGY 18: EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION...................................................................................... 20 MATHEMATICS..................................................................................................................................... 21 NUMBER TYPES....................................................................................................................................... 21 Integers, Odd and Even Numbers, Prime Numbers, Digits.......................................... 21 ADDITION AND MULTIPLICATION OF ODD AND EVEN NUMBERS........................................................ 21 PERCENT.................................................................................................................................................. 22 Percent less than 100................................................................................................................. 22 Percent Greater than 100......................................................................................................... 22 Percent less than 1...................................................................................................................... 22 Percent Increase/Decrease....................................................................................................... 23 AVERAGE................................................................................................................................................. 23 WEIGHTED AVERAGE.............................................................................................................................. 24 Average Speed.............................................................................................................................. 25 Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com - All rights reserved. 2 PROPERTIES OF SIGNED NUMBERS....................................................................................................... 25 FACTORING.............................................................................................................................................. 26 PROBABILITY........................................................................................................................................... 26 GEOMETRIC FIGURES............................................................................................................................. 27 GEOMETRIC SKILLS AND CONCEPTS..................................................................................................... 29 Properties of Parallel Lines....................................................................................................... 29 Angle Relationships..................................................................................................................... 30 Side Relationships........................................................................................................................ 31 AREA AND PERIMETER............................................................................................................................ 33 Rectangles....................................................................................................................................... 33 Circles............................................................................................................................................... 33 Triangles.......................................................................................................................................... 34 VOLUME................................................................................................................................................... 34 COORDINATE GEOMETRY....................................................................................................................... 35 ENGLISH.................................................................................................................................................. 37 STRATEGY 1: APOSTROPHES................................................................................................................. 37 Possessive Nouns......................................................................................................................... 37 Possessive Personal Pronouns vs. Contractions............................................................... 37 STRATEGY 2: COMMA ERRORS............................................................................................................ 38 STRATEGY 3: PROBLEMS WITH REFERENCES...................................................................................... 40 STRATEGY 4: PROBLEMS WITH AGREEMENT....................................................................................... 42 STRATEGY 5: LACK OF PARALLELISM................................................................................................... 45 STRATEGY 6: MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS.......................................................................................... 46 SCIENCE.................................................................................................................................................. 51 STRATEGY 1: UNDERSTANDING CHARTS AND TABLES....................................................................... 51 STRATEGY 2: WHEN VAGUENESS IS CLEAR........................................................................................ 52 STRATEGY 3: AVOIDING DEFINITES..................................................................................................... 53 STRATEGY 4: USING COMMON SENSE................................................................................................. 54 STRATEGY 5: INSTINCTS ARE RIGHT................................................................................................... 55 STRATEGY 6: MAKING NOTES.............................................................................................................. 56 STRATEGY 7: NO FEAR.......................................................................................................................... 56 STRATEGY 8: LOOKING FOR THE CHANGES......................................................................................... 57 STRATEGY 9: QUICK CHECKS............................................................................................................... 57 STRATEGY 10: MAKING SUMMARIES................................................................................................... 59 Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com - All rights reserved. 3 STRATEGY 11: LOOKING FOR MATCHES.............................................................................................. 59 STRATEGY 12: PROFESSIONAL EXPERIMENTS..................................................................................... 60 STRATEGY 13: INFORMATION IS PROVIDED FOR A REASON.............................................................. 61 STRATEGY 14: WATCHING FOR SIMILAR REWORDING...................................................................... 61 STRATEGY 15: DON’T GET THROWN OFF BY NEW INFORMATION.................................................... 62 STRATEGY 16: LOOKING FOR KEY WORDS......................................................................................... 63 STRATEGY 17: NARROWING THE SEARCH........................................................................................... 63 STRATEGY 18: WHAT ABOUT THE OPPOSITE...................................................................................... 64 STRATEGY 19: YOU’RE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EINSTEIN.................................................................... 65 STRATEGY 20: IDENTIFYING THE KEY COMPONENT........................................................................... 66 STRATEGY 21: FULFILLING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.......................................................................... 67 STRATEGY 22: WHEN IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE – CHECK IT SYSTEMATICALLY............................. 67 ACT Test Resources Free ACT Practice Tests http://www.testprepreview.com/act_practice.htm Financial Aid Facts http://www.finaidfacts.org Scholarship Help http://www.scholarshiphelp.org Study Tips and Information http://www.studyguidezone.com/resource_tips.htm Copyright © StudyGuideZone.com - 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