ACT Past Papers with Answers

Vehicle A averages 19 miles per. gallon of gasoline, and Vehicle B averages 37 miles.per gallon of gasoline. Ai these rates, how many morc galloDS of gasoline does Vehicle A need than Vehicle B to make a 1,406-mkle tr.ip. Y. 28 K, 74 3, If 648 81 81 ACT.65D 14 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.

5. The smallér triangle has. sides that measure 5 centimeters, 7 centimeters, and 9 centimeters. What is the perimeter, in celltimeters, of Lhe larger triangle? E, 105

Given that all th¢ choices are ttue, which one provides the most relevant and specific infornTrtion at this point in the essay? in between trips to and from tbe woods. point. very carefully on the topic that pertains to the activity. That's a crucial part of the preparation to get ready for morel hunting. bécause often the same woods that yield tllorels produce poisonous inushrooms, too.

F, NO CHANGE of someone planning to be ready [4] very spring, there's a contest wheEe I Ikve in uorthern Minnesota to see who can. find the most

Source question 10. silent, about your f&vorit¢ spots silent, about your favorite spots, silent about your favorite spots ACT-65D GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. [5] Mostly, findiiig M￿c1S r¢quires two things in particular, Sn]aller and li

Source question 12. more pale then blends perfectly into its natural surroundings. 13

Source question 13. it's How¢v¢r, you can look right al one and not see it. 14

F, NO CHANGE Morels fool everyone, even the experts, tllat's probably 15 why the saying goes that the best place to look for morels

Source question 15. experts. That's experts say, that's experts and is directly behind you. PASSAGE11 The Amazing Monarch Migration The orange and black monarch butterfly? which is 16

Source question 16. J, butterfly, the most easiest recognized and striking butterfly species 17 in North America, Monarchs are particularly fascinating bec2llse they aTe one of the few migratory butterfly species in North Americ

Mara is the timer for a load race. Sh6 is 200 feet from the starting guts. Using 1,120 feet per second for the speed of sound, which ot the following 18 clo8e8t to ho￿1 many seconds after the starting gun is fired that Mara will hear the startiug ACT.65D 17 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 18, What is the slope of the line represented by the equation 6y - 18x - 6 ? DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. 18

Source question 18. south, which is far-reaching. south, south, which enconipasses many miles: ACT.65D GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. monarchs, west of the Rocky Mountains migrat¢ ' 19 19, A. NO CHANGE monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains, monarchs west, of the Rocky Mountains, monaxchs west of the Rocky Mountains to the southern California coast, where they 20

At a buffet restaurant, the piice for dinneT for an adult is $6'.95 and the price for dinner for a child is $3.95, A group of 8 people weht to the restaurant for dinnéi and paid a total of $46.60, excluding tax and tip. How many adults were iri Ihe. group?

F, NO CHANGE monaichs- monarchs. monai.chs

Source question 23. moré insufficient inadequate systems than migratory birds. [5] The features of birds that help them accomplish their long migrations ￿e aerodynamic design, acute vision, and the abxlity. to 24 regulate their body temperature and maintain energy. [6] Monarchs lack these features, and yet, in a way that defies explanation, they travel up to eighty miles

F, NO CHANGE and regulating body temperature and maintaining euergy with théir ability. with their body temperature regulation and energy maintenance ability. and the regulatloll of body temperature and their ability to maintain energy. in a day. 25

In thé figure .below, E is 'a point on side AB of rectangle ABCD. The measuies given are in inches, What is the area of ISDEC, ill square inches? . 32 ACT 19 GO ON TO THF NEXT PAGE. DO YOUR FI URING HERE. Use the following information to'answer questions 26-28. Fran is planning to fence a 10-foot-by-15-foot rectangular plot of ground to use as a gaiden. She intends to plant a l-foot-wide border of flowers along the illside of the entire perimeter. The Tèctan.gular section Surrounded by this bordcr will be planted with vegetables in 11-foot-long rows parallel to the longer sides.

What is 'the .minimum number of feel.of fence Fran would ne.ed to enclosc. thè garden if there. will be a 3-foot-wide opening on one side of the plot for people to walk through? 50

When Frall.plants the vegetables, she wants the center lines of adjacent rows to b¢ at least 10. inches apart. She also wants the center lines of the outennost rows to be at least 10 inches from the inner edge of the flower bord.er. According to these planting restrictions. what is the maximum numbcr of 11-foot-long r.ows of vegetables that could be planted within this garden plot?

Source question 29. continuing the migtation is eventual, eventually,continue the migration. continuing eventually the migration. but wÈth the help of new tracking devices and InteLI]et technology that makes data available worldwide, they are.Ieady to move ahead. 30

Which choice would best conclude the sentence and support one of the main points of the essay. new research tools. Ègration. they look forward to collaborating with other researchers who are more knowledgeable in rhe mysteries of monarch migration. PASSAGE 111 The following paragraphs may or may not be in the mosl logical order. Each paragraph is num- bered in brackets, and question 45 will ask you to choose where Paragraph 3 should most logically be placéd. yo.yos Spxnning through Time [1] Historians speculate that one of the world's oldèst toys is the.yo-yo, though they know 31 foi.sure that the oldest toy is the doll. Drawings 31

Given that all the choices are true, which one provides the most effective evidence of the long histoxy of enthusiasm for the yo-yo in the Philippines? were ciwved out 0£ fine wood or animal horns. resembled a toy that was popular in ancient China, as "come back., In the 19208 Pedro Florea, a Filipino 35

Source question 35. with immigrant, introduced Ihe toy in the United States and 36 soon started a yo-yo manufacturing cotllpany in California. Flores's design was different because the yo-yo's String wasn, t tied to the axle of the toy, but rather looped around it. This allowed a skilled handler to make the toy spin at

For trape70id ABCD shown below,"AB - 8 m, DC- 5 m, and the perimeter is .39 m. What is the aTea, ill squaxe meters, of ABCD ? C, 65 ACT4SD 23 TO THE NEXT PAGE.

Source question 44. shuttle, Discovery,, shuttle, Discovery gravity environment, it refused to sleep. Question 45 asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

For the sake. of the logic ￿ld coherence of this; essay, Paragraph 3 should be placed: where it is now, D, before Paragraph 5. ACT.65D GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. PASSAGE IV Swimmlng In Open Water Immersed in the icy water gff the Antarctic Peninsula, Lynne Cox wasn't sure if she could accomplish her goal to be the first'persou to swim 4 mile through the glacier- str¢wn sea. At forty-five, she Ivould of been training for 46

Jamal invested $1,000 on January l. At.the end of 9 months, durin8 which time Jamal made no with- drawals and no o.ther deposits, the investment has earned $75 in interest. Jama.I's $1,000 investment returned att annual percentage yield closest to which of the following percents? (Note: Inierest can be estimated using I = Prf, where I is'the atnount of interest earned. P is the amount of money initially invested. r 11$ the annual percentage yield that the money returned; and t 18 the time, in years, the money is invested.) 8% 710

Source question 48. cold, lakes of New Hampshire EI. cold lakes, of New Hampshirc cold, lakes of New Hampshire, record's foi swimming the English Channel by finishing

A, NO CHANGE records records,

Given that all the choices are true, which one best con- veys Cox's attitude toward swimining and helps bring into focus the kind of swimming that appeals to her? astounded many by her swimming feats in the twenty-seven-mil¢ swim in less than ten hours. She could swim in open wat¢r and had swum across ¥1 the Cook Strait in New Zealand, around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa, and across Lake Tktic&ca from Bolivia to Peiu. ACT.65D TO THE NEXT P [1] Cox is foxtunate that she has a natural tolerance for cold temperatures, but swill]ming the Antarctic-in water'only slightly above freeling-demanded serious preparation. [2] This athlete studied how Antarctic animals adapt to thc fiigid environment: [3] Penguins, double layer of feathers acts as insulation, so she gtew her hair long and piled it under her swim cap. [4] Antarctic seals rely on body fat for warmth, so Cox gained twelve pounds, it was weight that she hoped,would keep hei waTIn In the

Source question 52. she put on weight . H. she gained it so weight icy water.

Which of the following sequences of sentences makes this paragraph most logical? In November 2002, a crew of physicians,

Source question 56. exhaustion H, exhaustion that left her feeling fatigued exhausting fatigue and blue as any she, d swum in before. For a moment'2t

Source question 57. moi'¢.blue then C, bluer than the end, she consideted going even farther. Cox knew, however, that the lottger she stayed in the water, the ACT.&SD 10 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. longer it would t&ke to bring her body temperature- which fell to 95.5 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the swim-b2ck to norn]al. A mile was good .58

If log3 2 - p .and log3 5 - q, which of the following expressions is equal to 10 7 DO YOUR FIGURING HERE. pq

Source question 59. enollgh. As enough, as D, enough, penguins splashed in the water with the great athlete,

, In the figure below, both solids consist of 4 cubes, each l Linit ori a side. In th¢ solid on the right, the 4 cubes forn] a rectangular prism that is 2 units long. I, unit wide, and 2 units high. The solid on the left is the result of moviDg Cube D from its position above Cube C to beside it so that Cubes B, C, and D form a rectangular PTl8m 3 units .long, l unit wide, and l unit high, Ta the neares.t percent, the total surface area of the solid on the right is what percent. less ihan the total surface area of the solid on the left? 2<70 690 END OFTEST 2 STOP! O NOT TURN THE NOT RETURN T E UNTIL TOLD T REVIOUS TEST. ACT-650 29

Source question 64. Refer to the source image.

For the sake of the logic and coherence of this para- graph,.Sentence 3 should be placed: where il is now. 6efore Sentence l. after Sentence I, after Sentence 4. [3] Withers's profession gave him access to famous people. He has photographed seven of the last eight U.S. presidents and every major civÉl rights leader since the 1950s. Thus, he is well known and well 68 liked, Withers,often traveled with and photographed '

Source question 68. . G. In fact, he is well ACT.65D 12 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. such histoIic figures as Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar

Whicli of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable? such historical figures as B, historical figures such as such historic figures Evers, and James Meredith. For instance, his photos of 70

Source question 71. including include In addition to capturing many public personages on film, WAthers also photographed: waitresses. church congregations, nightclub audiÈnces, and Little League baseball games. "I can't play a piano, I can't play a guitar, all I can do 18 take a picture," Withers said in a recent interview. At long last, Ernest C. Withers had recorded 73 sothe five million photographic images.

F, NO CHANGE

Upon revie,wing the essay and realizing that some information has been left out, the writer composes the following sentence incorporating that infOru￿11Oll: He immortalized his subjects in the middle of their peif'ormances. as well as in quiet moments.backstage. This sentence would most logically be placed at'the end of Paragraph:

Suppose the writer's goal had been to write a bio- graphical sketch of a photojournalist that would por- tray the person in th¢ context of the world he or she photographed. Does this essay successfully accomplish that goal? as a photojournalist and relat¢s that caTeer to his hometown of Memphis and the South. B, Yes, because it explains how Ernest Withers first developed his. interest in photogiaphy and ' photoj ouInalism. between Ernest Withers and the world that he" photographed. Withers's achievements, honors, and awards. END OF TEST 1 STOP! DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO. ACT-65D 13 THEMATICS TEST 60 Minutes-60 Questions DIRECTIONS: Solve each problem, choose the correct answer, and then fill in the corresponding oval on your answer document. Do not linger. over problems that take too much tlme. Solve as many as you can. then return to the others in the time you have left for this test. You are pemiitted to use a calculator on th[8 test. You may use your calculator for any problems you choose, but some of the problems may best be done without using a calculalor. Note: Unless otherwise stated, all of the following should be assumed. 1 . Illustrative figures are NOT necessarily drawh to scale.