Measurements questions on the ACT Science Test involve the numbers and corresponding labels that appear in the graphs and tables of the Science passages. Usually you will be asked to either identify the appropriate measurement, or to make an inference based on the existing numbers. To do this, pay close attention to certain statistical items: […]
The ACT Reading is a brutal section. It has four passages on four distinct topics, Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Prose Fiction, forty questions, and a time limit of thirty-five minutes. Now let’s take a tour of the four passages, what to look out for, and how to approach each one. There are ways to […]
Trigonometry is some of hardest math on the ACT (it isn’t tested at all on the SAT) but luckily the ACT trigonometry requires the use of only a few very special formulas! Some of these you may have seen before while some may be entirely new, but you’ll need to memorize all of them to […]
The second type of ACT Science passage you will see on test day is Conflicting Viewpoints. In these passages, several different viewpoints or hypotheses will be presented on a specific scientific phenomenon. The first few paragraphs will describe the phenomenon and the remaining paragraphs will outline each student or scientist’s viewpoint. These passages typically contain […]
Logarithms may look familiar depending on what math you’re taking (or have taken) in school. If they don’t look familiar, chances are they will scare you when you take the ACT Math test. Luckily, with a little bit of studying the mystery surrounding them will clear right up. And also, there usually aren’t more than […]
One of the most challenging concepts on the SAT Math test is average rate, also called average speed. Often found in complex word problems, this type of question is one many students are less familiar with, so don’t get nervous if you don’t know how to approach it. Review these important equations and look at […]
A participle is a non-finite form of a verb that is either used as an adjective or as a verb used to form compound tenses. Don’t fret about the grammatical jargon, here. For the purposes of the ACT English, just be able to identify the two forms of participles: past and present. The present participle […]
In the Perceptual Ability Test (PAT) of the DAT, Top-Front-End or view recognition questions are some of the most challenging. You are presented with two projections of an object and are expected to determine the third. However, Top-Front-End projections are not mere outlines but also contain lines that represent where the visible and hidden edges of each figure […]
For each Angle Ranking question in the PAT section of the DAT, you are given four angles labeled 1–4 that you must rank in increasing order from smallest to largest interior angle. Some angles may be so close in size (such as a difference of only two degrees) that assigning the order of them unambiguously is almost […]
In this Cube Counting section of the PAT on the DAT, you will be presented with several stacks of cubes. Each stack is constructed by cementing together identical cubes. You are asked to imagine that the stack as a whole is painted on all sides except for the bottom (on which the stack rests). You are then […]