<p>I took the ACT in September and got an 18 on the math section. I am retaking it in December. How can I increase my score to at least a 25+. I’ve been memorizing formulas and doing lots of problem. I think the 18 was a fluke because i have always gotten high B’s in math.</p>
<p>i would suggest just keep doing practice tests and problems. U can even use SAT math questions if ur running out of ACT practice tests. The questions are different from wut u do at skool so u just need to get used to it. And go over the test and correct the ones u get wrong and know wut u did wrong and how to solve it correctly.</p>
<p>SAT I math isn’t really the same as ACT math. SAT II math is more similar to ACT math than SAT I math.</p>
<p>well what math class are you in? if you’re not in pre-calculus atleast, you definitely will struggle.</p>
<p>That’s not true. I’m just starting precalculus, and i got a 29 math last year when i was in functions, statistics, and trigonometry. </p>
<p>But it really depends on WHY you got 18. Did you run out of time? Do you panic? Do you just not know the math? Tell us that, and I can help you more</p>
<p>yah, we can help you, math is one of my strong points</p>
<p>not so much on reading,</p>
<p>but the act math is a lot more straightfoward than sat math</p>
<p>also, dont they give u formulas? its about applying them. so tell us whatsup and lets see what we can do!</p>
<p>If it’s a time issue, might I suggest downloading the calculator program “■■■■■■” (you can google this…it’s a free download, you just need to have a link wire from you calcuator to your computer)</p>
<p>I saved about five minutes because of this program, specifically because it can get slopes instantly, it can get midpoints instantly, and it can get distances between points instantly. It does a bunch of other stuff too, but I only really used it for these three things.</p>
<p>It doesn’t violate the ACT’s calculator policy either. Without this program, I probably wouldn’t have gotten a 35.</p>
<p>Interesting. Where can i get a wire for my calc?</p>
<p>I have a TI-83+ and I got mine at Staples for around $10-$20.</p>
<p>Totally worth it.</p>
<p>the ACT math is very straight forward with little to no trick questions. Either you need to seriously brush up on your math or you time might be an issue.</p>
<p>^they Have Those Programs?</p>
<p>Wow I Missed Out Lol.</p>
<p>Yeah… I got a 34 on the math part and didn’t finish the last 5 questions :(… that program woulda helped!!!</p>
<p>I’m a sophomore in Algebra 2. I think I’ll have problems with the trigonometry questions and the quadratic formula and maybe some other things, any help?</p>
<p>I am in pre-college math. I am terrible at math. Is there a list of all the formulas that are on the ACT?</p>
<p>I don’t think formulas are going to get you very far. Take a real practice test, like one from the Real ACT Prep Guide or the free Preparing for the ACT booklet. Go through and mark not only the questions you missed, but the ones you got right but don’t really know how to do (maybe you guessed). Did you miss them because you haven’t learned the material yet in school, or you’ve forgotten something you knew how to do before, or you just didn’t learn something very well? Or are you making a lot of the same kind of silly mistake? If you can identify one or two things that account for a lot of missed questions, then you can work on that.</p>
<p>The prep books must have some strategy ideas for the math test. I know when I took it, there were a LOT of questions where you shouldn’t even try to work the problem–instead, you just plug in each answer choice until you find the right one. Or sometimes you can eliminate a lot of answers because they aren’t in the right range, or they’re negative and you can tell the answer has to be positive, or something like that. Would ideas like that help?</p>
<p>Well then you would do horrible when they asked you questions dealing with natural log and log seeing as those are concepts learned in Pre-Calc. Trig and functions are basic pre-calc and statistics definitely will not help. Let me rephrase. You will struggle if you are not in Algebra II. I suggest learning basic trig (sin, cos, tan, the unit circle, and the identities), learning the basics of logarithms and natural logs (multipication, division, addition, subtraction) as well.</p>
<p>What’s your problem - time or content?</p>
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<p>I think this would be sound advice for someone with a score in the 30s who hadn’t covered those topics. But, softball, a score of 18 means you missed at least half the questions–30 questions. There will be maybe one log question on the whole test. And it’s supposed to be 7% trig according to [url=<a href=“http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/descriptions/mathcontent.html]this[/url”>ACT Test Preparation | Test Prep Resources | ACT]this[/url</a>]. That’s only 4 trig questions (which is also how many I counted on the practice test in Preparing for the ACT). Those five questions are the difference between a 33 and a 36; you can miss 20 and still get the 25 you’re looking for. So let’s not worry about those five, okay? Assuming you’ve taken algebra and geometry, you are missing a lot of questions in math topics you’ve already learned. If you are, as you say, “terrible at math”, trying to learn logs and trig on your own, outside of class, for five questions, is a waste of time. You need to review what you’ve already learned and work on strategy and timing.</p>
<p>What are your subscores?</p>
<p>Logs are learned in precalc? I think i learned those in algebra 2. Maybe i have learned everything needed for the math and my precalc is just more in depth on what i learned, because i’ve never not known how to do a problem on the ACT.</p>
<p>Don’t worry. I scored a 19 on the Sept. ACT for reading and then, when I didn’t panic in Oct., I scored a 26 on reading.</p>
<p>Sadly, my English score was a 23 this time instead of a 28, like the Sept. test.</p>