Is The Red Book close to the ACT?

SATQuantum
Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:30:09 +0000

Because the ACT test has been so consistent over the years, it is best to prepare with the official ACT tests. On average the easy and medium level questions are more or less repeats of previous tests, or they are slight variations of past tests.

For example, here is an easy ACT math question that pretty much shows up on many real tests:

Q23(ACT 2005 December 63C): What is the midpoint of the line segment with end points (3, 5) and (-1, 3) in the standard (x, y) coordinate plane?

Q44(ACT 2005 June 61D): What is the midpoint of the line segment with end-points (3, 6) and (10, -24) in the standard (x, y) coordinate plane?

Q17(ACT 2013 December 71E): In the standard (x, y) coordinate plane, the point (2, -6) is the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints (-8, 8) and:

Q16(ACT 2012 June 70C): In the standard (x, y) coordinate plane, the coordinates of the endpoints of DM are (11, 3) and (17, 15). What is the y-coordinate of the midpoint of DM?

These four questions span the years from 2005 to 2013, there are other years too that this similar type of question was asked. But my main point is that at least for the easy/medium questions, most of them are repackaged old questions. Therefore, it makes sense to practice only with official ACT tests. For the harder questions, there are still overlaps from past tests, but the subtleties and changes are greater, but it is still advisable to practice and become familiar with past ACT tests. Plus when you take the real exam you will be a lot more comfortable with the language and style of the exam, and that helps in reducing stress.

Cheers.