<p>If you took official ACT practice tests (online or from the red book) how did they correlate with your actual ACT scores? I don't wanna end up being disappointed when I take the actual thing.. haha.</p>
<p>In December mine were all within a point up/down except for science. I was 3 less.</p>
<p>Oh well. Trying again in Feb. I am consistently in the high 20’s with the rare 30. I hope to keep going up!</p>
<p>kansas kid, i scored a 29 on my act math today! But my science is consistently a low 20. any advice</p>
<p>oh cause i read somewhere that the math is harder now compared to the red book… but aslong as its within a point difference, i’m good. and good luck on your next ACT kansas kid!</p>
<p>My son was on target with everything but science…he got 2 points less.</p>
<p>The Math Subject Test covers six areas of high school math: pre-algebra, elementary algebra, intermediate algebra, coordinate geometry, plane geometry, and -trigonometry. The test will cover these topics according to the following breakdown:
SubjectNumber of Questions
Pre-Algebra14
Elementary Algebra10
Intermediate Algebra9
Coordinate Geometry9
Plane Geometry14
Trigonometry4
Total60
As you can see, the majority of questions deal with pre-algebra, elementary algebra, and plane geometry, which are topics usually covered at the beginning of high school. The other three topicsintermediate algebra, coordinate geometry, and trigonometryconstitute only 22 of the 60 questions on the test. You should learn these more difficult topics by the end of junior year in high school. If you have not learned trigonometry by that time, dont sweat it: there are only four trig questions on the test. </p>
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<p>Good for you x c bro that is great. I am told that the math is not harder. As a matter if fact it never changes according to the ACT website. I will post a breakdown. </p>
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<p>I think each test is different - sometimes the math is harder, sometimes the science is harder, etc. Even among the practice tests in the red book. But overall, they matched up pretty well - we were getting between 30-34 on the individual sections in the practice tests and that’s what we got on the real test - just in different areas! I always felt that my D’s ‘base’ level was the same - she got about 85-90% of the questions without a problem. The rest were broken down into 2 categories - half she should have gotten and made careless mistakes. The other half she didn’t know. Then, the final score just came down to whether she got lucky guessing on those she didn’t know. That made the difference between 30 and 34.</p>
<p>My son took the first three tests in the red book and left any question he didn’t know unanswered. On the December ACT his composite was 2 points higher than his best practice test. He filled every bubble on the real test so that probably accounted for the difference.</p>
<p>thanks everyone! 
definitely gives me a better idea</p>
<p>Here is my Science Plan, maybe it will help you.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>I complete all of the data analysis questions first. All the DA’s have 5 questions at the end.</p></li>
<li><p>Then I tackle the Research summaries. They have 6 questions.</p></li>
<li><p>Save the Conflicting View for last. I try to make up time with the DA’s so I have a minute or two extra for this. I answer only the questions for Researcher 1. Then I do reasercher 2. It helps me not get confused.</p></li>
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<p>I often go out of order on this test, so I bubble in all of the answers for each section at once. </p>
<p>I also label /title very graph and highlight highs and lows or points of change (e.g., water to steam)</p>
<p>So far I am in the 26/27 range.</p>
<p>I hope this helps you, XCBro4Life</p>