Official Dec 2012 MATH thread

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<p>@efeens It think it depends on the difficulty of the test, but from what I hear it might well be -1 as a 34. And then each question is like another point until 30 or something. Pretty harsh. Oh and apparently it was exactly the same as the October science from last year. Same with the reading or some of the eng I think</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/1229593-october-22-2011-act-science-discush.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/act-preparation/1229593-october-22-2011-act-science-discush.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>yeah i saw that. so science is that harsh regardless? damnit, waving goodbye to that 35 now ;(. haha but this was my first time and i wouldve been happy with a 33 so if i get a 34 i’ll be ecstatic.</p>

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<p>oh and what are you saying with the fact this test has been administered before? will that have some negative consequence?</p>

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<p>@efeens
Yeah science and reading are always kinda harsh since they have so few questions as compared to eng or math. Thus a lot of the time missing 1 on sci is a lot more costly. I know two of my friends got screwed over because of that. One got -1 on science = 34 and the otehr -1 reading = 34 for the curves that they got. They both ended up with 33.25</p>

<p>Pretty sure repeating it was intentional. Maybe didn’t have any new material? I’m not sure. They def won’t start canceling people’s scores or requiring retakes. ALthough, they might make curves harsher? not sure</p>

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<p>What was that one question that was like: Area of a rectangle is 36.</p>

<p>The question was something along the lines of:
In order for the Perimeter to apply to at least one of the possible rectangles, then…</p>

<p>P>6, P>24, P>36…</p>

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<p>what was the answer to number 9? and how do you do it? it was the one about the lady who had 100 shares of stock for 5.00 each?</p>

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<p>i think it was P is greater than or equal to 6? i may be wrong though.</p>

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<p>Cripes, hoping for a 59-60 for a 36 on Math b/c I definitely got the ellipse question wrong. Why did I think I didn’t need graphing capabilities and why couldn’t I remember freshmen year math… lololol
If I don’t get a composite 36 I’m taking it again b/c my first time I got a composite 35 and it’s eating away at my soul. Or something like that haha.</p>

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<p>@smartkookie you had to add ten to start (so stock was worth 5.10 a share), then subract 8 cents (worth 5.02 a share) and add 3 cents (worth 5.05 a share). multiply by 100 and you get $505.00</p>

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<p>@kim
P greater than or equal to 24 (6x6 = 36. Perimeter is 24)</p>

<p>@smartkookie
$505 I think? I added and subtracted the amounts from the values of the shares</p>

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<p>Thanks SAT128.</p>

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<p>that question was worded terribly because i had no idea what it was asking for. i thought the same thing SAT (6x6=36, perimeter = 24) but wouldnt that full under the umbrella of p is greater than or equal to 6? 24>6…so how could p>_6 be wrong? unless i completely missed what the question was asking; again, terribly worded imo</p>

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<p>I’m also a little confused on this. Wasn’t the question just looking for one side of the perimeter? For instance: if A = 36 and P = 24, then one side has to be greater than or equal to 6? Thus x ><em>6 is the correct answer? Unless they were looking for the entire perimeter, in which case it would be x></em>24. Someone with a clear memory of this question care to respond?</p>

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<p>Thanks, efeens44 and SAT128. Not sure why I spent time trying to make it more complicated…</p>

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<p>I can’t 100%, but pretty sure it asked for entire perimeter, but yeah it was kinda badly worded. One of the few questions I probably got right. Lads I totally bombed this section</p>

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<p>Anyone know the 80 miles one with 5:1:4 or 5:2:4 I can’t remember…</p>

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<p>It was 176</p>

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<p>The perimeter question wasn’t poorly worded, it was just testing a concept that I have yet to see on any of the 15+ ACT math exams I have seen so far.</p>

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<p>Did you guys get the one where there was a right angle with a 45 degree V shape on it inside a circle (hard to explain).</p>

<p>Did you guys get 45 or 67.5?</p>

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<p>That one was 45.</p>