<p>when online it says that I have a subscore of 16 for trignometry does that mean i got 16/18 questions right on that topic?</p>
<p>No… for example in english, there is 35 questions in Usage/grammer, but if you get a 17 as a subscore, you could miss anywhere between a 1-2 questions. (because there are more questions then subscore)</p>
<p>no i think its more of a 16/18 like percentage type stuff now actual number of questions</p>
<p>Is there even that many trig questions?</p>
<p>From the red book: 16=-1, but I think it all depends on which test… so anywhere around miss 1-3</p>
<p>For my April ACT I got an English subscore of 18 and 18. However, my English composite was 35.</p>
<p>i got the same xxInkxx</p>
<p>Mysterious?</p>
<p>My niece too, got a math subscore of 32 but math test score of 21 and reading subscore of 26 and reading test score of 24.</p>
<p>why?</p>
<p>because the subscores are not really related to the total score. This is especially true in math, where there are 3 sections, each out of a possible 18.
If you miss a question, it may not affect your subscore while it may affect your section score, so the sums will not always come out to be the same.</p>
<p>I just looked on the ACT website and it says that the subscores often don’t add up to the actual score of the test. As khoitrinth said, it is especially true for math as it has 3 subscores</p>