JLAB Academic UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
About how much time do you have to answer SAT and ACT math questions? - CORRECT
ANSWER - about 1 minute per question
How much of a deduction does the SAT make for a wrong answer on the grid-in math questions?
- CORRECT ANSWER - 0 points
Why is a systematic approach important on the ACT and SAT? - CORRECT ANSWER -
it's difficult to finish all the questions in the amount of time given
Which of the following subjects is tested on both the SAT and ACT? - CORRECT
ANSWER - coordinate geometry
How do you determine your total score on the SAT? - CORRECT ANSWER - (evidence-
based reading + writing/language) + math score
What is the value of 8^(2/3)? - CORRECT ANSWER -4
For which of the following operations can you use the commutative property? - CORRECT
ANSWER - both addition and multiplication
Which of the operations do you need to perform to answer the following problem: Jack has three
boxes of ten cars; how many cars does he have? - CORRECT ANSWER - multiplication
Which of the following is an example of the associative property? - CORRECT
ANSWER - (34 + 7) + 11 = 34 + (7 + 11)
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
, A host served two pies, one apple and one cherry. Dinner guests ate twenty-five percent of the
apple pie and sixty percent of the cherry pie. In all, what fraction of the total pies remained? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 23/40
Since you're working with percents, divide each pie into 100 pieces. The guests ate 25/100 pieces
of apple pie and 60/100 pieces of cherry pie. Therefore 75/100 of the apple pie remains and
40/100 of the cherry pie remains. 75 + 40 = 115. Of the original 200 total pieces of pie, 115
pieces remain, or 115/200 pieces. 115/200 reduces to 23/40.
What is each term in a polynomial made up of? - CORRECT ANSWER - variables and
coefficients
What do variables represent? - CORRECT ANSWER - changing values
What is the FOIL method? - CORRECT ANSWER - a rule for multiplying 2 polynomials
What is the prime number that's one-half the product of the only two consecutive prime
numbers? - CORRECT ANSWER -3
Two and three are the only consecutive prime numbers. 2 x 3 = 6, and half of 6 is 3.
Twenty-five less than ten times a number is equal to forty-five. What is the number? -
CORRECT ANSWER -7
The equation is 10x - 25 = 45. Then you solve for x.
Which of the following is an isosceles triangle? - CORRECT ANSWER - a triangle with 2
sides of equal lengths
What does perimeter measure? - CORRECT ANSWER - the distance around the outside of
a 2D object
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
About how much time do you have to answer SAT and ACT math questions? - CORRECT
ANSWER - about 1 minute per question
How much of a deduction does the SAT make for a wrong answer on the grid-in math questions?
- CORRECT ANSWER - 0 points
Why is a systematic approach important on the ACT and SAT? - CORRECT ANSWER -
it's difficult to finish all the questions in the amount of time given
Which of the following subjects is tested on both the SAT and ACT? - CORRECT
ANSWER - coordinate geometry
How do you determine your total score on the SAT? - CORRECT ANSWER - (evidence-
based reading + writing/language) + math score
What is the value of 8^(2/3)? - CORRECT ANSWER -4
For which of the following operations can you use the commutative property? - CORRECT
ANSWER - both addition and multiplication
Which of the operations do you need to perform to answer the following problem: Jack has three
boxes of ten cars; how many cars does he have? - CORRECT ANSWER - multiplication
Which of the following is an example of the associative property? - CORRECT
ANSWER - (34 + 7) + 11 = 34 + (7 + 11)
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
, A host served two pies, one apple and one cherry. Dinner guests ate twenty-five percent of the
apple pie and sixty percent of the cherry pie. In all, what fraction of the total pies remained? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 23/40
Since you're working with percents, divide each pie into 100 pieces. The guests ate 25/100 pieces
of apple pie and 60/100 pieces of cherry pie. Therefore 75/100 of the apple pie remains and
40/100 of the cherry pie remains. 75 + 40 = 115. Of the original 200 total pieces of pie, 115
pieces remain, or 115/200 pieces. 115/200 reduces to 23/40.
What is each term in a polynomial made up of? - CORRECT ANSWER - variables and
coefficients
What do variables represent? - CORRECT ANSWER - changing values
What is the FOIL method? - CORRECT ANSWER - a rule for multiplying 2 polynomials
What is the prime number that's one-half the product of the only two consecutive prime
numbers? - CORRECT ANSWER -3
Two and three are the only consecutive prime numbers. 2 x 3 = 6, and half of 6 is 3.
Twenty-five less than ten times a number is equal to forty-five. What is the number? -
CORRECT ANSWER -7
The equation is 10x - 25 = 45. Then you solve for x.
Which of the following is an isosceles triangle? - CORRECT ANSWER - a triangle with 2
sides of equal lengths
What does perimeter measure? - CORRECT ANSWER - the distance around the outside of
a 2D object
