ACT PREP - Mrs. Henderson 2026 - Semester Test Study Guide
if there are variables in the question and variables in the answer... - correct answer choose a
number (not -2,-1,0,1,2), solve the situation with that number as the variable, and use the same
number applied to the original situation to the answer choices and choose the answer that
matches.
monomial - correct answer a term used got refer to a number or number and variables (one
term)
Reading Path - correct answer Step 2: choose any question complete them out of order
Step 3: read the question
Step 4: strike through any words that suggest ambiguity
Step 5: restate the question if needed
Step 6: find the restatement in the text
-read 1 line above 1 line below location of restatement
Step 7: use yes or no to eliminate wrong answer choices
Step 8: confirm restatement matches answer choice
Math Path - correct answer Step 1: take the test out of order
Step 2: read the question
Step 3: read the answer choices
Step 4: diagram
Step 5: answer the question
Step 6: check your answer
Paragraph Improvement - correct answer - a sentence should be added if it contributes
relevant ideas
- the sentence cannot repeat the idea
Em dash - correct answer interjections, serves same purpose as a comma sandwhich
4 Comma Rules - correct answer 1. a comma sandwich
2. list: must always keep the same structure, ends with a comma.
3. a comma followed by a fanboys (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
, 4. to connect a dependent claus with an independent claus
idiomatic phrases - correct answer -not only... but also
-either... or
-neither... nor
-capable of
-for all their talk
-in so doing,
-From then (If Panama were freed from then president. Referring to the past president that is
no longer president)
Semi-Colon - correct answer - separates two independent claus's without fanboys
- also separates lists of categories
Science Path - correct answer Step 1: read the question
Step 2: glance/scan the answer choices
Step 3: Go where the question tells you to find the answer
Step 4: find the answer and match it w the correct answer choice
-dont forget the blurbs
-bubble after done w whole page
Verbs - correct answer the tense of a verb in a sentence needs to agree w other verbs nearby
unless its separated by claus.
Period of a function - correct answer the distance from crest to crest or x axis point to next x
axis point on a wave graph.
area of a circle - correct answer pie r squared
circumference of a circle - correct answer diameter pie
area of a sector of a circle - correct answer 1st: find area of circle
2nd: divide angle by 360
3rd: multiply quotient by area of the circle
Pythagorean triplets - correct answer 3,4,5
5,12,13
if there are variables in the question and variables in the answer... - correct answer choose a
number (not -2,-1,0,1,2), solve the situation with that number as the variable, and use the same
number applied to the original situation to the answer choices and choose the answer that
matches.
monomial - correct answer a term used got refer to a number or number and variables (one
term)
Reading Path - correct answer Step 2: choose any question complete them out of order
Step 3: read the question
Step 4: strike through any words that suggest ambiguity
Step 5: restate the question if needed
Step 6: find the restatement in the text
-read 1 line above 1 line below location of restatement
Step 7: use yes or no to eliminate wrong answer choices
Step 8: confirm restatement matches answer choice
Math Path - correct answer Step 1: take the test out of order
Step 2: read the question
Step 3: read the answer choices
Step 4: diagram
Step 5: answer the question
Step 6: check your answer
Paragraph Improvement - correct answer - a sentence should be added if it contributes
relevant ideas
- the sentence cannot repeat the idea
Em dash - correct answer interjections, serves same purpose as a comma sandwhich
4 Comma Rules - correct answer 1. a comma sandwich
2. list: must always keep the same structure, ends with a comma.
3. a comma followed by a fanboys (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
, 4. to connect a dependent claus with an independent claus
idiomatic phrases - correct answer -not only... but also
-either... or
-neither... nor
-capable of
-for all their talk
-in so doing,
-From then (If Panama were freed from then president. Referring to the past president that is
no longer president)
Semi-Colon - correct answer - separates two independent claus's without fanboys
- also separates lists of categories
Science Path - correct answer Step 1: read the question
Step 2: glance/scan the answer choices
Step 3: Go where the question tells you to find the answer
Step 4: find the answer and match it w the correct answer choice
-dont forget the blurbs
-bubble after done w whole page
Verbs - correct answer the tense of a verb in a sentence needs to agree w other verbs nearby
unless its separated by claus.
Period of a function - correct answer the distance from crest to crest or x axis point to next x
axis point on a wave graph.
area of a circle - correct answer pie r squared
circumference of a circle - correct answer diameter pie
area of a sector of a circle - correct answer 1st: find area of circle
2nd: divide angle by 360
3rd: multiply quotient by area of the circle
Pythagorean triplets - correct answer 3,4,5
5,12,13
