ACT Math Practice 1

Question 1

What is the value of 9 − 2 × (5 − 3)?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

3

Answer

13

Answer

14

Question 2

A bat detector at a monitoring station logs 48 total echolocation calls during one night. Each individual bat's call sequence averages 6 calls before the detector resets to log the next bat. Based on this rate, how many separate bats does the tally represent?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

9

Answer

42

Answer

54

Question 3

A nature center schedules 30 guided bat-walk events evenly across a 6-week summer program, holding the same number of events each week. How many events are scheduled per week?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

3

Answer

4

Answer

6

Question 4

A bat in a monitoring colony eats an estimated 600 insects per hour while foraging. If the bats forage for 4 hours each night, about how many insects does one bat eat in a night?

Accepted Answer

2,400

Answer

1,200

Answer

3,000

Answer

4,800

Question 5

Of the 20 dark-colored bat boxes installed in a reserve, 15 are currently occupied. Of the 25 light-colored boxes installed, 15 are currently occupied. To the nearest percent, what is the occupancy rate of the dark-colored boxes?

Accepted Answer

75%

Answer

25%

Answer

33%

Answer

60%

ACT Math Practice 1

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