Post on 03-Jul-2015
4/11/13
Announcements Inspirational Videos of
the Day ACT Team Activity End of Year Survey Game (or matrix time)
Saturday, April 20th
Come an hour early to be trained for your specific position
Remember: community service logs are due at the end of this month
When: Thursday, May 9th
Who: College Forward juniors (all 3 classes) vs. College Forward seniors
Be sure to wear clothes you can play kickball in!
8 am @ Pflugerville HS Get there early! (Aim
to get there by at least 7:45.)
Don’t forget:
ID
Admission ticket
Calculator
This is how you guys might feel before the ACT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFJ_4A03Xqw
This is how you guys should be during the ACT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba7rRfKIHxU
This is how you guys should feel after the ACT:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_w4oSCJIQk
http://zenpencils.com/comic/106-chris-hadfield-an-astronauts-advice/
I’m going to assign you to teams Work with your team to solve each problem
as quickly (but accurately) as possible Write your answer on a scrap of paper, and
send a runner up to me with your answer Whichever team gets the right answer first
gets a point
A car averages 27 miles per gallon. If gas costs $4.04 per gallon, which of the following is closest to how much the gas would cost for this car to travel 2,727 typical miles? A. $ 44.44
B. $109.08
C. $118.80
D. $408.04
E. $444.40 Answer: D
When x = 3 and y = 5, by how much does the value of 3x2 – 2yexceed the value of 2x2 – 3y ?
F. 4 G. 14 H. 16 J. 20 K. 50 Answer: G
What is the value of x when 2x + 3 = 3x – 4 ?A. –7
B. -1/5 C. 1 D. 1/5 E. 7 Answer: E
What is the greatest common factor of 42, 126, and 210 ?
F. 2 G. 6 H. 14 J. 21 K. 42 Answer: K
Sales for a business were 3 million dollars more the second year than the first, and sales for the third year were double the sales for the second year. If sales for the third year were 38 million dollars, what were sales, in millions of dollars, for the first year?
A. 16 B. 17.5 C. 20.5 D. 22 E. 35 Answer: A
The length, in inches, of a box is 3 inches less than twice its width, in inches. Which of the following gives the length, l inches, in terms of the width, w inches, of the box?
F. l = w + 3 G. l = w + 3 H. l = w – 3 J. l = 2w + 3 K. l = 2w – 3 Answer: K
If the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10 inches long and one of its legs is 5 inches long, how long is the other leg?A) 5B) 5√3C) 5√5D) 75E) 10 - √5
Answer: B
In a shipment of televisions, 1/50 of the televisions are defective. What is the ratio of defective to nondefective televisions?A) 1/200B) 1/50C) 1/49D) 49/1E) 50/1
Answer: C
If 8y = 3x - 11, then x =A) (88/3) yB) (8/3) y + 11C) (8/3) y - 11D) (8y - 11)/3E) (8y + 11)/3
Answer: E
In the right triangle ABC below, what is the cosine of angle A?
A) 3/4B) 4/3C) 5/4D) 3/5E) 4/5
Answer: D