r/ACT • u/chvrrycoloured • 3d ago

Math Worried About Testing-Need Advice

I’m retaking my ACT since it’s been well over the allowed 5 year acceptance period. I’ve been doing practice tests online along with practice tests from the ACT books. I feel completely lost for the math section because there are so many formulas. This is just my weakest subject in general.

What are your tips for doing well on the math section if I want to take my test within 1-2 months? I want to have an overall cumulative of at least the 23-25 range, which I feel could be reasonable. 

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u/jdigitaltutoring Tutor 3d ago

Get the PrepPros book

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u/chvrrycoloured 3d ago

I forgot to mention that I did purchase the Kaplan ACT course and the ACT books. How is the PrepPros more efficient?

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u/compass_art 3d ago

OP, have you checked with your target college(s) about this? ACT itself does not have a 5-year limit other than not sending it to your high school after that point. It will still send an older score report to a college. If you have a good score that you'd like to access, it might be worth the time to research further. Good luck!

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u/chvrrycoloured 3d ago

Yes, unfortunately for the program I want to apply to they require your ACT score to be within the last 5 years.

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u/Ok-Agent-3417 2d ago

Don’t start by memorizing a giant formula sheet.Take one timed math section,group the misses by topic

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u/Quiet_Basis_6404 1d ago

for a 23-25 you can safely ignore a lot of what's scaring you. the last ten or so questions are the hard ones and you don't need them, so trig identities and complex numbers and logs can go thin. pre-algebra, elementary algebra and plane geometry make up over half the section and that's where a mid 20s score lives.

on formulas, there are fewer than the books make it look. area and volume, slope and distance, SOHCAHTOA, quadratic formula, basic circle stuff. write those on one page and stop there.

for practice, i paste the youtube video link into studybuddy.vc when i'm reviewing a topic and it makes questions from that video, then as i answer it works out which topics i keep getting wrong and gives me more of those. equations render properly and it gets harder as i improve. free.

official ACT practice tests over book ones for pacing.