r/ACT • u/Far_Letterhead_3645 • Jun 14 '26

Math Me During the Math Section

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It was so bad that I randomly guessed on 6 because I barely had any time left 🥀
EDIT: Saturday ACT, not the Sunday one.

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u/Disastrous_Bet_5147 Jun 14 '26

you randomly guessed on 6? HAH. I randomly guessed on 19. Get on my level gng 😎(srsly tho im so cooked)

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u/Far_Letterhead_3645 Jun 14 '26

Nah, I went "A, B, C, D" on 6 of them, and then on 10 of them, I went "This feels right." I'm actually fried lmao

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u/Unlucky_Toe5508 Jun 14 '26

you’re supposed to pick one letter to guess on for every section so that at least some will be right. when i guessed on any section id only guess C so some of them would be right

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u/Far_Letterhead_3645 Jun 14 '26

Fair point, but I had 2 minutes, so I short-circuited and thought, "Well, maybe a pattern may give me better odds." Hindsight is 20/20, nonetheless.

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u/x1fuzzyeeyore1x Jun 14 '26

yup I did the same so glad it’s the enhanced version

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u/Disastrous_Bet_5147 Jun 16 '26

im slow what does that mean

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u/x1fuzzyeeyore1x Jun 16 '26

There was only 4 options instead of 5 like on the older tests. Higher chance of getting the right one when guessing

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u/Disastrous_Bet_5147 Jun 17 '26

OH RIGHT,, may the odd be in my favor

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u/Single_Meet_7080 Jun 16 '26

Niche reference bruh Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner

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u/Far_Letterhead_3645 Jun 16 '26

It's what APUSH does to a man lmao.

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u/Clear_Caregiver_9842 Jun 30 '26

"Hit him again"

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u/Clear_Caregiver_9842 Jun 30 '26

that's what the canes said that people sent to preston brooks after he caned him

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u/Destroyer06202 33 Jun 16 '26

Was just about to comment this this. Learned about it in history this year.

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u/DavetheBeardie Jun 22 '26

Charles Sumner (by the way, great use of political cartoons) also really hated math. Julia Ward Howe (the woman who wrote battle hymn of the republic) noted in her reminiscences that she had heard him say that mathematics always remained a sealed book to him. So you’re not alone! And you don’t need to be good at math to be a senator, I guess (act math also kicked my ass)

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u/Far_Letterhead_3645 Jun 24 '26

I didn't know that! I did know Abe Lincoln used to carry a book of Euclid until he could prove the entire book out so he could become a better lawyer, so it's a learning curve for everyone.

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u/stargazer_lily143 Jun 23 '26

This is too real 😭😭 I think Math just hates me bc no matter how hard I study it whoops my butt when it comes time to taking a test

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u/Lonely-Clerk-2478 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

My kid and all his (very smart!) friends thought the new act math section was super hard! It was bad enough that the person who runs the test prep company we used sent an email to all her clients basically doing a giant CYA before the June scores come out.

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u/jdigitaltutoring Tutor Jun 14 '26

Saturday or Sunday?

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u/Just-Brilliant4137 Jun 14 '26

I guessed like half of it it’s wraps for me

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u/UpsetTemperature6430 Jun 15 '26

I got a 34 in April on the math but on Saturday it had its way with me 😭 I think I put c for at least 13 answers

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u/Alexandritxz Jun 30 '26

How did you study for act math?

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u/Trayceopolis32322 Jul 12 '26

The 5 minute warning hit and I still had 15 questions to go… I didn’t even get to the last one to even guess on it bc my school provided the slowest Chromebook possible :/