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ACT®
Total Prep
2023
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Three Tips for ACT Success
Welcome to Kaplan!
PART 1: The ACT and You
CHAPTER 1: Inside the ACT
PART 2: ACT English
CHAPTER 2: The Method for ACT English
CHAPTER 3: Spotting and Fixing Errors: Sentence Structure,
Punctuation, and Agreement
CHAPTER 4: Spotting and Fixing Issues: Conciseness, Organization,
and Development
CHAPTER 5: ACT English: Timing and Section Management
Strategies
Test Yourself: ACT English
PART 3: ACT Math

CHAPTER 6: Prerequisite Skills and Calculator Use
CHAPTER 7: The Method for ACT Math Questions
CHAPTER 8: Number and Quantity
CHAPTER 9: Rates, Ratios, Proportions, and Percents
CHAPTER 10: Algebra
CHAPTER 11: Tables, Graphs, Statistics, and Probability
CHAPTER 12: Functions
CHAPTER 13: Geometry
CHAPTER 14: ACT Math: Timing and Section Management
Strategies
Test Yourself: ACT Math
PART 4: ACT Reading
CHAPTER 15: The Method for ACT Reading
CHAPTER 16: ACT Reading Passage Strategies
CHAPTER 17: Identifying Question Types
CHAPTER 18: Answering Reading Questions
CHAPTER 19: Literature Passages
CHAPTER 20: Paired Passages
CHAPTER 21: ACT Reading: Timing and Section Management
Strategies
Test Yourself: ACT Reading

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PART 5: ACT Science
CHAPTER 22: The Method for ACT Science
CHAPTER 23: Data
CHAPTER 24: Experiments
CHAPTER 25: Thinking Like a Scientist
CHAPTER 26: ACT Science: Timing and Section Management
Strategies
Test Yourself: ACT Science
PART 6: ACT Writing
CHAPTER 27: The Method for the ACT Writing Test
PART 7: Countdown to Test Day
CHAPTER 28: Countdown to Test Day
PART 8: Practice Tests
Practice Test 1
Practice Test 2

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Three Tips for ACT Success
Colleges will consider your ACT score as part of your application, so it’s no
surprise that it’s a pretty tough test. It can feel intimidating, like a barrier you
need to climb over. At Kaplan, it’s our goal to help you look at the ACT as an
opportunity—a chance to demonstrate your knowledge, as well as your
critical thinking skills, which will be key to your success as a college student.
Looking at the ACT as an opportunity will help you do better on the test.
Besides committing to a positive attitude toward the test, give yourself a head
start with these tips:
The ACT is a standardized test, meaning that scores for every testing
administration mean the same thing. To achieve this reliability, the test
maker must always ask questions on the same topics and in the same
way. This makes the test predictable and, therefore, easier to prepare
for. We’ve distilled how high-scoring students approach each section
into Kaplan Methods. In fact, each method gets its own chapter. Learn
these simple, step-by-step methods, and you’ll approach questions like
an expert.
The ACT is not like the tests you take in school. When colleges want to
know how you do on tests in school, they look at your transcript. Acing
the ACT requires different skills. This book highlights these skills, from
taking math shortcuts to avoiding wrong-answer “traps” to managing
your time. By studying this book, you’ll learn to think like the test.
Your skill level now has nothing to do with your skill level on test day.
Getting some questions wrong? Having trouble with a specific topic?
That just means you’ve found an opportunity to raise your score. Be
patient with yourself! In your life so far, you’ve already learned
thousands of things. You can learn a few more things to succeed on the
ACT.
Read on to learn how your book and online resources are organized and how
to make the best use of them. Good luck on the test—you’re going to nail it!

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Welcome to Kaplan!
Congratulations on taking this important step in your college admissions
process! By studying with Kaplan, the official partner of live instruction for
the ACT®, you’ll maximize your score on the ACT, a major factor in your
overall application.
Our experience shows that the greatest ACT score increases result from
active engagement in the preparation process. Kaplan will give you direction,
focus your preparation, and teach you the specific skills and effective test-
taking strategies you need to know for the ACT. We will help you achieve
your top performance on test day, but your effort is crucial. The more you
invest in preparing for the ACT, the greater your chances of achieving your
target score and getting into your top-choice college.
Are you registered for the ACT? Kaplan cannot register you for the official
ACT. If you have not already registered for the upcoming ACT, visit the
official website at www.act.org to register online and for information on
registration deadlines, test sites, accommodations, and fees.

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Chapter Organization
The chapters in this book follow a standard format to make this book as easy
to use as possible.
How Much Do You Know?
At the beginning of most chapters, you have an opportunity to assess how
much you already know about the topics by answering a set of test-like
questions. If you answer most or all of the questions in a set correctly and in
the most efficient way, you may want to skip one or more lessons in that
chapter. If you answer some or all of the questions in a set incorrectly or in an
inefficient way, you will want to review most or all of the lessons in that
chapter. The answers and explanations for these sections are provided in the
“Check Your Work” section immediately after the question set.
Try on Your Own
The lessons within each chapter start with a question (or passage) typical of
the way the ACT tests a given topic and ends with a set of practice questions
called “Try on Your Own.” These sections are designed to provide
immediate, targeted practice. Complete these questions and review their
explanations at least once after reviewing the lesson. You might consider
completing these questions multiple times if you are preparing for the ACT
over an extended period of time. The answers and explanations for these
sections are provided at the end of each chapter.
On Test Day
Most of the Math chapters include an “On Test Day” section that highlights
one or more ways a question can be approached strategically. Complete these
sections after you have reviewed the lessons but before you complete the
“How Much Have You Learned?” question set.
How Much Have You Learned?

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You need to reinforce what you learn in each chapter by practicing the
Kaplan methods and strategies. Most chapters include a section called “How
Much Have You Learned?” that features additional practice questions
reinforcing the concepts explained in that chapter. The answers and
explanations for these sections are provided at the end of each chapter.
Reflect
These sections can be completed during or after a chapter’s completion. You
might prefer to use the Reflect sections to evaluate your retention over time
or reflect on the chapter as a whole when you complete all of the lessons.
However you choose to reflect on your ACT studying, what’s important is
taking the time to do so.
Test Yourself
After all the chapters on each test—English, Math, Reading, Science, and
Writing—you have an opportunity for full section practice. Apply what
you’ve learned to a test-like mix of questions. Use your results to determine
what you’ve mastered and which chapters, if any, you should review.
SmartPoints®
Different topics are worth different numbers of points on the ACT because
they show up more or less frequently in questions. By studying the
information released by the test maker, Kaplan has been able to determine
how often certain topics are likely to appear on the ACT, and therefore,
predict how many points these topics are worth on test day. This means that if
you master a given topic and answer all of the questions from that category
correctly on test day, then you can expect to earn approximately that number
of SmartPoints® out of the overall 36 points total for that test.
The breakdown of SmartPoints® for English, Math, Reading, and Science are
summarized in the following tables. You can also see how these topics align
to chapters in this book.

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English SmartPoints®
SmartPoints® Category # of Points Chapter
Sentence Structure 9 Ch. 3
Agreement 10 Ch. 3
Conciseness 4 Ch. 4
Organization 4 Ch. 4
Development 9 Ch. 4
TOTAL 36
Math SmartPoints®
SmartPoints® Category # of Points Chapter(s)
Number and Quantity 8 Ch. 8 and 9
Algebra 7 Ch. 10
Statistics and Probability 6 Ch. 11
Functions 4 Ch. 12
Geometry 11 Ch. 13
TOTAL 36
Reading SmartPoints®
SmartPoints® Category # of Points Chapter(s)
Vocab-in-Context 3 Ch. 17 and 18
Function 6
Inference 10
Detail 13

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Global 4
TOTAL 36
Science SmartPoints®
SmartPoints® Category # of Points Chapter
Interpreting Data 7 Ch. 23
Using Data 9 Ch. 23
Experimental Design 6 Ch. 24
Synthesizing Data 6 Ch. 24
Applying Core Knowledge 2 Ch. 25
Supporting Hypotheses 6 Ch. 25
TOTAL 36
Practice Tests
Kaplan’s practice tests are designed to mimic the actual ACT. By taking
practice exams, you will prepare yourself for the actual test day experience.
We recommend you complete these practice tests as you make your way
through the content of this book. You can score your tests by hand using the
score conversion tables in this book or log into your online resources for easy
online scoring. When scored online, Kaplan provides you with a detailed
score report. Use this summary to help you focus and review the content
areas that comprise your greatest areas of improvement.
Online Resources
To access the online resources that accompany this book, follow the steps
below.

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1. Go to kaptest.com/moreonline.
2. Have this book available as you complete the on-screen instructions.
GO ONLINE
kaptest.com/moreonline
Then, whenever you want to use your online resources, go to
kaptest.com/login and log in using the email address and password you used
to register your book.
Your book comes with . . .
A tool to make your own personalized study plan—answer three quick
questions and download a detailed week-by-week prep calendar. If your
plans change, no problem—just answer the questions again and make a
new schedule.
Over 40 videos—Kaplan teachers review key topics in English,
Reading, Math, and Science.
Qbank—make custom quizzes from 500 practice questions.
Practice tests—four more Kaplan practice tests, plus easy online scoring
and detailed score reports. You can also use Kaplan’s proctoring video
for a more realistic practice test experience.

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CHAPTER 1
Inside the ACT
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
Recall the timing and scope of each ACT Test in anticipation of section management
State what the ACT scoring system means for you as a test taker
ACT Structure
The ACT, like any standardized test, is predictable. The more comfortable
you are with the test structure, the more confidently you will approach each
question type, thus maximizing your score.
The ACT is 2 hours and 55 minutes long, or 3 hours and 35 minutes long if
you choose to complete the optional essay in the Writing Test. The ACT is
made up of multiple-choice questions that test four subject areas: English,
Math, Reading, and Science.
Test Allotted time (minutes) Question count
English 45 75
Math 60 60

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