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Preparing for the ACT 2024 - Math Part II
Preparing for the ACT is a free practice test from the ACT. Mr. Martin explains numbers 21-40 on the math test on video.
Philip Martin
Dec 11, 20242 min read


The Fundamental Counting Principle
ACT Math: How to use The Fundamental Counting Principle
Philip Martin
Nov 6, 20242 min read


15 or Less in ACT Math...What to Do?
The ACT Math test is, obviously, difficult. Unfortunately, as the ACT makes changes to the test by making it shorter (15 less questions),...
Philip Martin
Sep 10, 20243 min read


Slope-Intercept Form and the ACT
All the ways the ACT can ask you about slope-intercept form
Philip Martin
Sep 3, 20241 min read


The ACT Test is Changing
The ACT is changing...what is changing, when is it happening, and what does it mean?
Philip Martin
Aug 3, 20243 min read


Three Formulas NOT To Memorize
The three formulas that students do NOT need to memorize for the ACT.
Philip Martin
Apr 19, 20242 min read


Quiz: Math In Order of Importance
I own a lot of ACT prep books from a lot of different companies; it kind of comes with the territory when you've been teaching ACT prep...
Philip Martin
Oct 15, 20232 min read


ACT Math and "Picking Numbers"
As one of the three or four ACT Math Mini-strategies, Picking Numbers is an extremely valuable tool for any student looking to take the ACT.
Philip Martin
May 19, 20233 min read


"Illustrative figures are NOT necessarily drawn to scale..."
Hopefully, students have been taught or intuitively know that reading the directions prior to any ACT test is a waste of time. There is...
Philip Martin
Feb 20, 20233 min read


Backsolving - The Math Multiple Choice Advantage
When I took Calculus I in college, I encountered something I had never seen: a multiple choice math test. The teacher gave us four answer...
Philip Martin
Dec 10, 20203 min read


ACT Math Strategy - Eliminate the 5-minute Panic!
If you’ve taken the ACT, you are probably familiar with the panic. You coast along through the first 20 to 30 problems thinking, “Not as...
Philip Martin
Nov 17, 20202 min read
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