Barron's Math and Science Workbook for the ACT

the long version

This brand-new hands-on workbook presents exercises, problems and quizzes with solutions and answers as it progresses through all math and science topics covered on the ACT college entrance test. Separate math chapters cover pre algebra, elementary algebra, intermediate algebra, plane geometry, coordinate geometry, and trigonometry. Each chapter in the Math Section starts with a topic description and includes specific problem-solving strategies. Separate science chapters cover data representation passages, research summary passages, and conflicting scientific viewpoints. The book’s Science Section emphasizes the scientific method and focuses on how to read and understand passages of scientific test. The author includes science test-taking strategies, strategies for reading graphs, and strategies for reading scientific tables. A glossary of helpful science terms and formulas is provided. A diagnostic test and a full-length practice test reflecting the ACT science and math sections are presented with explained answers.