ACT Math — Integrating Essential Skills — Drill 2

About This Drill

ACT Math — Integrating Essential Skills — Drill 2 is a Math practice drill covering Integrating Essential Skills. It contains 5 original questions created by Brian Stewart, a Barron's test prep author with over 20 years of tutoring experience.

This ACT Integrating Essential Skills drill covers computing simple interest, performing multi-step unit conversions, calculating weighted averages in real-world scenarios, solving area and cost problems, and applying successive percent changes to an initial value.

Questions in This Drill

1. Darius deposits $2,400 in a savings account that earns 3.5% simple interest per year. How much interest will he earn after 4 years?
2. A swimming pool holds 18,000 gallons of water. A pump can drain water at a rate of 25 gallons per minute. If the pool is currently full, how many hours will it take to completely drain the pool?
3. A coffee shop blends two types of coffee beans. Type A costs $8 per pound and Type B costs $14 per pound. The shop wants to make a 30-pound blend that costs $10 per pound. How many pounds of Type A should be used?
4. A homeowner wants to tile a rectangular kitchen floor that measures 12 feet by 15 feet. Tiles come in boxes that each cover 18 square feet and cost $42 per box. The homeowner plans to buy 10% extra tiles to account for breakage. What is the total cost of the tiles the homeowner will buy?
5. A laptop originally costs $800. The price is first increased by 15%, then later reduced by 20%. What is the final price of the laptop?