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ACT® · Science: The Section, the Clock, and the Optional Decision

Pacing: 40 Minutes Across Six Passages

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  1. How it worksHow should a 6 minute 30 second budget per Science passage be split between scanning and answering?
  2. Worked exampleFind how many seconds per question you get on ACT Science when 40 questions have to fit inside 40 minutes.
  3. Common mistakeWhy isn't the Conflicting Viewpoints passage worth the same seconds per question as a two-graph passage?
  4. Going furtherWhat happens to your Science clock when you deliberately save the wordiest passage for last?

Check yourself

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The ACT Science section gives 40 minutes for 40 questions. A student spends 14 minutes on the first 13 questions. How many seconds per question are left for the rest?

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