A topic-by-topic breakdown of math questions on the ACT — February 2024 (US) sitting. Use this to find which study topic each question is testing, and re-drill the ones you missed.
ACT Math Spring 2024 8 featured questions
The ACT — February 2024 (US) paper covered every category in the ACT Math taxonomy. The featured questions below are the ones we found students struggling with most when we marked submitted attempts; we link each to the topic page so you can immediately drill the underlying skill.
Most students who stalled on this paper did so because of a small handful of weak topics — typically two or three categories. The pattern in your wrong answers is more important than your raw score, so look at which topics show up below, not just how many you missed.
Intersections of Graphs — Question 56 on the ACT — February 2024 (US) test draws on Intersections of Graphs. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Elementary Word Problems — Question 2 on the ACT — February 2024 (US) test draws on Elementary Word Problems. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Pythagorean Theorem — Question 36 on the ACT — February 2024 (US) test draws on Pythagorean Theorem. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Fractions, Decimals and Percents — Question 26 on the ACT — February 2024 (US) test draws on Fractions, Decimals and Percents. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Integers and Absolute Value — Question 38 on the ACT — February 2024 (US) test draws on Integers and Absolute Value. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Similar Figures — Question 50 on the ACT — February 2024 (US) test draws on Similar Figures. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Sine, Cosine and Tangent — Question 6 on the ACT — February 2024 (US) test draws on Sine, Cosine and Tangent. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Midpoint and Distance — Question 31 on the ACT — February 2024 (US) test draws on Midpoint and Distance. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Pick your three weakest topics from the breakdown above and work through their dedicated pages. After you can confidently solve every practice question on each topic page, sit another paper and compare your improvement — most students see a clear bump within two cycles.
Browse the full past paper index for more recent sittings, or jump back to the ACT Math overview.