Question 52 · Coordinate Geometry
Easy
Conic Sections — Question 52 on the ACT — February 2025 (US) test draws on Conic Sections. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
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ACT — February 2025 (US)
ACT — February 2025 (US)
A topic-by-topic breakdown of math questions on the ACT — February 2025 (US) sitting. Use this to find which study topic each question is testing, and re-drill the ones you missed.
ACT Math Spring 2025 8 featured questions
The ACT — February 2025 (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.
Featured question breakdown
Question 22 · Plane Geometry
Medium
Area and Perimeter — Question 22 on the ACT — February 2025 (US) test draws on Area and Perimeter. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Question 34 · Trigonometry
Medium
Solving Trig Equations — Question 34 on the ACT — February 2025 (US) test draws on Solving Trig Equations. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Question 32 · Intermediate Algebra
Hard
Complex Numbers — Question 32 on the ACT — February 2025 (US) test draws on Complex Numbers. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Question 46 · Elementary Algebra
Easy
Elementary Word Problems — Question 46 on the ACT — February 2025 (US) test draws on Elementary Word Problems. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Question 19 · Coordinate Geometry
Medium
Slope-Intercept Form — Question 19 on the ACT — February 2025 (US) test draws on Slope-Intercept Form. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Question 55 · Pre-Algebra
Medium
Exponent Rules — Question 55 on the ACT — February 2025 (US) test draws on Exponent Rules. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Question 32 · Trigonometry
Hard
Basic Trig Identities — Question 32 on the ACT — February 2025 (US) test draws on Basic Trig Identities. Most students who missed it confused the setup; review the topic page and re-attempt.
Next steps
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.
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