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ACT vs. SAT
READING PASSAGES
NUMBER OF PASSAGES
4 5
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
40 52
TIMING
35 minutes
8 min. 45 seconds
per passage
65 minutes
13 min. per
passage
PASSAGE TYPES
1 Prose Fiction
1 Social Science
1 Humanities
1 Natural Science
1 Literature
1 History
1 Social Studies
2 Science
STYLE
Straightforward
passages
Analytical
passages
CHALLENGE
Time Critical thinking
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ACT vs. SAT Reading Passages

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