We are going to breakdown the differences between the ACT and SAT reading passages in order to help you make the difficult decision of which test is the right test for you.

1. 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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