SAT vs ACT Math 2025
Comparing the distribution of math question types
Last month, I summarized what I’d learned about the digital SAT:
Earlier this month, I dove into the Enhanced ACT:
Now it’s time to compare the two. As I have done every year for the last several years, I tagged every question from the official practice tests, analyzed these tags with python scripts, and then tried to visualize the distributions of question types.
If you’d like a laminated copy of this visualization, please drop by the Mathchops booth at the NTPA Conference in Minneapolis!