40 minutes for 40 Science questions is about 60 seconds each as a mean. Science is optional and sits outside the Composite. Section clocks are in how long the ACT is.
Figures first, prose second
Most of that minute should go to the question and the matching figure, not the passage intro, in one figure at a time. Full Science pacing is in Science time management.
Math's average is a little longer, in 67 seconds on Math.
The bottom line
One minute is an average. Spend it on the figure the question names.
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