The digital ACT still gives you scratch paper. Use it for arithmetic, diagrams, and a letter grid, not as a second screen. Format choice is in digital or paper.
Write what the screen cannot hold
Copy a figure, track a ratio, or park a guess letter. A simple ABCD grid is in ABCD on scratch paper. Bring only what the test allows, in what to bring.
The on-screen tools stay on the screen, in the tools menu.
The bottom line
Scratch paper is still there. Use it for work, not for rereading the passage.
Start practicing
Start with a free diagnostic, then drill your weak spots with 15-question quizzes and track how you're doing across Reading, English, and Math. Compare plans whenever you're ready to go further.
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