The Math Assessment

Prepare for The Math assessments

We strongly recommend that you carefully study the math portion of the Accuplacer Sample Questions and the study guides below before taking the math assessments.

Sample questions and study guides:

• Download Accuplacer iPhone Study Guide App ($1.99)
• Accuplacer Sample Questions.pdf
• Arithmetic Study Guide.pdf
• Elementary Algebra Study Guide.pdf

The math assessment consists of the arithmetic section and the elementary algebra section.

Arithmetic assessment

This measures your ability to perform basic arithmetic operations and to solve problems that involve fundamental arithmetic concepts. There are 17 questions on the Arithmetic section divided into three types.

1. Operations with whole numbers and fractions: topics included in this category are addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, recognizing equivalent fractions and mixed numbers, and estimating.
2. Operations with decimals and percents: topics include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with decimals. Percent problems, recognition of decimals, fraction and percent equivalencies, and problems involving estimation are also given.
3. Applications and problem solving: topics include rate, percent, and measurement problems, simple geometry problems, and distribution of a quantity into its fractional parts.

Elementary Algebra assessment

A total of 12 questions are administered in this section.

• The first type involves operations with integers and rational numbers, and includes computation with integers and negative rationals, the use of absolute values, and ordering.
• A second type involves operations with algebraic expressions using evaluation of simple formulas and expressions, and adding and subtracting monomials and polynomials. Questions involve multiplying and dividing monomials and polynomials, the evaluation of positive rational roots and exponents, simplifying algebraic fractions, and factoring.
• The third type of question involves the solution of equations, inequalities, word problems. solving linear equations and inequalities, the solution of quadratic equations by factoring, solving verbal problems presented in an algebraic context, including geometric reasoning and graphing, and the translation of written phrases into algebraic expressions.