Reading Comprehension
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This test is designed to measure how well you understand what you read. Some ask you to decide how two sentences are related. Other questions ask you questions about reading passages of various lengths. You will be asked to interpret and draw conclusions from what you have read. Twenty questions are asked.
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Sentence Skills
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Two kinds of questions are given in this test. You will be asked to correct a sentence by choosing a word or phrase to substitute for an underlined portion of a sentence. In the other type of question, you will be asked to rewrite a sentence is a specific way without changing the meaning. Twenty questions are asked.
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Arithmetic
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The Arithmetic test measures your skills in three primary categories:
- Operations with whole numbers and fractions
Includes: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, recognizing equivalent fractions and mixed numbers
- Operations with decimals and percents
Includes: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division percent problems, decimal recognition, fraction percent equivalencies, and estimation problems
- Applications and problem solving
Includes: rate, percent, and measurement problems, geometry problems, distribution of a quantity into its fractional parts.
Seventeen questions are asked.
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When may I take Accuplacer?
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The test is given up until 2 hours before the closing at that particular testing center. Please check the hours on this website. No appointment is necessary.
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Elementary Algebra
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There are also three categories in the Elementary Algebra Test:
- Operations with integers and rational numbers
Includes: computation with integers and negative rationals, the use of absolute values, and ordering
- Operations with algebraic expressions
Includes: evaluations of simple formulas, expressions, and adding, subtracting monomials and polynomials, the evaluation of positive rational roots and exponents, simplifying algebraic fractions, and factoring
- Equation solving, inequalities, and word problems
Includes: solving verbal problems presented in algebraic context, geometric reasoning, the translation of written phrases into algebraic expressions, graphing
Twelve questions are asked.
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College-Level Mathematics
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The College-Level mathematics test assesses proficiency from intermediate algebra through precalculus. The categories covered include:
- Algebraic operations
Includes: simplifying rational algebraic expressions, factoring and expanding polynomials, manipulating roots and exponents
- Solutions of equations and inequalities
Includes: the solution of linear and quadratic equations by factoring, expanding polynomials, manipulating roots and exponents
- Coordinate geometry
Includes: plane geometry, the coordinate plane, straight lines, conics, sets of points in a plane, graphs of algebraic functions
- Application and other algebra topics
Asks about: complex numbers, series and sequences, determinants, permutations, combinations, fractions, word problems.
- Functions and trigonometry
Presents questions about: polynomial, algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric functions.
Twenty questions are asked.
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