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DEMONSTRATION ONLY: This demonstration presents an abbreviated version of the complete COMPASS course. Click 'Next' at the bottom of the screen or make a selection from the links on the left to begin. Not all links are available for the demo.
Introduction to COMPASS Mathematics
This program prepares you for the Numerical Skills/Prealgebra, Algebra, and College Algebra sections of the COMPASS.
Numerical Skills/Prealgebra Placement Test
Questions in the Numerical Skills/Prealgebra Placement Test range in content from basic arithmetic concepts and skills to the knowledge and skills considered prerequisites for a first algebra course. The Numerical Skills/Prealgebra Placement Test includes items from more than a dozen content areas; however, a majority of the questions come from the following categories:
- Operations with Integers
- Operations with Fractions
- Operations with Decimals
- Positive Integer Exponents, Square
- Roots, and Scientific Notation
- Ratios and Proportions
- Percentages
- Averages (Means, Medians, and Modes)
Algebra Placement Test
The Algebra Placement Test is composed of items from three curricular areas: elementary algebra, coordinate geometry, and intermediate algebra. Each of these three areas is further subdivided into a number of more specific content areas. Overall, the Algebra Placement Test includes items from more than 20 content areas; however, the majority of test questions fall within the following eight content areas:
- Substituting Values into Algebraic
- Expressions
- Setting Up Equations for Given
- Situations
- Basic Operations with Polynomials
- Factoring Polynomials
- Linear Equations in One Variable
- Exponents and Radicals
- Rational Expressions
- Linear Equations in Two Variables
College Algebra Placement Test
Items in the College Algebra Test focus on algebra knowledge and skills in a variety of content areas. The majority of items come from the following content areas:
- Functions
- Exponents
- Complex Numbers
- Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences and Series
- Matrices (basic operations, equations, and determinants)
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