College Placement Test Math Practice

Do you need help with math for your college placement test? "College Placement Test Math Practice" contains 200 math practice problems and step-by-step solutions. The book contains pre-algebra, algebra, and college-level math problems. For each of the problems, we provide an illustrated step-by-step mathematical solution, which shows you the formulas and all of the mathematical steps needed to solve each problem. Each problem also includes a narrative explanation, which gives tips and exam strategies on how to solve similar problems on your college placement exam. The book covers the following topics: Pre-algebra:

Computations with Integers

Working with Fractions

- Multiplying Fractions

- Dividing Fractions

- Finding the Lowest Common Denominator

- Simplifying Fractions

Mixed Numbers

Percentages and Decimals

Solving Word Problems

Proportions

Rates and Ratios

Setting Up Equations

Working with Averages Algebra:

Evaluating and Simplifying Numerical Expressions

Polynomials

- The FOIL Method and Working with Polynomials

- Multiplying Polynomials Using the FOIL Method

- Dividing Polynomials Using Long Division

- Evaluating Polynomial Expressions

- Substituting Values in Polynomial Expressions

- Operations on Polynomials that Have More than Two Terms

Factoring

- Factoring - Advanced Problems

- Factoring to Find Possible Values of a Variable

- Fractions that Contain Fractions

- Fractions that Contain Radicals

- Fractions that Contain Rational Expressions

- Working with Quadratics

Rational Expressions

- Adding and Subtracting Fractions that Contain Rational Expressions

- Multiplying Fractions that Contain Rational Expressions

- Dividing Fractions that Contain Rational Expressions

Functions

Imaginary and Complex Numbers

Inequalities

Laws of Exponents

- Adding and Subtracting Exponents

- Fractions as Exponents

- Positive and Negative Exponents

- Zero Exponent

Logarithmic Functions

Matrices

Multiple Solutions

Scientific Notation

Sequences and Series

Sigma Notation

Solving by Elimination

Solving for an Unknown Variable

Special Operations

Square Roots, Cube Roots, and Other Radicals

- Factoring Radicals

- Multiplication of Radicals

- Rationalizing Radicals

Systems of Equations College-level math:

Angles and the Pythagorean Theorem

Circles and Arcs

Squares and Rectangles

Linear Equations and Graphs

Midpoints

Slope and Slope-Intercept

x and y intercepts

Basic trigonometry