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Sample Test Questions

Sample test questions are available at the ACT web site. These sample items illustrate the types of questions students will encounter in placement testing for Mathematics, Reading, Writing Skills and ESL.

ACT, Inc.
http://www.act.org/compass/sample/ - [^]

Mathematics Placement - [^]
http://www.act.org/compass/sample/math.html

Reading Placement - [^]
http://www.act.org/compass/sample/reading.html

Writing Skills Placement - [^]
http://www.act.org/compass/sample/writing.html

English as a Second Language (ESL) Placement - [^]
http://www.act.org/esl/sample.html

Mathematics Topics in the COMPASS Math Placement Test

Numerical Skills/Pre-Algebra

• Basic operations with integers
• Basic operations with fractions
• Basic operations with decimals
• Exponents
• Ratios and proportions
• Percentages
• Conversions between fractions and decimals
• Multiples and factors of integers
• Absolute values of numbers
• Averages (arithmetic means)
• Order concepts (greater than; less than)
• Estimation skills
• Number theory
• Counting problems and simple probability

Elementary Algebra

• Substituting values in algebraic equations
• Setting up equations in given situations
• Basic operations with polynomials
• Factoring polynomials
• Solving polynomial equations by factoring
• Formula manipulation and field axioms
• Linear equations in one variable
• Exponents
• Linear inequalities in one variable

Intermediate Algebra

• Rational expressions
• Exponents
• Systems of linear equations in 2 variables
• Quadratic formulas
• Absolute value equations and inequalities

Coordinate Geometry

• Linear equations in 2 variables
• Distance formulas in the plane
• Graphing conics (circle, parabola, etc.)
• Graphing relations in the plane
• Graphing systems of equations & functions
• Midpoint formulas

Trigonometry

• Trigonometric functions and identities
• Right-angle trigonometry
• Trigonometric equations & inequalities
• Graphs of trigonometric functions
• Special angles (multiples of 30 and 45 degrees)
• Polar coordinates

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