The next page provides Accuplacer elementary sample questions for the arithmetic section of the Accuplacer test.
This section of the Accuplacer exam contains seventeen questions. The arithmetic questions are designed to test your knowledge of basic arithmetic functions.
The types of arithmetic questions that have appeared on past Accuplacer tests include the following:
1) Multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction of whole numbers, fractions, and mixed numbers.
Remember that mixed numbers contain both a whole number and a fraction.
2) Estimating problems
3) Recognizing equivalent fractions and decimals
4) Multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction of decimals and percentages
5) Percentage problems
6) Problem-solving questions, including problems dealing with measurement, distribution, and rate.
Note that problem solving questions are usually expressed in words, like a story or narrative, rather than as an arithmetic equations. In these types of practical problems, you must work out what arithmetic equation is needed and use the equation in order to solve the problem.
Our online practice tests provide you with practice and advice in all of these essential arithmetic skills.
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