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PREPARATION Mathematics
Helping Students to Understand the Post Secondary Education Readiness Test
adequately assess academic skills in reading, writing and mathematics to determine placement into appropriate courses at your college.
The first time you take it, you will be given all three tests in the order
10.0315(7)(8) is allowing for two PERT attempts while a student is enrolled in high school. Two additional PERT attempts are allowed once a student has graduated from high school and has applied to Edison as a degree seeking student.
The answers are in a multiple-choice format. You will not be permitted to change your answer
calculator with you; however, for certain questions, a pop-up calculator will be available for your use.
The math section has 30 questions.
State Rule 6A-10.0315 (9) prior to administering a retest, the test administrator must require documentation from the student that verifies alternative remediation has occurred since prior PERT attempt. High school students that are currently enrolled in a related secondary course in the areas of reading, writing, and/or math are eligible to retest. The Dual Enrollment Placement Test Referral Form must be completed by a school counselor/authorized designee prior to retesting. High school students have a maximum of two (2) attempts on the PERT.
purposes.
P.E.R.T. Scores
ACT-E
SAT-R
ENC1101
MAT 1033 MGF 1106/ MGF 1107 MAC 1105/ STA 2023 MAC 1106
A score of 262 on Grade 10 FCAT 2.0 provides college placement in reading and writing
Mathematics courses:
MAT 1033 Intermediate Algebra (4 elective credits)
( 5 math credits)
P.E.R.T. Mathematics
Review basic math rules, such as Order of operations
Exponents
Prime Numbers Percents
Order of Operations
PE -- MD -- AS:
1. Operations within Grouping Symbols 2. Exponents 3. Multiply or Divide from left to right 4. Add or Subtract from left to right
Exponents
1. Get rid of ( ) by multiplying exponents. 2. Rewrite with positive exponents.
Percents
What percent of 50 is 18?
Solve by setting up a proportion and cross multiplying: Solve by translating first: OR
c)
d)
Sample problem 2:
Write 3.48 into a simplified fraction: a)
b)
c) d)
Sample problem 3:
Write the shaded part of the figure as a fraction :
a)
b)
c) d)
Same steps as linear equations, except IF YOU MULTIPLY OR DIVIDE BY A NEGATIVE NUMBER , YOU HAVE TO REVERSE THE INEQUALITY SIGN ! When graphing the solution on a number line remember that < or > will be an open circle or a parenthesis and that or will be a closed circle or a bracket.
2) Factor completely
ANSWERS
Simplifying Polynomials
ANSWER
Substitute the values for the indicated variable and follow the order of operations to simplify
To find the x- intercept (x, 0), substitute a zero for y and solve for x
To find the y- intercept (0, y), substitute a zero for x and solve for y
2) Solve by substitution
3) Solve by elimination
a) b) c) d)
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a) b) c) d)
Sample problem 8:
Write an equation in slope-intercept form that has
2) d
3) d 4) b 5) a 6) b 7) c 8) b
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=pertpractice-test
Valencia College PERT booklet (information, instructions and
of Education: http://www.fldoe.org/schools/pdf/PERTstudentstudyguide.pdf
Edison State colleges information on PERT testing:
http://www.edison.edu/assessment/placement.php
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