COMPASS TEST STUDY GUIDE
To review for these test, use the Schaum's Outline: Review of Elementary Mathematics or College Mathematics, which is available for sale in the campus bookstore or for check-out in the campus library. Page numbers for the various topics are below as well as page numbers for suggested problems.
The Pre-algebra Test
This test is for students who have never taken algebra, who wish to take Math 81, Math 82, Math 91, or Math 92. Material for this review is found in Schaum's: Review of Elementary Mathematics, which is available for sale in the campus bookstore or campus library.
| Topic | Pages with Explanation | Pages with Problems |
| Operations with whole numbers, decimals, and fractions | 10-44 | 45-57 |
| 91-113 | 113-121 | |
| 58-81 | 81-90 | |
| Exponents | 175-178 | 183 #7.25-7.29 |
| Ratios and proportions | 216-225 | 225-228 |
| Averages | 39, 40 Sec. 13.5 | 56 #2.5 |
| Comparison of fractions and decimals | 109-113 | 120 |
| Ratio, proportion, and percentage | 122-135 | 135-141 |
| Conversion of fractions, decimals, and percents | 123-127 | 136-137 |
| Order of operations of real numbers | 172-174 | 181 #7.17, 17-7.21 |
| Prime and composite numbers | 41-44 | 57 |
| Complex fractions | 66-67 | 85 #3.16 |
| Signed numbers | 142-156 | 156-162 |
| Absolute values | None | None |