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Our free Accuplacer study guide provides sample questions and explanations for each type of problem covered on all five parts of the exam.
The Accuplacer study guide has comprehensive examples, explanations, and sample test questions for all of the parts of the Next Generation Exam.
Please have a look at the last section of this page for further details on the contents of the Accuplacer study guide.
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Free Accuplacer Study Guide – Modules
Our Free Accuplacer Study Guide contains modules on the following topics:
English Grammar in our Accuplacer Study Guide
The English grammar part of the guide covers:
- comparatives and superlatives
- gerunds and infinitives
- correct positioning of modifiers within sentences
- correct use of the past participle and past perfect verb forms
- constructing dependent and independent clauses
The sentence building part of the publication discusses:
- how to correctly construct conditional sentences
- constructing sentences with negative inversion
- correct positioning of dependent and independent clauses
- using subordination and coordination to build sentences
- avoiding common mistakes with punctuation
Reading Skills in the Study Guide
The reading section of the guide has study tips and tricks for answering reading questions more effectively.
- It covers main idea questions and specific detail questions, which are usually the most common types of questions that you will see on the reading test.
- The reading section also has exam tips and strategies for questions asking you to make an inference or draw a conclusion,
- It also has questions asking you about other applications, such as determining the author’s purpose.
Math Skills in the Study Guide
The math part of the publication is very extensive. It gives all of the formulas that you need for the test and provides illustrated problems for each one.
Arithmetic Section
The following skills are illustrated in the arithmetic section:
- review of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
- decimals, fractions, mixed numbers, and percentages
- comparison and estimation of figures
- manipulating negative numbers
- order of operations
Algebra and Advanced Algebra Section
The algebra and advanced math parts of the guide will help you with these areas:
- absolute value
- computations with integers
- exponent laws
- factoring
- operations with radicals and rationals
The algebra parts of the publication also illustrate these advanced mathematical concepts:
- quadratic and linear inequalities
- algebraic expressions and polynomials
- coordinate and linear geometry
- permutations and combinations
- complex numbers
- matrices and determinants
- logarithmic functions
- series and sequences
- trigonometric functions
