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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Getting Started with the ACCUPLACER
• Chapter 1: Getting to Know the ACCUPLACER
• Knowing What the ACCUPLACER Is and Whether You Really Need to Take It
• Discovering When, Where, and How to Take the ACCUPLACER
• Understanding What Happens After You Take the ACCUPLACER
• Chapter 2: Taking a Closer Look at What’s on the ACCUPLACER
• Reading Test
• Writing Test
• Three Math Tests
• Chapter 3: Preparation and Test Strategy
• Strategies for Taking the ACCUPLACER
• Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
• Part 2: The Reading Test
• Chapter 4: Reading Passages
• Outline of the ACCUPLACER Reading Test
• Passage Form — What the Passages Look Like
• Passage Content — What the Passages Are About
• Chapter 5: Working through Reading Questions
• Questions about Information and Ideas
• Questions Focusing on Rhetoric
• Questions That Compare Two Texts
• Questions That Test Vocabulary
• Chapter 6: Reading Practice Questions
• Reading Passage Questions
• Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
• Answers to Reading Passage Questions
• Answers to Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
• Part 3: The Writing Test
• Chapter 7: Standard English Grammar Conventions
• Review of English Sentence Grammar
• Nouns, Pronouns, and Possessives
• Practicing Perfect Punctuation
• Other Key Grammar Issues
• Chapter 8: Expression of Ideas
• Development
• Organization
• Effective Language Use
• Chapter 9: Writing Practice Questions
• Questions on Grammar
• Questions on Expression of Ideas
• Answers to Questions on Grammar
• Answers to Questions on Expression of Ideas
• Part 4: The Arithmetic Test
• Chapter 10: Arithmetic: Whole Numbers and Fractions
• Whole Numbers
• Fractions
• Chapter 11: Decimals, Percents, and Word Problems
• Decimals
• Percents
• Converting Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
• Comparing Values
• Word Problems
• Chapter 12: Arithmetic Practice Questions
• Arithmetic Practice Problems
• Arithmetic Practice Problem Answers and Explanations
• Part 5: The Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics Test
• Chapter 13: Quantitative Reasoning and Pre-Algebra
• Quantitative Reasoning
• Knowing Some Pre-Algebra Basics
• Chapter 14: Algebra and Geometry
• Using Algebra to Solve Equations, Systems of Equations, and Inequalities
• Setting Up Algebra Word Problems
• Linear Functions
• Geometry
• Chapter 15: Statistics, Probability, and Sets
• Descriptive Statistics
• Probability
• Set Theory
• Chapter 16: Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics Practice Questions
• Quantitative Reasoning Practice Questions
• Algebra Practice Questions
• Geometry Practice
• Statistics, Probability, and Sets Practice
• Answers and Explanations
• Part 6: The Advanced Algebra and Functions Test
• Chapter 17: Factoring and Functions
• Factoring Polynomials
• Function Notation
• Parent Functions
• Transformations of Functions
• Chapter 18: Polynomials and Other Functions
• Polynomial Functions
• Quadratic Equations and Functions
• Exponential Equations and Functions
• Logarithmic Equations (and Functions)
• Radical Functions
• Finding the Domain and Range of a Rational Function
• Chapter 19: Geometry and Trigonometry
• Geometry
• Trigonometry
• Chapter 20: Advanced Algebra and Functions Practice Questions
• Advanced Algebra and Functions Practice Questions
• Answers
• Part 7: ACCUPLACER Practice Tests
• Chapter 21: Practice Test 1
• Answer Sheet for Practice Exam 1
• Reading Test
• Writing Test
• Arithmetic Test
• Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics Test
• Advanced Algebra and Functions Test
• Chapter 22: Answers to Practice Test 1
• Reading Test Answers
• Writing Test Answers
• Arithmetic Test Answers
• Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics Test Answers
• Advanced Algebra and Functions Test Answers
• Chapter 23: Practice Test 2
• Answer Sheet for Practice Exam 2
• Reading Test
• Writing Test
• Arithmetic Test
• Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics Test
• Advanced Algebra and Functions Test
• Chapter 24: Answers to Practice Test 2
• Reading Test Answers
• Writing Test Answers
• Arithmetic Test Answers
• Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics Test Answers
• Advanced Algebra and Functions Test Answers
• Part 8: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 25: Ten Ways College Is Different from High School
• Greater Personal Freedom
• Greater Personal Responsibility
• Professional Behavior
• A Civil Conversation
• Due Respect for and Engagement with the Subject of the Class
• Fewer — But Longer — Tests and Projects
• Access to the Professor only during Office Hours
• College Costs Money
• More Opportunities — and Challenges — and Distractions
• Simple Human Decency
• Chapter 26: Ten Ways to Boost Your Performance (and Your Score) on the ACCUPLACER
• Know Which ACCUPLACER Sections Your School Requires
• Take Care of Yourself the Night before and the Day of the ACCUPLACER Exam
• Pick Your Best Time of Day to Take the Test
• Consider Taking the ACCUPLACER in Two or More Sessions
• As You Start the Test, Breathe! And Keep Breathing
• Take Your Time
• Check In with Yourself Before You Start Each New Section
• Keep the ACCUPLACER in Perspective
• Sometimes, Two Is a Charm!
• Repeat after Me: “I’m Doing My Best.”
• Index
• About the Author
• Advertisement Page
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement