school of advancement practice math test
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School of Advancement
practice math test
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This booklet contains information about booking your mathematics skills
assessment appointment, tips on taking multiple-choice exam,
mathematics practice exam with answers. When you feel you are ready
to take the mathematics exam, you may make an appointment by:
• Going on-line at http://winapp.centennialcollege.ca/oat/
• Calling 416-289-5300
• Or in person with Enrolment Services
IMPORTANT – If you have learning or medical condition, you
may request special accommodations. Please contact the
Centre for Students with Disabilities (CSD) at 416-289-5000
Ext. 2627. Students will meet with a CSD Counselor to discuss
their concerns and make alternative arrangements for their
skills assessments if special accommodations are approved.
Students applying to multiple programs may only require one math
exam to clear admission requirements. Please note that the
Engineering math skills assessment can clear admission requirements
for Business and General Arts and Science programs.
On the date of your exam, please arrive on time. You will be
required to show Government issued photo ID.
Examples of acceptable photo ID are:
• One of the following: valid passport, driver's license, photo health
card, age of majority cards, citizenship card, landed card, minister's
permit or a Centennial College student photo ID. The photo must not
be older than 5 years.
• If you do not have any of the above then you may provide non-
government issued photo ID. These could include other school photo
ID, transit photo ID, expired government photo ID or employment ID,
and two of the following: birth certificate, social insurance card or non-
photo health card.
Please note students arriving without acceptable ID will not be allowed
to write their Skills Assessment. There are no exceptions to this rule.
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Students write mathematics skills assessments online using Accuplacer
(with the exception of CAAT D). Exam invigilators will provide detailed
instruction on how to sign on to the Accuplacer system. Students
unfamiliar with computer technology are offered online tutorials
explaining how to use a computer mouse and keyboard and how to
take a multiple-choice exam.
Mathematics skills assessments allow 60 minutes for completion.
Students are provided with a four function onscreen calculator and
scrap paper. Results are available upon completion of the Mathematics
skills assessment, with a breakdown score of reportable subjects.
Results are reported to Enrolment Services within 48 hours.
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School of Advancement
Mathematics Practice Test
Reportable subjects tested:
Order of operations
Signed numbers
Fractions
Decimals
Percentage
Exponents
Simple Algebraic Equations
Mensuration
Analytic Geometry
Dimensional Analysis
Word problems
1) The number 500 700 is written:
a) Five million seven hundred
b) Five hundred thousand seven hundred
c) Five hundred seven thousand
d) Five thousand seven hundred
e) None of these
2) 73052
a) 426 Remainder 6
b) 436 Remainder 0
c) 431 Remainder 5
d) 431 Remainder 3
e) None of these
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3) 16.4 + 4.32 – 15.22 =
a) 2
11 b) 11
2 c) 10
93 d)
93
10 e) None of these
4) Multiply 0.05 by 1.022
a) 0511.0 b) 511.0 c) 11.5 d) 049.0 e) None of these
5) 14 is more than 5 by
a) 19 b) 11 c) 1 d) 9 e) None of these
6) 18 is what fractional part of 60?
a) 8
3 b) 24
5 c) 5
1 d) 10
3 e) None of these
7) 40% in fraction form is
a) 5
2 b) 5
3 c) 4
1 d) 8
3 e) None of these
8) 3
2
5
1
a) 35
24 b) 5
21 c)
15
13 d) 3
1 e) None of these
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9) 7
2
5
2
a) 24 b) 5
21 c)
35
4 d) 3
1 e) None of these
10) The remainder when 7892 is divided by 37 is:
a) 11 b) 13 c) 19 d) 23 e) None of these
11) When 8
32 is added to
16
137 , the result is:
a) 3
29 b)
16
310 c)
8
110 d)
16
145 e) None of these
12) When 8
53 is subtracted from
8
310 , the result is:
a) 5
36 b)
4
17 c)
4
36 d)
4
16 e) None of these
13) 4
13
2
12
a) 8
16 b)
4
36 c)
4
18 d)
8
18 e) None of these
14) 2
1
4
32
a) 2
15 b)
8
31 c)
4
13 d)
4
12 e) None of these
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15) 5.0245.02
a) 5
8 b) 16 c) 5
18 d) 16
5 e) None of these
16) 7
3 to the nearest percent is:
a) %43 b) %42 c) %41 d) %39 e) None of these
17) 8
79 as a decimal is:
a) 125.12 b) 978.0 c) 78.9 d) 851.9 e) None of these
18) The fraction for 64.3 is
a) 1000
364 b) 25
163 c)
100
64.3 d) 8
53 e) None of these
19) The fraction for %5.0 is :
a) 2
1 b) 5
1 c) 40
1 d) 50
1 e) None of these
20) 60
45 is equivalent to :
a) 4
3 b) 20
9 c) 3
1 d) 30
5 e) None of these
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21) A class of pre-health students contains 18 women and 8 men.
The percent of men in the class to the nearest percent is:
a) %27 b) %29 c) %31 d) %33 e) None of these
22) A car with an original price of $14 800 was reduced by 15%.
What is the reduced price ?
a) 58012$ b) 85012$ c) 38113$ d) 81313$ e) None of these
23) A toy has a list price of $38.88. If 15% in sales taxes must be
paid on the toy, the total charge would be:
a) 89.43$ b) 98.43$ c) 71.44$ d) 62.45$ e) None of these
24) A price is increased from $32 to $40. This represents an
increase of:
a) %18 b) %22 c) %24 d) %26 e) None of these
25) If my body temperature is 37 0 C and the room temperature is
22 0 C, the ratio of my body temperature to the room
temperature is:
a) 37 to 22 b) 37:22 c) 4 to 2 d) 4:2 e) None of these
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26) If 6.6
3913
t then t equals
a) 8.2 b) 2.2 c) 8.1 d) 4.1 e) None of these
27) If a pipe 12m long has a mass of 48 kg, the mass of a pipe 16m
long would be:
a) 36 kg b) 56 kg c) 60 kg d) 64kg e) None of these
28) At a speed of 100 km/h a train trip takes 24 minutes. If the
speed was 120 km/h, the trip would take:
a) 28.8 minutes b) 28.4 minutes
c) 20 minutes
d) 18 minutes
e) None of these
29) 1.3 metres/second in centimetres/second is
a) 13 cm/s b) 130 cm/s c) 1030 cm/s d) 1300 cm/s e) None of these
30) 1.64 kg in grams is
a) 0.164 g b) 0.0164 g c) 164 g d) 1640 g e) None of these
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31) 15857 yy simplifies to:
a) 16 y b) y114 c) 412 y d) 4 y e) None of these
32) 3542 simplifies to:
a) 7 b) 120 c) 23 d) 23 e) None of these
33) 423443 simplifies to:
a) 7 b) 4 c) 1 d) 1 e) None of these
34) If 21174 t then t equals
a) 4
17 b) 4
19 c) 2
17 d) 2
19 e) None of these
35) If yy 26335 then y equals
a) 4 b) 7
27 c)
3
38 d) 7
33 e) None of these
36) If 1243 ss then s equals
a) 5
14 b) 5
12 c)
5
12 d) 12
5 e) None of these
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37) If 3a and 2b then abab 32
a) 7 b) 11 c) 19 d) 1 e) None of these
38) If tJ Pr then t equals
a) PrJ b) JPr c) J
Pr d) Pr
J e) None of these
39) If D
SPCT
2
then P equals
a) SCTD 2 b) TDSC 2 c) TD
SC 2
d) SC
TD2
e) None of these
40) If gtuv then g
a) tuv b) t
uv c) vu
t
d) vut e) None of these
41) If rtPA 1 and ,1200P ,15.0r 2t then A
a) 3.1202 b) 3.1201 c) 2760 d) 1560 e) None of these
42) What is the y-intercept of the line represented by the equation
52 xy
a) 5 b) 5 c) 2 d) 2
5 e) None of these
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43) Dividing by 100 is the same as multiplying by
a) 10 b) 100
1 c) 001.0 d) 10
1 e) None of these
44) What numbered region does the point 15,10 fit into:
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) None of these
45)
The area of the shape above is
a) 224 cm b) 210 cm c) 216 cm d) 22 cm e) None of these
1 2
3 4
4 cm
6 cm
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46) Whitney had marks of 40, 25, 67 and 34 on four quizzes. His
average score to nearest whole number is:
a) 42 b) 39 c) 44 d) 67 e) None of these
47)
a
22
simplifies to
a) a2 b) a
4 c) 4
a d) a4 e) None of these
48) 6
3
2
simplifies to
a) 9
1 b) 4 c) 1 d) 0 e) None of these
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Answers
1) B 25) A
2) B 26) B
3) A 27) D
4) A 28) A
5) D 29) B
6) D 30) D
7) A 31) A
8) C 32) A
9) C 33) B
10) A 34) D
11) B 35) B
12) C 36) A
13) D 37) A
14) A 38) D
15) A 39) D
16) A 40) B
17) E 41) D
18) B 42) A
19) E 43) B
20) A 44) A
21) C 45) A
22) A 46) A
23) C 47) B
24) E 48) A
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General Test Taking Tips and Strategies for Alleviating Exam Anxiety
• Get enough sleep the night before the skills assessment.
• Plan to arrive on time and in enough time to find the Assessment Centre.
• Know what items you can and cannot bring with you.
• To avoid experiencing test anxiety, approach the test with a positive attitude.
Negative self-talk can ruin your ability to do well on a skills assessment.
• Listen carefully to all pre-test instructions prior to starting your skills assessment.
• Carefully read all skills assessment questions and instructions presented.
• Ask questions if you do not understand what is required.
• Utilize materials given during the test such as scratch paper.
• Deal with test anxiety by preparing in advance, taking your time, and pacing yourself
throughout the skills assessment.
• During the skills assessment, read the entire question and all choices before
attempting to answer.
• The math skills assessment is a multiple choice test. For multiple-choice questions,
eliminate the choices that you know are incorrect first. Then attempt to find and
choose the answer.
• If you are unsure of the answer, make an educated guess.
• Usually your first choice of the answer is the right one. Do not second guess yourself.