Accuplacer Practice Test –Questions & Correct Answers
If a ≠ b and 1/x + 1/a = 1/b, then x =
A. 1/b - 1/a
B. b - a
C. 1/ab
D. a - b/ab
E. ab/a - b - ✔️ E
The graph of which of the following equations is a straight line parallel to
the graph of y = 2x ?
A. 4x - y = 4
B. 2x - 2y = 2
C. 2x - y = 4
D. 2x + y = 2
E. x - 2y = 4 - ✔️ C
An equation of the line that contains the origin and the point (1, 2) is
A. y = 2x
B. 2y = x
C. y = x -1
D. y = 2x +1
E. y/2 = x - 1 - ✔️ A
An apartment building contains 12 units consisting of one- and two-
bedroom apartments that rent for $360 and $450 per month, respectively.
When all units are rented, the total monthly rental is $4,950. What is the
number of two-bedroom apartments?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7 - ✔️ E
If θ is an acute angle and sin θ = 1/2, then cos θ =
A. -1
B. 0
C. 1/2
,D. √3/2
E. 2 - ✔️ D
5y(2y - 3) + (2y - 3) =
A. (5y + 1) (2y + 3)
B. (5y + 1) (2y - 3)
C. (5y - 1) (2y + 3)
D. (5y -1) (2y - 3)
E. 10y (2y - 3) - ✔️ B
One ordering of the letters T, U, V and W from left to right is UTVW. What is
the total number of orderings of these letters from left to right, including
UTVW?
A. 8
B. 12
C. 16
D. 20
E. 24 - ✔️ E
From 5 employees at a company, a group of 3 employees will be chosen to
work on a project. How many different groups of 3 employees can be
chosen?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 6
D. 10
E. 15 - ✔️ D
Writing a best seller had earned the author a sum of money and had freed
him from the necessity of selling his pen for the political purposes of
others.
Rewrite, beginning with
"The author was not obliged..."
The new sentence will include
, A) consequently he earned
B) because he had earned
C) by earning
D) as a means of earning - ✔️ (B) The author was not obligated to
sell his peen for the political purposes of others BECAUSE HE HAD EARNED
a sum of money by writing a best seller.
In the modern world, groups of people living thousands of miles apart may
still be dependent on each other politically, culturally, and economically.
Change PEOPLE LIVING to PEOPLE MAY LIVE.
Your new sentence will include
A) apart and still be dependent
B) apart so as to be dependent still
C) apart, they are still dependent
D) apart, but would still be dependent - ✔️ (A) In the modern
world, groups of people may live thousands of miles APART AND STILL BE
DEPENDENT on each other politically, culturally, and economically
JOSE WANTED TO STUDY HE TRIED TO KEEP his roommates quiet; but he
did not succeed.
A) Jose wanted to study he tried to keep
B) Jose wanted to study, he tried to keep
C) Because he wanted to study, Jose tried to keep
D) Jose wanting to study, and trying to keep - ✔️ (C) BECAUSE
HE WANTED TO STUDY, JOSE TRIED TO KEEP his roommates quiet; but he
did not succeed.
PREDICTIONS TWENTY YEARS AGO that the phonograph record was about
to become obsolete have proven to be true.
A) Predictions twenty years ago that
B) Predictions twenty years ago,
C) Twenty years ago, predictions that
If a ≠ b and 1/x + 1/a = 1/b, then x =
A. 1/b - 1/a
B. b - a
C. 1/ab
D. a - b/ab
E. ab/a - b - ✔️ E
The graph of which of the following equations is a straight line parallel to
the graph of y = 2x ?
A. 4x - y = 4
B. 2x - 2y = 2
C. 2x - y = 4
D. 2x + y = 2
E. x - 2y = 4 - ✔️ C
An equation of the line that contains the origin and the point (1, 2) is
A. y = 2x
B. 2y = x
C. y = x -1
D. y = 2x +1
E. y/2 = x - 1 - ✔️ A
An apartment building contains 12 units consisting of one- and two-
bedroom apartments that rent for $360 and $450 per month, respectively.
When all units are rented, the total monthly rental is $4,950. What is the
number of two-bedroom apartments?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7 - ✔️ E
If θ is an acute angle and sin θ = 1/2, then cos θ =
A. -1
B. 0
C. 1/2
,D. √3/2
E. 2 - ✔️ D
5y(2y - 3) + (2y - 3) =
A. (5y + 1) (2y + 3)
B. (5y + 1) (2y - 3)
C. (5y - 1) (2y + 3)
D. (5y -1) (2y - 3)
E. 10y (2y - 3) - ✔️ B
One ordering of the letters T, U, V and W from left to right is UTVW. What is
the total number of orderings of these letters from left to right, including
UTVW?
A. 8
B. 12
C. 16
D. 20
E. 24 - ✔️ E
From 5 employees at a company, a group of 3 employees will be chosen to
work on a project. How many different groups of 3 employees can be
chosen?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 6
D. 10
E. 15 - ✔️ D
Writing a best seller had earned the author a sum of money and had freed
him from the necessity of selling his pen for the political purposes of
others.
Rewrite, beginning with
"The author was not obliged..."
The new sentence will include
, A) consequently he earned
B) because he had earned
C) by earning
D) as a means of earning - ✔️ (B) The author was not obligated to
sell his peen for the political purposes of others BECAUSE HE HAD EARNED
a sum of money by writing a best seller.
In the modern world, groups of people living thousands of miles apart may
still be dependent on each other politically, culturally, and economically.
Change PEOPLE LIVING to PEOPLE MAY LIVE.
Your new sentence will include
A) apart and still be dependent
B) apart so as to be dependent still
C) apart, they are still dependent
D) apart, but would still be dependent - ✔️ (A) In the modern
world, groups of people may live thousands of miles APART AND STILL BE
DEPENDENT on each other politically, culturally, and economically
JOSE WANTED TO STUDY HE TRIED TO KEEP his roommates quiet; but he
did not succeed.
A) Jose wanted to study he tried to keep
B) Jose wanted to study, he tried to keep
C) Because he wanted to study, Jose tried to keep
D) Jose wanting to study, and trying to keep - ✔️ (C) BECAUSE
HE WANTED TO STUDY, JOSE TRIED TO KEEP his roommates quiet; but he
did not succeed.
PREDICTIONS TWENTY YEARS AGO that the phonograph record was about
to become obsolete have proven to be true.
A) Predictions twenty years ago that
B) Predictions twenty years ago,
C) Twenty years ago, predictions that
