ALEKS MATH PLACEMENT EXAM 2026
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
DETAILED REVIEW
◉ Fractions. Answer: A number expressed in the form a/b where a is a
whole number and b is a positive whole number.
◉ Adding and Subtracting with the same denominator. Answer: a/b + c/b
= a+c/b OR a/b - c/b = a-c/b
◉ Adding and Subtracting with different denominators. Answer: a/b +
c/d = ad+cb/bd OR a/b - c/d = ad-cb/bd
◉ Multiplying and dividing fractions. Answer: a/b * c/d = a*c/b*d AND
a/b / c/d = a/b/c/d = ad/bc
◉ Equal To. Answer: =
◉ Less Than. Answer: <
◉ Greater Than. Answer: >
◉ greater than or equal to. Answer: ≥
, ◉ less than or equal to. Answer: ≤
◉ Rounding. Answer: Expressing a number to the nearest thousandth,
hundredth, tenth, one, ten, hundred, thousand, and so on as directed.
◉ Whole Number. Answer: The numbers {0, 1, 2, 3, ...} etc.
There is no fractional or decimal part. And no negatives.
◉ Estimates. Answer: Find a number close to the exact answer
◉ Decimals. Answer: A fraction written in a special form. For example,
instead of 1/2 you write 0.5
◉ Mixed numbers. Answer: A number composed of a whole number and
a fraction
◉ Factoring numbers. Answer: To break it up into numbers that can be
multiplied together to get the original number
◉ Divisibility Rules. Answer: That you are able to divide a number
evenly
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
DETAILED REVIEW
◉ Fractions. Answer: A number expressed in the form a/b where a is a
whole number and b is a positive whole number.
◉ Adding and Subtracting with the same denominator. Answer: a/b + c/b
= a+c/b OR a/b - c/b = a-c/b
◉ Adding and Subtracting with different denominators. Answer: a/b +
c/d = ad+cb/bd OR a/b - c/d = ad-cb/bd
◉ Multiplying and dividing fractions. Answer: a/b * c/d = a*c/b*d AND
a/b / c/d = a/b/c/d = ad/bc
◉ Equal To. Answer: =
◉ Less Than. Answer: <
◉ Greater Than. Answer: >
◉ greater than or equal to. Answer: ≥
, ◉ less than or equal to. Answer: ≤
◉ Rounding. Answer: Expressing a number to the nearest thousandth,
hundredth, tenth, one, ten, hundred, thousand, and so on as directed.
◉ Whole Number. Answer: The numbers {0, 1, 2, 3, ...} etc.
There is no fractional or decimal part. And no negatives.
◉ Estimates. Answer: Find a number close to the exact answer
◉ Decimals. Answer: A fraction written in a special form. For example,
instead of 1/2 you write 0.5
◉ Mixed numbers. Answer: A number composed of a whole number and
a fraction
◉ Factoring numbers. Answer: To break it up into numbers that can be
multiplied together to get the original number
◉ Divisibility Rules. Answer: That you are able to divide a number
evenly
