CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest 2 Science;
Mathematics Updated Actual Exam Question
and Answer (2026/2027) | Grade A+
• Order of Operations -✓✓ PEMDAS
Parentheses
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction
(between roots and exponents, do whatever comes first in the problem)
• What is the easiest way to find a common denominator? -✓✓ multiply all the
denominators
• How do you multiply fractions? -✓✓ multiply numerator x numerator
mutiply denominator x denominator
(don't need a common denominator)
• how do you divide fractions? -✓✓ flip the second fraction and then multiply
• Z^-2 -✓✓ 1
---
zxz
• perfect square number -✓✓ Taking a positive integer and multiplying it by itself equals
a perfect square.
Example: 3 x 3 = 9
9 is a perfect square.
• what is the distributive property? -✓✓ A (B+C) = AB + AC
• what is the opposite of distributing? -✓✓ factoring
• what does the commutative property of addition and multiplication tell us? -✓✓ order
does not matter
a+b=b+a
axb=bxa
• what does the associative property of addition and multiplication tell us? -✓✓ grouping
does not matter
, A + (B + C) = (A + B) + C
• identity property of addition -✓✓ any number + 0 equals itself
• identity property of multiplication -✓✓ any number x 1 equals itself
• cerebral cortex -✓✓ part of the nervous system; 4 lobes, spatial awareness,
consciousness, language, vision (thinking)
• cerebellum -✓✓ part of the nervous system; gray area in back, timing of motor
movement
• brain stem -✓✓ part of the nervous system; cord, life support, respiration, heartbeat,
active during sleep
• digestive system -✓✓ salivary glands - produce saliva to get food down esophagus
esophagus - passageway for food
stomach - uses gastric acid and enzymes to break down food even more
pancreas - creates enzymes that stomach uses
small intestine - long, absorption of nutrients into body takes place here
large intestine - waste is collected
rectum - waste is released
• arteries
veins -✓✓ take blood from the heart out to the body
take blood back to the heart
• where are blood cells created? -✓✓ in bone marrow
• white blood cells
red blood cells -✓✓ healers, help fight diseases
carry oxygen and nutrients
• what is the key advantage of sexual reproduction? (as opposed to asexual
reproduction) -✓✓ greater genetic variation (there can be many types of an organism)
• how do the following plants reproduce?
algae
fungi
ferns
angiosperms
gymnosperms -✓✓ algae - asexually
fungi - asexually
ferns - both asexually and sexually
angiosperms (flowering plants) - sexually
Mathematics Updated Actual Exam Question
and Answer (2026/2027) | Grade A+
• Order of Operations -✓✓ PEMDAS
Parentheses
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction
(between roots and exponents, do whatever comes first in the problem)
• What is the easiest way to find a common denominator? -✓✓ multiply all the
denominators
• How do you multiply fractions? -✓✓ multiply numerator x numerator
mutiply denominator x denominator
(don't need a common denominator)
• how do you divide fractions? -✓✓ flip the second fraction and then multiply
• Z^-2 -✓✓ 1
---
zxz
• perfect square number -✓✓ Taking a positive integer and multiplying it by itself equals
a perfect square.
Example: 3 x 3 = 9
9 is a perfect square.
• what is the distributive property? -✓✓ A (B+C) = AB + AC
• what is the opposite of distributing? -✓✓ factoring
• what does the commutative property of addition and multiplication tell us? -✓✓ order
does not matter
a+b=b+a
axb=bxa
• what does the associative property of addition and multiplication tell us? -✓✓ grouping
does not matter
, A + (B + C) = (A + B) + C
• identity property of addition -✓✓ any number + 0 equals itself
• identity property of multiplication -✓✓ any number x 1 equals itself
• cerebral cortex -✓✓ part of the nervous system; 4 lobes, spatial awareness,
consciousness, language, vision (thinking)
• cerebellum -✓✓ part of the nervous system; gray area in back, timing of motor
movement
• brain stem -✓✓ part of the nervous system; cord, life support, respiration, heartbeat,
active during sleep
• digestive system -✓✓ salivary glands - produce saliva to get food down esophagus
esophagus - passageway for food
stomach - uses gastric acid and enzymes to break down food even more
pancreas - creates enzymes that stomach uses
small intestine - long, absorption of nutrients into body takes place here
large intestine - waste is collected
rectum - waste is released
• arteries
veins -✓✓ take blood from the heart out to the body
take blood back to the heart
• where are blood cells created? -✓✓ in bone marrow
• white blood cells
red blood cells -✓✓ healers, help fight diseases
carry oxygen and nutrients
• what is the key advantage of sexual reproduction? (as opposed to asexual
reproduction) -✓✓ greater genetic variation (there can be many types of an organism)
• how do the following plants reproduce?
algae
fungi
ferns
angiosperms
gymnosperms -✓✓ algae - asexually
fungi - asexually
ferns - both asexually and sexually
angiosperms (flowering plants) - sexually
