Math Placement Test Study Guide with complete solutions| Latest 2024/2025

Math Placement Test Study Guide with
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Associative Property _’- _’-_’- _’- Changing the grouping of the numbers will not
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change the result
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Identity Property_’- Zero and one preserves identities under addition and
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multiplication respectively _’-




Distributive Property _’- _’-_’- _’- Multiplication distributes over the addition _’- _’- _’- _’-




A(b+c)=ab+ac


Solving equations
_’- Equations are statements formed by placing an equal
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sign between two mathematical expression.
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Terms are separated by + or − signs
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Coefficients # associated with each of those terms is called
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coefficient(12, -3, 1,15, 11, -4, -1, 3 _’- _’- _’- _’- _’- _’-




expression _’-_’- _’- adding 1 or more terms together
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linear equation
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, a linear equation is one that is dependent only on constants and a variable
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raised to the first power. For example, y=6x+2y=6x+2 is linear because it has
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no squares, cubes, square roots, sines, etc. Linear equations can always be
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manipulated to take this form: _’- _’- _’- _’-




ax+b=0


Practice identifying the Property
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Substitution _’-_’- _’- 13•n
13•3
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_’- N=3


Exponents _’-_’- _’- 5(3)= 5•5•5 _’-




Pemdas _’-_’- _’- Parenthesis _’-




Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction


Absolute Value _’- _’-_’- The distance from zero on a number line it is always
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|-3|=3 |3|=3 _’-