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Get fully prepared for the Praxis Core Exam with this all-in-one 2025/2026 study guide by Academic Hub. Designed for future educators, this resource provides comprehensive coverage of all three test areas: Reading, Writing, and Mathematics. What’s Inside: 6 Full-Length Practice Tests Online – realistic exam simulations to build confidence. 800+ Sample Questions with Detailed Answer Explanations – learn from every mistake. Personalized Study Plans – structured prep tailored for any schedule. In-Depth Content Review – master test-taking strategies and boost your score. Whether you’re just starting or refining your Praxis Core prep, this guide gives you the tools to succeed and achieve passing scores on your first attempt. praxis core study guide 2025, praxis core practice test book, academic hub praxis study guide, praxis core 6 practice tests, praxis core 800 sample questions, praxis core math review guide, praxis core reading practice questions, praxis core writing exam prep, praxis educator certification study, praxis test prep for teachers, praxis practice exam explanations, praxis test study plans , praxis exam prep teaching certification, praxis core study manual for beginners, praxis exam prep comprehensive review, praxis exam 2025 study book, praxis preparation for teachers, praxis test strategies and practice, praxis online practice tests, praxis academic hub

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,Contents at a Glance
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Part 1: Getting Started with the Praxis Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
CHAPTER 1: Previewing the Praxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
CHAPTER 2: Getting Ready for Test Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
CHAPTER 3: Practicing the Praxis: Sampling Some Practice Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Part 2: Mastering Math Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
CHAPTER 4: Count on It: Number and Quantity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
CHAPTER 5: Introducing Letters: Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
CHAPTER 6: Grasping Geometry Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
CHAPTER 7: Statistics and Probability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
CHAPTER 8: Test-Taking Strategies for Core Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Part 3: Refining Your Reading Comprehension Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
CHAPTER 9: Reading Comprehension: Finding Meaning and Identifying Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
CHAPTER 10: Test-Taking Strategies for Core Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Part 4: Fine-Tuning Your Writing Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
CHAPTER 11: Acing the Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
CHAPTER 12: Giving Grammar a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
CHAPTER 13: Test-Taking Strategies for Core Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227



Part 5: Tackling Praxis Core Practice Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
CHAPTER 14: Practice Exam 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
CHAPTER 15: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
CHAPTER 16: Practice Exam 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
CHAPTER 17: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365



Part 6: The Part of Tens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409
CHAPTER 18: Ten Common Math Errors to Avoid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
CHAPTER 19: Ten Mistakes to Avoid on the Praxis Reading and Writing Exams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

,Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Foolish Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Icons Used in This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Beyond the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Where to Go from Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PART 1: GETTING STARTED WITH THE PRAXIS CORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

CHAPTER 1: Previewing the Praxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Why Take the Praxis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Breaking Down the Praxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Knowing what topics the Praxis covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Seeing what types of questions you can expect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Understanding How the Test Is Scored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

CHAPTER 2: Getting Ready for Test Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Registering for the Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using Your Time Wisely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Budgeting your study time leading up to test day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Budgeting your time while taking the test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Following an Effective Study Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Studying six months before the exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Studying one month before the exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Studying one week before the exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
When Test Day Has Arrived . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Knowing what to bring and what to leave at home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Getting familiar with computer testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
If You’re Retaking the Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

CHAPTER 3: Practicing the Praxis: Sampling Some Practice Questions . . . . .21
Going through the Pre-Assessment Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Reading practice questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Writing practice questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Mathematics practice questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Looking at the Pre-Assessment Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Reading answers and explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Writing answers and explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Math answers and explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Assessing Your Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Identifying categories where you struggled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Understanding where you went wrong specifically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

PART 2: MASTERING MATH CONCEPTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

CHAPTER 4: Count on It: Number and Quantity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Working with Integers: Whole Numbers and Their Opposites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Doing basic operations with integers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Finding factors of whole numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43



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, Employing some helpful divisibility rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Finding multiples of integers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Determining the greatest common factor and least common multiple . . . . . . . . . 46
Exponents and square roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Computing with Fractions and Mixed Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Simplifying fractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Converting between fractions and mixed numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Performing basic operations on fractions and mixed numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Working with Decimals and Percents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Converting among decimals, percents, fractions, and mixed numbers . . . . . . . . . 54
Determining percent change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Performing basic operations on decimals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Understanding the Number Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Interpreting numeration and place values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Knowing the basics of order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Finding orders of magnitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Finding numbers in sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Following Orders: The Order of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Remembering GEMDAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using the order of operations within itself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Reasoning with Quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Using the two major systems of measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Converting units of measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Basic word problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Working with unit rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Practice Questions about Number and Quantity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Answers and Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

CHAPTER 5: Introducing Letters: Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Variables: When Letters Represent Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Laying out the terms: Variable terms and expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Let’s get together: Combining like terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Multiplying and dividing terms and expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Combining fractions that have variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
When variable values are given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Working with Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Solving for x and other variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Undoing addition and subtraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Undoing multiplication and division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Multistep equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Proportions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Systems of equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Solving for variables in terms of other variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Solving Inequalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Following two more rules when solving inequalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Graphing inequalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Describing solution steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Factoring in Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Factoring terms out of bigger terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Using reverse FOIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Decoding Algebra Word Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Translating English into mathematical language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Algebraic word problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86




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