ACCUPLACER Advanced Algebra and Functions — Information & Free Practice
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ACCUPLACER Advanced Algebra and Functions
- Provider
- College Board
- Format
- English mathematics placement test; discrete computer-adaptive multiple-choice questions. COMPANION accommodated fixed forms are alternate delivery of the same examination.
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 20.
- Time limit
- Untimed
- Passing score
- No national pass/fail cutoff; institutions determine their own placement scores using multiple factors.
Examination outline
The authority publishes percentage ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.
- Linear Equations — Official range: 10–15% (Practice allocation: 10.87%)
- Linear Applications and Graphs — Official range: 10–15% (Practice allocation: 10.87%)
- Factoring — Official range: 5–10% (Practice allocation: 6.52%)
- Quadratics — Official range: 10–15% (Practice allocation: 10.87%)
- Functions — Official range: 10–20% (Practice allocation: 13.04%)
- Radical and Rational Equations — Official range: 5–15% (Practice allocation: 8.7%)
- Polynomial Equations — Official range: 5–15% (Practice allocation: 8.7%)
- Exponential and Logarithmic Equations — Official range: 5–15% (Practice allocation: 8.7%)
- Geometry Concepts for Algebra 1 — Official range: 5–10% (Practice allocation: 6.52%)
- Geometry Concepts for Algebra 2 — Official range: 5–10% (Practice allocation: 6.52%)
- Trigonometry — Official range: 5–15% (Practice allocation: 8.7%)
Examination sources
- What’s on the Tests (educators)
Resources, linked Program Manual and Test Specifications
- Next-Generation ACCUPLACER Test Specifications
pp. 24–26, section 3.5, Tables 10 and 11
- Next-Generation ACCUPLACER Test Specifications
p. 25, Table 10, full table and both footnotes
- Next-Generation ACCUPLACER Test Specifications
p. 26, Table 11, content descriptions
- ACCUPLACER Program Manual
printed pp. 19–22 (PDF pp. 23–26), complete AAF section
- ACCUPLACER Program Manual
printed p. 20 (PDF p. 24), AAF description
- ACCUPLACER Program Manual
printed p. 8 (PDF p. 12), Scaled Scores
- ACCUPLACER Program Manual
printed p. 6 (PDF p. 10), Pretesting New Test Items
- What's on the Tests
Opening test-format explanation
- Next-Generation ACCUPLACER Test Specifications
p. 26, section 3.5.3, Key Features
- ACCUPLACER Program Manual
printed p. 3 (PDF p. 7), Placement-score policy
- Find an ACCUPLACER Test Center
Introduction, institution permission
- Find an ACCUPLACER Test Center
Instructions, step 3, institution scheduling
- Find an ACCUPLACER Test Center
Instructions, step 4, Test off campus
- ACCUPLACER Program Manual
printed p. 3 (PDF p. 7), Institution policies