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HiSET Mathematics
- Provider
- PSI Services
- Format
- Multiple-choice; English; paper, computer or eligible remote delivery subject to jurisdiction policies.
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 55.
- Time limit
- 90 minutes
- Passing score
- Mathematics: at least 8 on the 1–20 subtest scale. The full battery additionally requires at least 8 on every other subtest, at least 2/6 on the Writing essay and at least 45 combined; state requirements apply.
Examination outline
Numbers and Operations on Numbers (19%)
- Properties of real-number operations
- Radicals and rational exponents
- Scientific notation
- Quantitative reasoning and units
- Measurement accuracy
- Multistep numerical and proportional problems
Measurement/Geometry (18%)
- Plane transformations
- Properties of two-dimensional figures
- Pythagorean Theorem
- Triangle congruence and similarity
- Volume and surface area
- Density modeling
- Angle relationships
- Precise geometric definitions
Data Analysis/Probability/Statistics (18%)
- Data representation and interpretation
- Scatter plots and linear models
- Compound-event probability
- Chance events and probability models
- Measures of center and population inference
- Sampling and population generalization
Algebraic Concepts (45%)
- Parts of expressions
- Polynomial and rational-expression arithmetic
- Equivalent expression forms
- Linear equations and inequalities
- Quadratic equations and derivation
- Rational and radical equations
- Systems of linear equations
- Graphs of function families
- Modeling with equations and inequalities
- Rearranging formulas
- Function concepts, notation and key features
- Domain and range
- Justifying equation solutions
- Average rate of change
Examination sources
- HiSET Test Taker Bulletin
p. 18, What to Study / TAAG adoption
- HiSET Test at a Glance
p. 13, The Test Framework; pp. 13–15 descriptors
- HiSET Test at a Glance
p. 12, Content Categories table
- HiSET Test at a Glance
p. 16, CCRS adoption; pp. 16–20 complete Mathematics table
- HiSET Test Taker Bulletin
p. 18, Mathematics row
- HiSET Test Taker Bulletin
p. 34, Passing Scores
- HiSET Test Taker Bulletin
p. 33, Your Individual Test Reports
- HiSET Test Taker Bulletin
p. 34, Passing Scores / three required score thresholds
- HiSET Test Taker Bulletin
p. 7, Step 1
- HiSET Test Taker Bulletin
p. 15, Step 5
- HiSET Test Taker Bulletin
p. 16, Scheduling at a Test Site
- HiSET Test Taker Bulletin
p. 16, Scheduling Remote Proctor
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