Copyright 2009, University of Washington, Office of Educational Assessment

rev. 4/29/09

General and Intermediate Mathematics Placement Tests

SAMPLE PROBLEMS

This booklet contains sample problems for the General and Intermediate Mathematics Placement Tests (MPT-G and MPT-I) offered by the Academic Placement Testing Program (APTP). The collection is NOT intended to serve as a practice test but only to provide test takers with an idea of the content and difficulty of the MPT-G and MPT-I. The correct answers to the problems are shown on the last page of the booklet.

The General Mathematics Placement Test (MPT-G) was developed to cover College Readiness Mathematics Standards (CRMS) 4-8 as developed by the Transition Mathematics Project (TMP):

4. Number Sense

5. Geometry

6. Probability / Statistics

7. Algebra 8. Functions

The Intermediate Mathematics Placement Test (MPT-I) was developed to cover the following selected topics:

Absolute Value

Basic Algebraic Operations Exponents and Roots Factoring

Functional Notation Geometry

Graph Interpretation

Inequalities

Linear Graphs and Functions Proportions

Quadratic Graphs and Functions Simplifying Systems of Equations