Math Placement Exam: Summer 2008

Exam Schedule

      Review Session      8:00-10:50 am, Mon, Aug 18      Halenz Hall 107,                                                                                 Chemistry Amphitheater

      Exam                      1:00-2:30 pm, Mon, Aug 18        Halenz Hall 107,                                                                                 Chemistry Amphitheater

      Exam                      2:45-3:15 pm, Mon, Aug 18        Halenz Hall 107,                                                                                 Chemistry Amphitheater

      Exam                      4:30-5:45 pm, Mon, Aug 18        Halenz Hall 107,                                                                                 Chemistry Amphitheater

      Exam                      3:30-4:45 pm, Tue, Aug 19        Haughey Hall 133,                                                                             Physics Amphitheater

      Exam                      3:30-4:45 pm, Fri, Aug 22          Haughey Hall 133,                                                                             Physics Amphitheater

      Exam                      7:00-8:15 pm, Tue, Aug 25        Haughey Hall 133,                                                                             Physics Amphitheater

We will have a review session and other exam times during the fall semester.  For the latest schedule, please visit www.math.andrews.edu and click on Math Placement Exam.

Resources for Review

1. A self-test with sample questions and answers is posted on the Math Department web page:  http://www.math.andrews.edu.  Click on Math Placement Exam.
2. You might want to try these web sites for math review.  If you find a good web site to recommend to other students, please tell Dr. Moore (moorer@andrews.edu) about it.

 http://www.uiowa.edu/~examserv/mathmatters/index.html

 http://www.algebrahelp.com

 http://www.purplemath.com/index.htm (Try the “How do you really do this stuff?” link)

 http://www.math.com

 http://www.sosmath.com/index.html

1. Dr. Moore has limited supply of books and might be able to loan one to you (269-471-3424, moorer@andrews.edu).

Information about the Exam

1. Please bring your ID card.
2. The purposes of the exam are to make sure you have the math skills you need to succeed in college and in your career and to place you in a math class where you will be successful.
3. The exam has five parts that represent arithmetic, algebra, precalculus, and trigonometry.  Since the purpose of the exam is to place you in an appropriate class, we do not expect you to know all of the material on the exam.  For example, to avoid having to take a non-credit class you should do reasonably well on the arithmetic and high school algebra questions (the first three sections), but to qualify for calculus you need to do reasonably well on all five sections of the test.
4. Your score will have a letter (E, M, or P) and a number from 0 to 5.  E and M mean extremely and moderately deficient in arithmetic, whereas P means proficient in arithmetic.  The number indicates how much algebra, precalculus, and trigonometry you know.  The prerequisite for MATH145 Reasoning with Functions, MATH166 Precalculus Algebra, MATH168 Precalculus, and STAT285 Elementary Statistics is P2; the prerequisite for MATH141 Calculus I is P5.
5. Calculators are not allowed.
6. We provide a pencil, scratch paper, an exam, and an answer sheet.
7. The time limit is 60 minutes.
8. We try to have the exams graded and the scores posted on iVue by the next day, sometimes even the same day.  You can see your score on your iVue profile.
9. You may retake the exam after a 3-month waiting period.
10. The $17 fee for the exam will be charged to your student account.