Passing the City University of New York Mathematics Skills Assessment Test

by Zuckerman, Martin M.

• ISBN13: 9780912675008
• ISBN10: 0912675004
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1983-01-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This book treats all of the topics covered on the City University of New York Mathematics Skills Assessment Test. It is written with the student in mind, in a style and at a level appropriate for student understanding.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Suggestions to the Student	vi
Diagnostic Test	1	(12)
Part I Arithmetic	13	(151)
Words to Numerals	13	(8)
Basic Arithmetic	21	(9)
Averaging	30	(5)
Adding and Subtracting Units	35	(8)
Adding and Subtracting Fractions	43	(12)
Multiplying and Dividing Fractions	55	(6)
Mixed Numbers	61	(9)
Size of Fractions	70	(6)
Size of Decimals	76	(6)
Adding and Subtracting Decimals	82	(5)
Multiplying and Dividing Decimals	87	(7)
Cost and Profit	94	(5)
Fractions, Decimals, and Percent	99	(7)
Percent Problems	106	(10)
Percent Increase or Decrease	116	(5)
Area and Perimeter	121	(12)
Graphs	133	(8)
Arithmetic with Negative Integers	141	(10)
Several Operations	151	(13)
Exam A on Arithmetic	158	(3)
Exam B on Arithmetic	161	(3)
Part II Algebra	164	(155)
Algebraic Expressions	164	(8)
Substituting Numbers for Variables	172	(8)
Adding and Subtracting Polynomials	180	(10)
Multiplying Polynomials	190	(11)
Powers of Monomials	201	(8)
Dividing Polynomials	209	(6)
Common Factors	215	(9)
Solving Equations	224	(10)
Equations with Fractions	234	(9)
Literal Equations	243	(6)
x, y - Plane	249	(7)
Graph of a Line	256	(10)
Equation of a Line	266	(13)
Systems of Equations	279	(12)
Applied Problems	291	(12)
Square Roots and Right Triangles	303	(16)
Exam A on Algebra	314	(2)
Exam B on Algebra	316	(3)
Sample Exams	319	(18)
To the Student	319	(1)
Sample Exam A	320	(6)
Sample Exam B	326	(5)
Sample Exam C	331	(6)
Answers	337	(17)
Complete Solutions to the Sample Exams	354	(7)
Index	361