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Mathematics Placement Exam Arithmetic Concepts

The arithmetic concepts listed below are examples of those covered on the Mathematics Placement Exam. Links connect to sections in the publisher's web sites for the textbooks Basic College Mathematics (BCM) or Beginning Algebra (BA).

ARITHMETIC TOPICS

Subtraction of Integers  BCM 1.3
Division of whole numbers  BMC 1.5
Order of Operations with Integers BCM 1.6
Concept of a Fraction BCM 2.1
Reducing Fractions BCM 2.2
Adding and Subtracting Fractions BCM 2.7
Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers BCM 2.8
Ordering Decimals BCM 3.2
Multiplying Decimals BCM 3.4
Unit pricing
Exponents BA 4.1
Order of Operations with Exponents BA 4.1
Square Roots of Perfect Squares BCM 7.5
Order of Operations with Radicals and Integers BA 9.3
Perimeter
Translating from English to Symbolic Language BA 3.1
Evaluating Opposite of the Principal Root of an Integer
Reducing Radicals BA 9.2
Arithmetic Average BCM 8.4
Negative Rational Exponents
Order of Operations with Radicals, Signed Numbers and Division BA 9.5
Absolute value of signed numbers
Adding signed numbers BCM 9.1
Subtracting signed numbers BCM 9.2
Order of Operations with Signed Numbers including Division BCM 9.4
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