Introduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with the ACCUPLACER 5 Chapter 1: Getting to Know the ACCUPLACER 7 Chapter 2: Taking a Closer Look at What's on the ACCUPLACER 13 Chapter 3: Preparation and Test Strategy 19 Part 2: The Reading Test 27 Chapter 4: Reading Passages 29 Chapter 5: Working through Reading Questions 33 Chapter 6: Reading Practice Questions 47 Part 3: The Writing Test 59 Chapter 7: Standard English Grammar Conventions 61 Chapter 8: Expression of Ideas 79 Chapter 9: Writing Practice Questions 93 Part 4: The Arithmetic Test 103 Chapter 10: Arithmetic: Whole Numbers and Fractions 105 Chapter 11: Decimals, Percents, and Word Problems 121 Chapter 12: Arithmetic Practice Questions 139 Part 5: The Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics Test 155 Chapter 13: Quantitative Reasoning and Pre-Algebra 157 Chapter 14: Algebra and Geometry 175 Chapter 15: Statistics, Probability, and Sets 205 Chapter 16: Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, and Statistics Practice Questions 215 Part 6: The Advanced Algebra and Functions Test 237 Chapter 17: Factoring and Functions 239 Chapter 18: Polynomials and Other Functions 261 Chapter 19: Geometry and Trigonometry 289 Chapter 20: Advanced Algebra and Functions Practice Questions 311 Part 7: ACCUPLACER Practice Tests 339 Chapter 21: Practice Test 1 341 Chapter 22: Answers to Practice Test 1 375 Chapter 23: Practice Test 2 391 Chapter 24: Answers to Practice Test 2 429 Part 8: The Part of Tens 445 Chapter 25: Ten Ways College Is Different from High School 447 Chapter 26: Ten Ways to Boost Your Performance (and Your Score) on the ACCUPLACER 453 Index 457.