Free ACCUPLACER Practice Test

1. Read the passage, then answer the question.

Library staff had expected the seed-lending shelf to be a small side project that a few gardeners would use in the spring. It was not. Indeed, the shelf turned out to be the busiest new service the branch has opened in a decade, and staff have had to restock it twice a month since March.

In the passage, the word "Indeed" signals that the sentence it begins will

1. A. introduce one more branch service alongside the seed shelf.
2. B. underline the point just made and restate it in stronger terms.
3. C. reverse the point just made about how popular the shelf is.
4. D. give the result that the staff's low expectations produced.

2. Read the passage, then answer the question.

The town board could not vote on the budget in March. Only four of the nine members came that night, and the board's own rules require a quorum of five before any vote may be taken.

As used in the passage, the word quorum most nearly means

1. A. the smallest number of members who must be present before a vote can count
2. B. the number of votes needed for a measure to pass
3. C. a scheduled public meeting of a governing body
4. D. the nine members who together make up the whole board

3. A registrar's memo needs one word filled in: "The office will ____ late applications through Friday afternoon." Which word correctly completes the sentence?

1. A. accept
2. B. except
3. C. expect
4. D. access

4. A writer drafted this pair of sentences: "The clinic began offering evening appointments in March. Moreover, the number of patients who miss appointments has dropped by half." The drop in missed appointments is the direct result of the evening hours. Which revision best replaces the transition so it signals the actual relationship between the two ideas?

1. A. Keep "moreover" as written
2. B. Replace "moreover" with "for example"
3. C. Replace "moreover" with "nevertheless"
4. D. Replace "moreover" with "consequently"

5. What is 7/10 divided by 2/5, written in lowest terms?

1. A. 4/7
2. B. 3 4/7
3. C. 1 3/4
4. D. 7/25

6. What is the value of (4.5 - 1.8) × 0.3?

1. A. 3.96
2. B. 81
3. C. 8.1
4. D. 0.81

7. A proportion is written as 6/x = 15/40. What is the value of x?

1. A. 2.25
2. B. 31
3. C. 16
4. D. 1.6

8. A box holds 20 tiles numbered 1 through 20, one number per tile. One tile is drawn at random. What is the probability of drawing a number less than 6? Express your answer as a decimal.

1. A. 0.75
2. B. 0.3
3. C. 0.25
4. D. 4.0

9. Which expression is the simplified form of (x² - 25)/(x² + 2x - 35)?

1. A. 5/7
2. B. (x + 5)/(x + 7)
3. C. (x - 5)/(x - 7)
4. D. (x - 5)/(x + 7)

10. A clinic records 240 milligrams of a medication in a patient's system. The medication has a half-life of 6 hours, so the amount remaining is M(t) = 240 · (1/2)^(t/6), with t measured in hours. How many milligrams remain after 24 hours?

1. A. 15 milligrams
2. B. 120 milligrams
3. C. 30 milligrams
4. D. 60 milligrams