Getting placed in the right math class will help you get your degree quickly, and a good score on the placement test will help you get placed well.
How do you prepare for the COMPASS math placement test? You can use COMPASS’s booklet of questions and answers — but that booklet doesn’t explain how to work the problems.
That’s where Answers Explained can help. Answers Explained provides explanations to sample COMPASS problems in all five test areas in math: numerical skills, algebra, college algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
About the author: I am an adjunct professor of mathematics at Northern Virginia Community College, a freelance writer who contributes to math textbooks, and a long-time tutor of math, English, and test prep.
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