The mathematics faculty at Henry Ford Community College require students to take a placement exam. Ideally the result of the exam places the student in the highest level course the student has the requisite knowledge to pass.
Sometimes a student who has had a lot of mathematics will forget some of it over the course of a few months, or years. These students often can place into a higher course and succeed in that course if they review for the placement test first! If you would like to review before you take the mathematics placement exam here are some materials you can use.
Sample Questions . . .Free Materials . . .Materials for a Charge
Basic Math
Introductory Algebra
Intermediate Algebra
Note: These are only a sample of the types of questions on the Compass test. A complete list of the topics can be found here.
| ACT Compass | http://www.act.org/compass/sample |
| Near the bottom of this page is a link to a 14 page review for pre-algebra and algebra by the company that makes the test. | |
| AAA Math | http://www.aaamath.com/B/pct.htm |
| AAA math offers explanations and interactive practice on a number of topics. This particular link goes to lessons and activities about percents. | |
| algebra.help | http://www.algebrahelp.com |
| This site has lessons that you can view for free. You can try to work problems on worksheets then check your answers. | |
| A + Math | http://aplusmath.com |
| A + Math offers worksheets and online activities to review topics. | |
| Explore Learning | http://www.explorelearning.com |
| Explore Learning has Shockwave activities to use to learn various math topics. | |
| Purplemath | http://purplemath.com |
| You can review pre-algebra, algebra and intermediate algebra by topic. The lessons at Purplemath are not interactive. They are accurate, short summaries of topics that make excellent reviews. | |
| Quia | http://www.quia.com/dir/math |
| Quia has interactive games you created by teachers to review math skills. Levels from early grade school mathematics to algebra are addressed. Extra features are available with a free registration. | |
| Test Prep Mathematics | http://www.businessbookmall.com/mathpp5.htm |
| This site includes a link to a several lessons on arithmetic. | |
| Visual Fractions | http://www.visualfractions.com |
A tutorial that offers instruction and practice in identifying,
renaming, and operating on fractions.
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| ALEKS | http://aleks.com |
| For a monthly fee you can use ALEKS online. ALEKS will first test you to find your specific strengths and weaknesses. Then it will allow you to choose what skills to work to improve among those you are ready to learn. ALEKS is used in some sections of Math 074 at HFCC. | |
Last Revised Fall 2007 by HFCC's Developmental Math Committee