Placement Test Study Guide

Information on the Placement Test Study Guide:

You can now get the Placement Test Study Guide for free.

For success on your placement exam, you need practice tests, as well as a study guide that sums up the key points for the test.

Our study guide covers all five areas tested on the exam: reading; writing; arithmetic; quantitative reasoning, algebra, and statistics; and advanced algebra and functions.

The study guide shows you how to improve your sentence skills and grammar for the test.




It contains comprehensive examples and explanations for each type of question covered on all five parts of the exam.

If you buy all three of our online practice tests, you will receive the CPT Study Guide at no additional cost.

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Research shows that for the best CPT preparation, you need to take practice tests before your actual exam.

In addition, you need to see in-depth explanations in order to understand why the right answers are correct and why the wrong answers are incorrect.

The in-depth explanations provided on our CPT practice tests and study guide are what make our materials the best.

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What’s Included in our Placement Test Study Guide?

The study guide has practice test questions and solutions.

It has six sections: grammar review, reading tips, arithmetic, algebra & functions, geometry, and trigonometry

Each section starts with tips and exam strategies for that particular part of the placement test.

To help improve your sentence skills, the guide includes an extensive grammar review which is fifteen pages long.

The reading section shows you the different types of reading questions on the exam, such as main idea, author’s purpose, or drawing inferences, and explains how to answer each one.

The math section has practice problems with step-by-step solutions which illustrate how to use the all of the formulas and equations that are assessed on the actual math placement test.