MATH PROFICIENCY EXAM

The next time this test will be administered will be 9 to 11 am on Saturday, September 6. All students MUST sign up for the exam by Thursday, 9/4 at noon. Please go to room 116 EWG to sign up. The location of the exam will be announced when you sign up.

You must bring a number two pencil, a calculator and your student ID to the exam.

This exam is designed to allow students with a good mathematical background satisfy the College of Arts and Science BA math skills requirement without taking a mathematics course. (Other colleges may or may not allow this math waiver; you should check with your advisor or dean.) If you are interested, please check with your advisor that this test will apply to your program.

The test covers roughly the same content as Math 114. For this reason it is popularly known as the "M114 Waiver Exam". The test consists of thirty multiple-choice questions covering algebra, functions and elementary statistics. Twenty or more questions correctly answered are considered passing. Students are given two hours to complete the exam. Results will either be sent to you via e-mail or you can stop by 116 EWG the Wednesday after the exam is administered. You are only allowed ONE attempt on this exam.

Bettyann Daley of the Preparatory Mathematics Program administers this test. It is administered three times during the academic year. It is administered in September, generally the Friday or Saturday after classes begin. It is given in November prior to pre-registration for spring and in April prior to pre-registration for fall. The results of your test will be e-mailed to Di Davis of the Registrar's office where it will be placed on your University record.

Past history suggests that some preparation is necessary to achieve a passing score. Reviewing a Precalculus or College Algebra text and a Statistics text would be helpful. The current Math 114 textbooks would work well. Intermediate algebra skills are assumed.

The concepts covered by the Math Proficiency Exam include:

• Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
• Solving Equations and Inequalities
• Solving Systems of Equations including word problems and applications (including three equations with three unknowns)
• Linear and Quadratic Functions and their Characteristics
• Finding Equations of Lines
• Exponential and Logarithmic Functions: Definitions and Solving Equations
• Functions: Definition, Domain, Range, Zeros, Notation, Using Graph
• Mathematical Models including Profit, Revenue and Cost applications
• Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, Mode
• Measures of Dispersion: Variance, Standard Deviation, Range
• Relative Frequencies
• Normal Probability Distributions

Note: A working scientific calculator is required. Calculators will not be provided at the exam. Also bring your student ID and a number two pencil.

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