--- title: "Free TEAS 7 math practice test: 10 scored questions" description: "Ten free TEAS 7 math questions, scored. Plus what the Mathematics section tests, the errors that cost the most marks, and how to pace 57 minutes." url: https://nurseadmit.com/teas-practice-test/math --- 1. [Home](https://nurseadmit.com/) 2. [How to use a TEAS practice test](https://nurseadmit.com/teas-practice-test) 3. TEAS 7 math practice test # TEAS 7 math practice test **38** questions on the real section **57** minutes **34** of them scored **10** free here **10 free Mathematics questions** Answer one and the explanation opens underneath it. **1** Numbers and algebra At 6 p.m. an outdoor thermometer reads −3 °F. The temperature then falls 4 °F every hour for 5 hours. What does the thermometer read at 11 p.m.? **2** Numbers and algebra A store sells one brand of hand sanitizer in three container sizes: 8 fl oz for $3.20, 12 fl oz for $4.44 and 16 fl oz for $6.08\. Which statement about the cost per fluid ounce is correct? **3** Numbers and algebra Solve for x: (2/3)x − 5 = 7 **4** Numbers and algebra Evaluate: (|−12| − 2³) ÷ (5 − 9) **5** Numbers and algebra Evaluate: 5² − 3 × (2 − 6) Questions 6–8 **Line graph — average daily wait time in the emergency department, January to June** | Month | Average wait (minutes) | | -------- | ---------------------- | | January | 42 | | February | 38 | | March | 35 | | April | 31 | | May | 33 | | June | 28 | **6** Measurement and data Between which two consecutive months did the average wait time fall by the greatest number of minutes? **7** Measurement and data By what percent did the average wait time decrease from January to June? **8** Measurement and data What is the mean average wait time across the six months shown? **9** Measurement and data A map uses a scale of 1 cm = 50 m. A rectangular park is drawn 4 cm by 3 cm on the map. What is the actual area of the park? **10** Measurement and data A patient's chart lists a weight of 68 kg. Using 1 kg = 2.2 lb, what is the weight in pounds? ## Ten questions cannot score you They tell you whether this section feels hard. A score needs all four sections and enough questions to separate a run of bad luck from a real gap. The diagnostic is 30 questions, free, and it returns a section-by-section report with the points-per-hour table. [Take the free diagnostic](https://nurseadmit.com/teas-practice-test) These ten questions are mixed in the same proportions as the real Mathematics section and scored the same way. The section itself is 38 questions in 57 minutes, 34 of which count. What follows is what it tests, where marks actually go missing, and how to run the clock. ## What the Mathematics section is Mathematics is the slowest section on the TEAS 7 at 90 seconds a question, and the second smallest by share of your score. | | Mathematics | Whole exam | | ------------------------------ | ----------- | ---------- | | Questions presented | 38 | 170 | | Questions scored | 34 | 150 | | Time | 57 min | 209 min | | Seconds per presented question | 90 | — | | Share of the total score | 22.7% | 100% | Four of the 38 are unscored pretest items being trialed for future forms. They are not labeled and they sit anywhere in the section, so treat every question as if it counts. The other 34 divide into two sub-areas, close to evenly: | Sub-area | Scored questions | Share of the section | Share of the exam | | -------------------- | ---------------- | -------------------- | ----------------- | | Numbers and algebra | 18 | 52.9% | 12.0% | | Measurement and data | 16 | 47.1% | 10.7% | A four-function calculator is provided on screen for this section, and a proctor issues one on paper forms. Personal calculators are not allowed — not graphing, not scientific, not the one on your phone. Plan around what a four-function calculator lacks: no parentheses, no memory, no order of operations. It takes keystrokes in the order you press them, so you supply the order and write intermediate values down. Sections are timed separately too, so minutes saved on Reading do not carry into Mathematics. ## What is actually tested ### Numbers and algebra — 18 scored questions Arithmetic with integers, fractions, decimals and mixed numbers, under order of operations. Converting between fractions, decimals and percents, and comparing and ordering them. Estimation and rounding. Ratios and proportions, unit rates and best-buy comparisons. Percent problems of all three shapes: part of a whole, what percent one number is of another, and percent change. Solving one-variable linear equations, and the step before that — turning a sentence into the equation. Inequalities, absolute value, exponents and square roots at an arithmetic level. Translation is the underrated part. Most of these items are one line of algebra wrapped in two lines of English, and the marks go missing in the wrapping. ### Measurement and data — 16 scored questions Unit conversion within metric, within US customary, and between the two — length, mass, volume and temperature. Dimensional analysis, meaning writing the conversion factor so the unit you want to lose cancels. Perimeter, area, circumference and volume of common shapes, the Pythagorean theorem at a basic level, and scale drawings. Reading bar, line and circle graphs and tables. Mean, median, mode and range, and the shape of a distribution. Identifying independent and dependent variables, and reading positive, negative or no correlation off a scatterplot. Much of this sub-area is reading rather than calculating. The numbers are handed to you; the question is whether you read the units and the axis correctly first. ## The mistakes that cost the most marks Every one of these has a matching distractor waiting in the options. **Percent change divided by the wrong base.** Percent change is always the difference over the _original_ value, never the new one. A supply that falls from 250 boxes to 200: ``` change = 250 − 200 = 50 percent = 50 ÷ 250 = 0.20 = 20% decrease ``` Dividing by 200 gives 25%, and 25% will be on the screen as an option. The word to watch is _from_: whatever follows it is the denominator. **Dividing by a fraction without flipping.** To divide, multiply by the reciprocal: ``` 3/4 ÷ 1/8 = 3/4 × 8/1 = 24/4 = 6 ``` Six, not 3/32\. Dividing by a number smaller than 1 makes the answer bigger, so if your answer shrank, you did not flip. **Converting in the wrong direction.** One kilogram is 2.2 pounds, so a 154-pound patient is 154 ÷ 2.2 = 70 kg. Multiplying gives 338.8 kg, which is not a plausible human being. Ask which unit is bigger before you touch the calculator: fewer of the bigger unit, more of the smaller one. **Using the diameter as the radius.** A circle given as 10 cm across has a radius of 5, so its area is π × 5² ≈ 78.5 cm², not π × 10² ≈ 314 cm². The error is a factor of four every time, and the factor-of-four answer is always on offer. **Rounding too early.** Round once, at the end, to whatever the question asks for. Round an intermediate value and then multiply it by 12, and the answer drifts far enough to land on a wrong option. ## Pacing: what 90 seconds actually buys you Ninety seconds is generous for a percent question and tight for a multi-step conversion, which is the whole pacing problem: the average only holds if you bank time on the short items rather than spend it. Two checkpoints are enough. At the halfway point in time — roughly 28 minutes gone — be at question 19 or later. At 45 minutes, be at question 30, leaving 12 minutes for the last eight and anything you set aside. The rule for abandoning a question: if you cannot see the _setup_ within about 20 seconds, you will not find it in the next twenty. Put down your best estimate and move — nothing is deducted for a wrong answer, so a blank is a certain zero where a guess is one chance in four. One four-minute question costs three easy ones later, and that trade decides more scores than any gap in content. If your form allows flagging and returning within the section, flag it; check how navigation works on the version you are booked on, since it differs between forms. ## How to prepare for this section Mathematics is 22.7% of your total score, so unless your own results say otherwise it deserves roughly that share of your study hours — not the half students who dislike math give it, and not the tenth students who like it give it. Time follows the blueprint first and your weaknesses second. [The full section-by-section breakdown](https://nurseadmit.com/teas-7) shows where the other 77.3% sits. Drill setup, not arithmetic. The calculator handles arithmetic. What it cannot do is decide which number goes on the bottom of the fraction, so write the equation before computing anything, then substitute the answer back to check — ten seconds on a four-option item, and it catches every sign slip. Estimate first, check units last. If the exact answer is nowhere near your estimate, the setup was wrong rather than the button-pressing. If the question asks for milligrams and your answer is in grams, that is a trap. Time your practice from the start. Untimed practice teaches the content and hides the pacing problem until test day, which is the most common way a prepared student scores below what they know. Ten questions will tell you whether fractions or unit conversion is the weaker half, and not much more. [The full 30-question diagnostic](https://nurseadmit.com/teas-practice-test) covers all four sections and returns a sub-area breakdown, which is what a study plan needs as an input; [how to build that plan](https://nurseadmit.com/how-to-study-for-the-teas) depends on how many weeks are left before your test date. ## Common questions ### Is the TEAS math section hard? The content is not advanced — arithmetic, fractions and percents, proportions, one-variable algebra, unit conversion, geometry at a basic level and reading data. What makes it the hardest section for many people is that it is the slowest on the exam and the least forgiving of a wrong setup: 38 questions in 57 minutes is 90 seconds each, 34 of them are scored, and Mathematics is 22.7% of your total score. A four-function calculator does the arithmetic for you, and nothing does the setup. ### Can you use a calculator on the TEAS math section? Yes, but only the one you are given. A four-function calculator is provided on screen for the Mathematics section, and on paper forms the proctor issues one. Personal calculators of any kind are prohibited, including graphing and scientific models and the one on your phone, so practice with a four-function calculator rather than something smarter. It has no parentheses, no memory and no order of operations, which means you supply the order and write intermediate values down as you go. ### How many math questions do you have to get right on the TEAS? There is no national passing score, and programs normally publish a required total score rather than a Mathematics minimum. Mathematics is 34 of the 150 scored questions, and one scored question is about 0.67 points of the total, so every math question is worth two-thirds of a point wherever it sits. Typical program requirements run 55 to 65 for LPN and PN, 60 to 70 for ADN, 70 to 80 for BSN and higher for selective programs; your program's admissions page is the only place its own number is confirmed. ### What happens if you run out of time on the TEAS math section? The section closes at 57 minutes with whatever you have answered, the exam moves on to Science with its own 60 minutes, and time is never carried between sections. Nothing is deducted for a wrong answer, so put something on every question rather than leaving any blank. Running out of time is usually decided in the middle of a section rather than at the end, so the useful question at the 28-minute mark is whether you are roughly halfway through. ### Is there algebra on the TEAS math test? Yes. Numbers and algebra is 18 of the 34 scored questions, a little over half the section and 12% of the whole exam; measurement and data is the other 16\. The algebra is one-variable work — solving a linear equation, ratios, proportions and percent problems — and a good share of the difficulty is in turning a sentence into the equation before you solve anything. #### On this page [What the Mathematics section is](#what-the-mathematics-section-is) [What is actually tested](#what-is-actually-tested) [The mistakes that cost the most marks](#the-mistakes-that-cost-the-most-marks) [Pacing: what 90 seconds actually buys you](#pacing-what-90-seconds-actually-buys-you) [How to prepare for this section](#how-to-prepare-for-this-section) [Common questions](#common-questions) ## The rest of this guide - [TEAS 7 English practice test7 min](https://nurseadmit.com/teas-practice-test/english) - [TEAS 7 reading practice test7 min](https://nurseadmit.com/teas-practice-test/reading) - [TEAS 7 science practice test8 min](https://nurseadmit.com/teas-practice-test/science) ## Also worth reading - [How to study for the TEAS 76 min](https://nurseadmit.com/how-to-study-for-the-teas) - [The ATI TEAS 7 study guide14 min](https://nurseadmit.com/teas-study-guide) ## Start from a score 30 questions across all four sections, scored against the blueprint. 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