This page contains information regarding placement into college level mathematics courses. If you wish to take one of the following courses:

• MATH 1314 -- College Algebra
• MATH 1332 -- Contemporary Mathematics I
• MATH 1324 -- Mathematics for Business and Economics I
• or MATH 1316 -- Trigonometry

Then you must satisfy one of the following requirement:

• 21 or better on ACT mathematics section
• 500 or better on SAT quantitative section
• Grade of C or better in MATH 0303 (Intermediate Algebra)
• Score of 21 or better on the mathematics section of ACT
• Score of 500 or better on the quantitative section of SAT
• Score of 270 or better on the mathematics section of THEA
• Passing score on the departmental pre-algebra placement test
• Other placement tests (e.g. Accuplacer and Compass) may place you into college level mathematics.

The department does offer a pre-algebra placement exam. Passing this exam (70% or better) will allow you to take any of the courses listed above. This test is administered by the Academic Advising Center (UC 202A, Janna Chancey (director), (903) 565-5712). We have some practice exams below:

Available as pdf documents:

• Version One
• Version Two
• Version Three
• Version Four
• Version Five

Answers are available here