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Lesson 1: About the Praxis Core Math testOverview of the Praxis Core Math Test
Welcome, future teacher!
We're so glad you're here! We hope that the overview below will give you a good sense of what you'll find on the test.
Praxis Math: the Basics
Length: minutes
Format: questions
- Multiple choice questions that ask you to select one answer
- Multiple choice questions that ask you to select one or more answers
- Numeric entry questions
- On-screen calculator available (but not in Khan Academy's practice system)
The Core Academic Skills for Educators test in Mathematics measures academic skills in mathematics needed to prepare successfully for a career in education.
All skills assessed have been identified as needed for college and career readiness, in alignment with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.
What's on the test?
The Praxis Math test covers four major content areas:
- Number and Quantity
- Algebra and Functions
- Geometry
- Statistics and Probability
Many of the problems require the integration of multiple skills.
Number and Quantity
This content area includes questions about:
- Understanding of order among fractions
- Representation of a number in more than one way
- Place value
- Properties of whole numbers
- Counterexamples
- Ratios, rates, and percents
Algebra and functions
This content area includes questions about:
- Manipulating expressions and equations
- Solving linear and quadratic equations
- Solving algebraic word problems
- Creating expressions and equations from verbal descriptions
Geometry
This content area includes questions about:
- Characteristics and properties of geometric shapes
- Congruence and similarity
- Angle relationships
- Circles
Statistics and Probability
This content area includes questions about:
- Reading and interpreting visual display of quantitative information
- Understanding the correspondence between data and graph
- Making inferences from a given data display
- Determining mean, median, and mode
- Assigning a probability to an outcome
Want to join the conversation?
- Is there a test prep like this for the Praxis 5161, Mathematics: Content Knowledge?(13 votes)
- Nope, or at least not yet. I wish there was!(6 votes)
- What is the difference between praxis math 5733 and 5732(7 votes)
- The Praxis 5733 is leaned more till critical thinking. It will consist of less Algebra and Geometry. Formulas will be provided, but there are a lot more word problems. Praxis 5732 is mainly memorization and more Geometry and Algebra. August 2020, they will no longer offer the Praxis 5732.(4 votes)
- What more will I need to do to prepare for 5161? I know it also has calculus...(8 votes)
- what is the quantitative equation(7 votes)
- How do I prepare for the Praxis Core?(5 votes)
- Does this cover the content for the 5003 math test?
Thank you!(3 votes) - Is 5732 5th, 6th or 7th grade math? Same question for 5733.(3 votes)
- on the praxis core, do the numeric entry fraction answers HAVE to be reduced, or does the test accept ALL right answers. SO if my calculator shows 0.8 I can enter 8 over 10 and get it right, - or MUST I reduce it to 4 over 5? Thanks(3 votes)
- Is this prep is for the Basic Math? I need to prepare for the Advanced Test(2 votes)
- Is the course preparing for the 5732 or the 5733?(2 votes)