ORT Main Test study plan

Compute fluently with integers, fractions, decimals, percentages and ratios, converting among forms without a calculator

Apply order of operations, estimation and number properties (factors, multiples, primes, divisibility rules) to simplify expressions

Translate short word statements into single-variable equations and inequalities and solve them

Identify and correct errors in subject–verb agreement, pronoun reference, parallelism and comparison in 40 sentences

Classify every mistake as conceptual, careless or knowledge gap in a personal error log

Solve linear equations, inequalities and two-equation systems, and rearrange literal formulas for a named variable

Interpret and build graphs of linear functions, deriving slope and intercepts from tables, two points and real contexts

Read two full-length expository passages and identify main idea, explicit detail, inference, purpose and tone with sentence-level evidence

Distinguish restatement from inference from overreach when eliminating answer choices

Summarize each passage in one sentence and map its structure as claim, evidence, counterpoint and conclusion

Answer vocabulary-in-context items by substituting every option back into the surrounding sentence

Solve percentage-change, simple and compound interest, and rate–time–distance problems

Paraphrase ten complex passage sentences while preserving qualifiers such as 'only', 'unless' and 'however'

Compute perimeter, area, surface area and volume for triangles, circles, parallelograms, cylinders and composite figures

Apply the Pythagorean theorem and angle relationships in parallel lines, triangles and polygons to find unknowns

Convert within and across metric and customary units, including time, speed and other compound rates

Apply comma, semicolon, colon and modifier-placement rules to editing items

Reason about coordinate geometry, transformations, similarity and congruence when sketching and checking figures

Interpret tables, bar and line graphs, pie charts and scatterplots, computing mean, median, mode, range and weighted average

Solve multi-step applied problems involving unit rates, proportions and scale drawings

Estimate each answer before computing so that implausible choices are eliminated early

Model word problems by defining variables, writing a function or equation, and testing the result against the original scenario

Interpret function notation, domain and range, and linear versus non-linear growth in applied contexts

Identify genre, narrator, period and figurative language such as metaphor, irony and allusion in short literary excerpts

Connect a literary text to its cultural or historical setting using only evidence inside the passage

Re-solve every item missed in weeks 1 through 6 and name the underlying rule behind each one

Drill the two weakest quantitative sub-skills until each reaches 90% accuracy on fresh items

Pace full passages at eight minutes each, completing three passages in 24 minutes with no more than two misses

Finalize a test-day strategy covering question order, flagging and hard time caps per item

Complete two full-length timed mock tests under exam conditions with no interruptions

Review each mock within 24 hours, tagging every error by domain and by cause

Enforce a 90-second per-question cutoff in practice to avoid stalls on any single item

Reproduce the formula sheet and grammar checklist from memory before each mock