Praxis Core Math study guide
Praxis Core Math · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Praxis Core: Mathematics (5733) is one of the three subtests that make up the Praxis Core Combined assessment (5752), alongside Reading (5713) and Writing (5723). ETS describes the combined test as measuring "academic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics for a career in education," so the mathematics subtest is aimed at candidates entering educator-preparation programs or seeking initial certification who must show baseline quantitative competence rather than subject-matter expertise in mathematics itself. Content is organized into four equally weighted areas: Number and Quantity, Algebra and Functions, Geometry, and Statistics and Probability, each accounting for roughly 25 percent of the test. Because the exam is delivered in English and rewards accurate, efficient computation under time pressure, preparation should combine a review of each domain's core procedures with regular timed practice on mixed problem sets, including problems that require interpreting a written scenario before calculating. The Praxis Core Math study guide has 4 sections and about 1,470 words.
01Number and Quantity
Number and Quantity supplies roughly 30% of the scored questions on Praxis Core Math, more than any other strand. Expect fluent computation with integers, fractions, decimals, and percents, plus ratio, proportion, unit rate, exponents, radicals, scientific notation, and number properties such as factors, multiples, and absolute value.
400 words, about 2 min02Algebra and Functions
Algebra and Functions is also about 30% of the exam. Questions ask you to simplify expressions, solve linear equations and inequalities, solve systems of two equations, evaluate and interpret functions, and connect a linear equation to its graph.
390 words, about 2 min03Geometry
Geometry accounts for about 20% of Praxis Core Math. Questions test angle relationships, perimeter and area of two-dimensional figures, volume, the Pythagorean theorem, similar figures, coordinate geometry, and transformations.
339 words, about 2 min04Statistics and Probability
Statistics and Probability is about 20% of the test. Expect to summarize data sets, read graphs and tables, judge sampling and study design, interpret scatterplots, and compute simple and compound probabilities.
341 words, about 2 min