TABE Math study guide
TABE Math · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
TABE, the Test for Adult Assessment, is an academic assessment product used throughout adult basic education. Its publisher describes it as a comprehensive and reliable assessment that gives educators a solid foundation for evaluating the skills and knowledge of adult learners, and results are typically used for placement, diagnosis of strengths and weaknesses, and tracking progress against College and Career Readiness expectations. The TABE Math study guide has 4 sections and about 1,587 words.
01Number and Operations
Number and Operations questions ask you to move comfortably among whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, and signed numbers. You should be able to identify place value, round, compare and order integers, find factors and multiples (including greatest common factor and least common multiple), apply exponent and square-root rules, and convert freely between fractions, decimals, and percents.
312 words, about 2 min02Algebraic Thinking
Algebraic Thinking asks you to translate words into expressions and equations, evaluate expressions for given values, combine like terms, apply the distributive property, and solve one- and two-step linear equations and inequalities. You also need to read function tables, recognize patterns, work with the coordinate plane, interpret slope as a rate of change, and connect a linear equation in y = mx + b form to its graph.
315 words, about 2 min03Geometry and Measurement
Geometry and Measurement tests perimeter, circumference, area, volume, and surface area of common figures, plus the Pythagorean theorem, angle relationships, similar figures, scale drawings, and unit conversions within the customary and metric systems. You should be able to break a composite shape into rectangles, triangles, and semicircles, and to choose the correct formula without being handed a formula sheet.
300 words, about 2 min04Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability
Data Analysis questions ask you to read and interpret tables, bar graphs, line graphs, circle graphs, and scatter plots; to compare data sets; to spot trends and make predictions; and to judge whether a display is honest. You should be able to pull a specific value out of a two-way table, compute a total from percentages in a circle graph, and describe the relationship shown in a scatter plot as positive, negative, or none.
660 words, about 3 min