Find Your Study Plan

The answer key shows where in this chapter to find explanations for the questions you missed.
Here’s how you should proceed based on your Diagnostic Test score.

9–10: Superb! You really know your algebra. Unless you have lots of time and just love to read about
algebra, you might consider skipping this chapter. You seem to know it all already. To make
absolutely sure, you could look over the facts, formulas, and strategies in the margins of this
chapter. And if you just want to do some more algebra problems, go to the Follow-Up Test at the
end of this chapter.

7–8: You’re quite good at algebra. Some of these are especially difficult questions. If you’re taking a
“shortcut” or you’re on the Panic Plan, you don’t really have time to study this chapter, and you
don’t really need to. You might want to look at those pages that address the questions you didn’t
get right. And if you just want to do some more algebra problems, go to the Follow-Up Test at the
end of the chapter.

0–6: No matter which level test you’re taking, or how pressed for time you are, you should continue
to read this chapter and do the Follow-Up Test at the end. You need to brush up on your algebra
before you can take full advantage of later chapters.