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: Excellent! 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 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.