This practice book contains

• one actual, full-length GRE® Mathematics Test
• test-taking strategies

Become familiar with

• test structure and content
• test instructions and answering procedures

Compare your practice test results with the performance of those who took the test at a GRE administration.

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Purpose of the GRE Subject Tests
The GRE Subject Tests are designed to help graduate school admission committees and fellowship sponsors assess the qualifi cations of applicants in specific fields of study. The tests also provide you with an assessment of your own qualifications.

Scores on the tests are intended to indicate knowledge of the subject matter emphasized in many undergraduate programs as preparation for graduate study. Because past achievement is usually a good indicator of future performance, the scores are helpful in predicting success in graduate study. Because the tests are standardized, the test scores permit comparison of students from different institutions with different undergraduate programs.

For some Subject Tests, subscores are provided in addition to the total score; these subscores indicate the strengths and weaknesses of your preparation, and they may help you plan future studies.

The GRE Board recommends that scores on the Subject Tests be considered in conjunction with other relevant information about applicants. Because numerous factors influence success in graduate school, reliance on a single measure to predict success is not advisable. Other indicators of competence typically include undergraduate transcripts showing courses taken and grades earned, letters of recommendation, and GRE General Test scores.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Purpose of the GRE Subject Tests ........................ 3
Development of the Subject Tests ........................ 3
Content of the Mathematics Test ........................ 4
Preparing for a Subject Test .................................. 5
Test-Taking Strategies .......................................... 5
What Your Scores Mean ....................................... 6
Practice Mathematics Test .................................. 9
Scoring Your Subject Test .................................. 55
Evaluating Your Performance ............................. 58
Answer Sheet...................................................... 59

Evaluating Your Performance
Now that you have scored your test, you may wish to compare your performance with the performance of others who took this test. Both the worksheet on page 56 and the table on page 57 use performance data from GRE Mathematics Test examinees.

The data in the worksheet on page 56 are based on the performance of a sample of the examinees who took this test in December 2000. This sample was selected to represent the total population of GRE Mathematics Test examinees tested between October 1997 and September 2000. The numbers in the column labeled “P+” on the worksheet indicate the percentages of examinees in this sample who answered each question correctly. You may use these numbers as a guide for evaluating your performance on each test question.

The table on page 57 contains, for each scaled score, the percentage of examinees tested between October 1997 and September 2000 who received lower scores. Interpretive data based on the scores earned by examinees tested in this three-year period was used by admissions officers in the 2001-02 testing year. These percentages appear in the score conversion table in a column to the right of the scaled scores, when their raw scores were placed on the new scale. For example, in the percentage column opposite the scaled score of 620 is the number 51. This means that 51 percent of the GRE Mathematics Test examinees tested between October 1997 and September 2000 scored lower than 620 when their raw scores are placed on the new scale. To compare yourself with this population, look at the percentage next to the scaled score you earned on the practice test.

It is important to realize that the conditions under which you tested yourself were not exactly the same as those you will encounter at a test center. It is impossible to predict how different test-taking conditions will affect test perfor mance, and this is only one factor that may account for differences between your practice test scores and your actual test scores.

By comparing your performance on this practice test with the performance of other GRE Mathematics Test examinees, however, you will be able to determine your strengths and weaknesses and can then plan a program of study to prepare yourself for taking the GRE Mathematics Test under standard conditions.

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