The Math IC test covers a variety of topics. ETS, the company thatwrites the test, provides the following breakdown of coverage:
This breakdown is accurate, but it is toobroad to help you direct your studying in any meaningful way. That’swhy we created this more detailed breakdown of the test:
|
Topic
|
Percent of Test
|
Usual Number of Questions
|
|
Algebra
|
30%
|
15
|
|
Arithmetic
|
1–3%
|
1
|
|
Equation solving
|
18–22%
|
10
|
|
Binomials, polynomials, quadratics
|
5–7%
|
3
|
|
Plane Geometry
|
20%
|
10
|
|
Lines and angles
|
3–5%
|
2
|
|
Triangles, polygons, circles
|
14–18%
|
8
|
|
Solid Geometry
|
6%
|
3
|
|
Solids (cubes, cylinders, cones, etc.)
|
7–9%
|
4
|
|
Inscribed solids, solids by rotation
|
1–3%
|
1
|
|
Coordinate Geometry
|
12%
|
6
|
|
Lines and distance
|
7–9%
|
4
|
|
Graphing
|
1–3%
|
1
|
|
Conic sections (parabolas, circles)
|
3–5%
|
2
|
|
Trigonometry
|
8%
|
4
|
|
Basic functions (sine, cosine, tangent)
|
3–5%
|
2
|
|
Trigonometric identities
|
1–3%
|
1
|
|
Functions
|
12%
|
6
|
|
Basic, compound, inverse functions
|
7–9%
|
4
|
|
Graphing functions
|
1–3%
|
1
|
|
Domain and range of functions
|
1–3%
|
2
|
|
Statistics and Sets
|
1–3%
|
2
|
|
Mean, median, mode
|
6%
|
3
|
|
Probability
|
1–3%
|
1
|
|
Permutations and combinations
|
1–2%
|
0.5
|
|
Group questions, sets
|
1–2%
|
0.5
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
6%
|
3
|
|
Arithmetic and geometric series
|
1–2%
|
0.5
|
|
Logic
|
1–3%
|
1
|
|
Limits
|
1–2%
|
0.5
|
|
Imaginary numbers
|
1–2%
|
0.5
|
This book is organized according to thesecategories, allowing you to focus on each topic to whatever degree youfeel necessary. Also, each question in the practice tests at the backof this book is grouped by the above categories, so that you can veryprecisely identify your weaknesses and then use this book to addressthem.