If you missed that goal, you will need to take your required learning support math courses and then earn a score of 37 on the COMPASS to exit learning support. A calculator (scientific or graphing) is allowed. Students placed in learning support passing MATH0099 with a C or better will be eligible to take the COMPASS on Final Exam Day. NOTE: Students earning a B or better in MATH0099 will have a second attempt to take the COMPASS exam if they fail on the first attempt.
The Algebra Placement Test comprises topics from three major mathematics curricular areas, as follows:
| Curricular Area | Content Area | Percentage of Items |
| Elementary Algebra | ||
| Substituting values into algebraic equations | ||
| Setting up equations for given situations | ||
| Basic operations with polynomials | ||
| Factoring of polynomials | ||
| Solving polynomial equations by factoring | ||
| Formula manipulation and field axioms | ||
| Linear equations in one variable | ||
| Exponents and radicals | ||
| Linear inequalities in one variable | ||
| Intermediate Algebra | ||
| Rational expressions | ||
| Exponents and radicals | ||
| Systems of linear equations in two variables | ||
| Quadratic formulas | ||
| Absolute value equations and inequalities | ||
| Coordinate Geometry | ||
| Linear equations in two variables | ||
| Distance formulas in the plane | ||
| Graphing conics (circle, parabola, etc.) | ||
| Graphing parallel and perpendicular lines | ||
| Graphing relations in the plane | ||
| Graphing systems of equations and rational functions | ||
| Midpoint Formula |