It’s hard to answer that question without knowing how good/bad you are at math and where you are in life. I know of some people (who are teachers) who failed it the first time and studied a lot, and some who did just fine.
I took it a few months ago without studying at all and easily passed it… but I am also currently a math major in college so my math skills aren’t rusty at all.
I would recommend getting a book and looking it over to at least see if you are confident in most of the areas on the test. The questions range from very basic math to trigonometry and calculus. You don’t have to be an expert in all of the areas because the subsections don’t mater on their own, just the overall scaled average matters but it would obviously be helpful to not go into the test clueless about half of the subsections or having not thought about trig for 20 years. You can also get a good idea about what is on the test here: http://www.mtel.nesinc.com/MA_testobjectives.asp
Good luck!
December 24th, 2009 at 10:55 am
It’s hard to answer that question without knowing how good/bad you are at math and where you are in life. I know of some people (who are teachers) who failed it the first time and studied a lot, and some who did just fine.
I took it a few months ago without studying at all and easily passed it… but I am also currently a math major in college so my math skills aren’t rusty at all.
I would recommend getting a book and looking it over to at least see if you are confident in most of the areas on the test. The questions range from very basic math to trigonometry and calculus. You don’t have to be an expert in all of the areas because the subsections don’t mater on their own, just the overall scaled average matters but it would obviously be helpful to not go into the test clueless about half of the subsections or having not thought about trig for 20 years. You can also get a good idea about what is on the test here: http://www.mtel.nesinc.com/MA_testobjectives.asp
Good luck!
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