HESI math

cajunRNtobe · Mar 26, 2015

I had a few word problems but they ended up being as simple as multiplication, adding and subtracting. If you've been studying and you know metric conversions, English to metric and farenheit to celcius you'll be fine. 80% of my exam were proportions. So know how to set up a basic proportion and you should do well. That's all I did and I got a 98% in the math portion.

Dont freak out and take your time! It's not as challenging as you think. Also, I reccomsnd writing everything out, especially since many problems on this section aren't multiple choice and you have to write in your answer.

laura1129 · Mar 26, 2015

Thank you.. Really appreciate it. I guess I will work on reading the problem and figuring out how to set if up as a proportion. Do you recommend anything for the reading grammar and vocab? I studied everything from the book but what else do you suggest?

Thanks again :)

cajunRNtobe · Mar 27, 2015

I made an 100% on the vocab part, just use the book and go over the terms you don't recognize. Make flash cards and try and find some sentences they are used in. I only used the book.

Grammar, I recommend the McGraw-hill book for all nursing exams. It was identical to what I saw on the test. Recognizing subject/predicate, independent and dependent clauses and some of the more tricky parts will help, but don't over-analyze on the exam. I lost points by over analyzing and thinking it was a trick question when really if I would have taken my time and focused I would have realized it was just a spelling mistake. I made an 88% on that part.

cajunRNtobe · Mar 27, 2015

The Mc-Graw-hill book had a ton of practice tests/questions though.

cajunRNtobe · Mar 27, 2015

An example of the proportions I saw on the exam would be like "Julia had 10 pieces of candy and she ended up giving 5 to Cindy. Written as a proportion, how many does she have left?" Or it was like "the sale price of ____ was $150 which was 80 percent of the normal price. What was the normal price?" Which would be 150/80 times ?/100. Just look up proportion word problems.

laura1129 · Mar 27, 2015

Great! Thank you so much!! I have both of those books so I am going to study everything until I understand them. I really appreciate the feedback. You definitely relieved some stress off of me ðŸ˜Š

txgirl15 · Mar 27, 2015

I used a book called Davis's Basic Math Review for Nurses, written by Vicki Raines. It's a great book that has all types of math problems just like the HESI (proportions, fractions, addition/subtraction, the metric system etc). I used the book a few days before the exam and passed.

laura1129 · Mar 27, 2015

I have the book also! I studied my math from that book. The only thing im having a problem with are the word problems. But I been learning to set them up as proportions and hopefully I will do fine ðŸ˜Š

txgirl15 · Mar 27, 2015

You will do great! That book is very helpful!

SunriseDay · Mar 27, 2015

My highest score on the HESI was in math and was 94%. I took it Dec '13. I don't think I studied for it... it seemed easier than the TEAS test and I scored slightly higher (I think 84% cumulative).

It's nice you can use a calculator for the HESI vs the TEAS, though I had a high math score on the TEAS also (I think 92%?). It is basic math... I don't really remember any algebra problems or even intermediate algebra. I took statistics, however, before which may have helped with the proportions. I had A's in both intermediate algebra (although on transcript just says "credit" bc petitioned for that early on) and an A in statistics.. which could have helped.

I'd recommend studying, though... that's the best course of action. I did get into a program with that score... but it was O-O-S and private (highly expensive).. so try getting a higher score. The previous poster has some good suggestions.

laura1129 · Mar 28, 2015

Thank you all so much!! I appreciate it ðŸ˜Š one more question lol. For the math portion, do they expect us to write the answer in " proportion " form, or just the answer itself?

Thanks again!! ðŸ˜Š