TEAS 6 Advice (Questions Welcome)

[TheRomaniac]

I recently took the ATI TEAS 6 and scored in the 97th percentile. I would like to help those who have worries or questions regarding the new TEAS test. I am more than happy to answer your questions regarding the test without disclosing any questions specifically. That being said, I will break down what you should know to the best of my ability.

READING

- Can't stress this enough, know what can be found in a dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, index, glossary, appendix, and table of contents. I had several questions on these.

- Be able to pull information from a visual medium (graph, picture, map, etc.)

- Know the difference between facts, opinions, biases, and stereotypes

- Know if a text is being informative, persuasive, or expository

- Know the difference between connotation and denotation, and be able to infer the definition of a word based on the context of a sentence

- Be able to summarize or draw a conclusion from a given text

- Be able to distinguish between a topic sentence, the main idea, and supporting details of a text

- Know the difference between something being chronological or sequential

MATH

A preface on the math section; just because a calculator is used on this version of the TEAS does not mean the math this time is significantly more difficult than previous versions of the TEAS. You can expect mostly the same concepts.

- Be comfortable converting between fractions, decimals, and percentages

- Be able to do basic arithmetic (add, subtract, multiply, divide)

- Know your order of operations (aka PEMDAS) when doing equations

- Solve equations with one variable

- Ranking rationals numbers from least to greatest, or vice versa

- Know how to do to percent increase/decrease problems

- Know how to convert between different units (conversation rates are given to you in the problem!)

- Know what is positive, negative, and no correlation

- Know what skewness is (i.e. when a distribution is skewed left or right)

- Know what independent and dependent variables are and be able to recognize them in a problem

- There are a few basic geometry problems regarding area and length calculation (again, formulae are given to you!)

SCIENCE

Another preface! The science section is the biggest section and is mostly anatomy and physiology. The rest of is comprised of general chemistry and some cell biology.

- Know the anatomical position and the terminology associated with it (e.g. superior and inferior)

- Know the functions of organelles

- Know the hierarchy of an organism, from atom to organism

- Know the structure and function of the 11 organ systems as best you can

- Know the four major macromolecules and what they are made of

- Know about the differences between chromosomes, genes, and DNA

- Know base pairing for nucleotides

- Know how to do a Punnett square and the terminology associated with it

- Know the charges and weights of electrons, protons, and neutrons

- Know what a covalent or ionic bond is

- Know the terms for changing between different states of matter

- Be able to balance a chemical equation

- Be able to determine if a scientific experiment is empirical or poorly designed

ENGLISH

If I had to give a single piece of advice for the English section, it is that just thinking you are literate enough to get a great grade is not enough. Many questions ask about specific grammar terminology you likely need to study beforehand.

- Know when to use an apostrophe, colon, comma, and other types of punctuation in a sentence

- Know the difference between an adjective, adverb, predicate, preposition, dependent/independent clause, and pronoun

- Know the difference between a sentence fragment and a run on sentence

- Know what subject-verb agreement and pronoun-antecedent agreement is

- Know the difference between slang, formal, and informal language

That is all I can come up with at the moment. Feel free to ask questions!

[Simplybchaos]

Hello! I took the test about a month ago and got a score of 95.3 (99th percentile).

I also purchased the ATI practiced tests and studied from the momextrix study guide. As for your question, no the real test does not tell you if you got it wrong or right like in the practice test. However, if you do take it electronically, you are given your total score right after you complete the test. I disliked how the practice tests from ATI tell you right or wrong one question at a time. However with that being said, after each question, I would take notes on the question and all the other answers provided. It is painstaking but good to do as it provides you with a good source for information for what other topics could possibly be on the test. I would also do this for the momextrix tests as well.

As for the English portion for momextrix. I agree, it is super overwhelming with the information it gives. It is important to know how to spell words and their definition in addition the different parts of speech/functions of words in a sentence. Pronoun Antecedent agreement and Subject Verb agreements are super important for this section so I would definitely master it. And as for the level of difficulty, depends on each person but I agree, the practice test was a little more doable.

Also, keep in mind the practice tests are only 150 questions and where as the real test is 170 questions and 20 questions are not scored, which means you are more likely to get a lower percentage on the practice than the real test (which is what happened to me, scored in the mid 80s).

Hope that helped

[Simplybchaos]

I was not given formulas on the real test. So I would study a couple important math formulas

[Felicia1212]

Was there any specific diseases on the test

[Ashley220]

How long in advance do you suggest studying for the teas

[Celebebe]

Hello,

To the best of your knowledge, do they have a retake version or will the question be the same each time taken?

[idkmybffjill]

You will most likely get different questions. I've heard there's like 6 different versions of the test. I'm assuming there's also some type of programing that prioritizes the versions you haven't taken yet.

[Crystal_Len]

Hi, TheRomaniac, I'm not sure if you got the manual or not, but on section E.1.3, there is a lesson on sentence diagramming as well as questions that ask to diagram sentences; will such questions be on the TEAS test? I am talking about the ones where you draw the subject, verb, and object on the top column, separated by vertical lines; then, their modifiers follow below.

[Rnladyia]

I will be taking the TEAS next month. I got the Mometrix Science flash cards. Wish me luck guys, I HAVE to do well on the first time. THE PRESSURE

[TS90]

I too scored in the 97th percentile. I used the yellow Mometrix book and the official TEAS Study Manual. I found the Mometrix book to be much more in-depth than the official TEAS Study Manual; this was especially true in the science section. The practice questions in both books, however, were structured a little differently than what was on the actual exam. For instance, a question in both study manuals about the urinary system would include two answers from the urinary system, and two from other body systems. This made it easy to narrow your choices down to two given that you had your anatomy/physiology down. On the actual TEAS test, however, the same question about the urinary system would give you four answer choices that all have to do with the urinary system.

I felt like with the science section, you either knew it or you didn't. That being said, I wouldn't rely to heavily on being able to narrow down your choices and make sure you have your anatomy/physiology down to a T.

[Brenda Bali Pikin]

please, anyone, have TEAS question thanks