ONLY applicants that have applied to the Academy for Math, Science, and Engineering will be required to take a math admissions test in January 2021.

• Applicants will be given one hour to complete the test.
• It will be pen and paper rather than computer-based.
• The test is based on the New Jersey Student Learning Standards.  
• Applicants are not permitted to use a personal calculator on the test (unless stated in an IEP/504 and verified by MCVSD).

The exam includes, but is not limited, to the following areas of focus:

Skills Focus

• Students will be required to:
• Set up and solve problems involving ratios, proportions, and percents
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions
• Add, subtracting, multiply and divide signed numbers
• Simplify linear expressions
• Solve linear equations
• Solve a set of linear equations
• Use slope and y-intercept to compare lines
• Set up linear functions using contextual descriptors
• Solve problems requiring geometry:
• Geometry of 2D Shapes: Area and Perimeter of Common Shapes
• Geometry 3D Shapes: Volume and Surface Area of Common Solids
• Geometry of Triangles: Finding Missing Angles and Missing Sides (Pythagorean Theorem)
• Geometry of Angles: Complementary, Supplementary, Vertical, and Adjacent Angles

Problems Solving Focus

• Students will be asked to:
• Solve multi-step problems that require the use of common skills in unfamiliar situations.
• Use a set of directions to evaluate an expression of an unfamiliar mathematical operation.

Please refer to the Admissions Handbook for all details.