TEAS-style practice questions: reading, math, science and English
Practice for the kind of entrance test many nursing programs ask applicants to take, such as the ATI TEAS. The test has four sections, and this course covers all of them: reading comprehension, math, science (human anatomy and physiology, biology, chemistry and scientific reasoning) and English and language usage, including vocabulary. The level is high-school to early-college, not nursing school.
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About the exam and how to practise
Reading questions use short passages, notices, labels and tables and ask about the main idea, details, inferences, the author’s purpose and fact versus opinion. Math covers numbers and fractions, percents, ratios and proportions, simple equations, measurement and conversions, charts and statistics, and basic geometry. Science is weighted towards human anatomy and physiology, with biology, chemistry and questions about experiments. English and language usage tests grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure and the meaning of words.
Every question here is written for practice in a single-best-answer or numeric format with a full explanation; none is taken from the real test, and the interface, timing and scoring are not copied. Fraction answers are chosen from options in lowest terms; other math answers are typed. The anatomy and physiology topics are shared with the nursing courses: their easy and medium levels match the depth of an entrance exam, while the hard level goes into clinical detail and is optional.
Start with the section you find hardest, work each topic from easy to hard, and read the explanation after every question. Use “Practise this course” for mixed sets and timed mock exams in the last weeks. The section pages for science, math, and English and reading let you focus on one part. Check the exam organisation’s candidate information for the current test plan, timing and calculator rules.
Exam tips for TEAS-style practice questions (all four sections)
Answer every question: an unanswered question can never earn a point.
In reading questions, choose what the passage supports, not what you know from elsewhere.
In math, estimate first and check that the answer has a sensible size and unit.
Anatomy and physiology carry the most weight in the science section: learn the body systems and how they work together.
Worked examples
Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Easy
“Please do not feed the ducks bread,” says a sign by the pond. “Bread can make them ill. Use the duck food sold at the kiosk instead.” What does the sign suggest instead of bread?
ADuck food from the kiosk
BLeftover rice from home
CFresh fruit
DSeeds from the garden
Show hints
Look at the last sentence.
Two wrong answers are now crossed out. One of the remaining two is right.
Show the answer and explanation
Why this is the answer
The sign suggests buying duck food at the kiosk instead of giving bread.
Answer
A · Duck food from the kiosk
Pre-nursing math (entrance exam)Medium
Which fraction or mixed number in lowest terms equals the decimal 1.74? Click it.
1.74
11 37/50
28 2/5
31 13/37
41 37/500
Show hints
Read the decimal places aloud: the last digit tells you tenths, hundredths or thousandths.
0.74 = 74/100.
Divide the top and bottom of 74/100 by 2.
Show the answer and explanation
Fractions, decimals and percents are three ways to write the same number. Fraction → decimal: divide the numerator by the denominator. Decimal → percent: multiply by 100 (move the point two places right). Percent → decimal: divide by 100. Decimal → fraction: write the digits over 10, 100 or 1000 (one zero per decimal place) and simplify.
Over a power of ten
0.74 = 74/100
Simplify
74/100 = 37/50
1.74 = 1 37/50
Answer
1 37/50
How practising works
“Practise this course” mixes problems from all its topics, like a real exam.
Every problem has new values, so you learn the method instead of an answer.
Stuck? Open a small hint first, and the full explanation only when you need it.
Mock exams are timed and have no hints, and you get your score and a full review at the end.