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The ATI TEAS exam details specify 170 questions over 209 minutes of testing, divided among Reading, Mathematics, Science, and English and Language Usage. Twenty questions are unscored pretest items mixed into the examination, and candidates are not told which ones they are. The section clocks are separate: the ATI timing guidance lists Reading 55 minutes, Math 57, Science 60, and English 37. A ten-item sample cannot reproduce the full content balance or psychometric scoring.

Reading: extract only what the passage supports

Question 1. A clinic notice says, “The appointment desk closes at 5 p.m.; patients arriving after 4:45 p.m. should call before entering.” A patient arrives at 4:50 p.m. What action follows the notice? Answer: Call the desk before entering. The qualifying time is the relevant detail; the sentence does not state that all late patients are refused service.

Question 2. A short article says several schools installed water stations after surveys showed students were skipping classes to buy bottled water. Which statement best expresses the article’s main idea? Answer: Schools responded to an identified accessibility problem. It is broader than one numerical detail but does not invent a claim that the stations improved grades.

Mathematics: set up the relationship before calculating

Question 3. A recipe uses 3 cups of oats for 8 servings. At the same ratio, how many cups are needed for 12 servings? Answer: 4.5 cups, because 3 × 12 ÷ 8 = 4.5. The relevant operation is proportional scaling, not adding four cups because the serving count increased by four.

Question 4. A rectangular room is 9 meters long and 6 meters wide. What is its area? Answer: 54 square meters. Area is length multiplied by width; 30 meters would be the perimeter, a different measurement.

Question 5. A chart shows 20, 25, 30 and 35 visitors on four consecutive days. What was the arithmetic mean? Answer: 27.5 visitors, because the total 110 divided by four equals 27.5. To avoid a common error, distinguish the average from the last day’s count and from the range.

Science: explain a broad principle, not clinical decisions

Question 6. Which cell structure is most directly responsible for producing much of the ATP in aerobic eukaryotic cells? Answer: The mitochondrion. This tests a biological function, not a clinical diagnosis.

Question 7. When liquid water changes to water vapor, what phase change is occurring? Answer: Vaporization. The substance remains H2O; the change involves physical state rather than the creation of a new chemical element.

Question 8. If a simple controlled experiment changes light exposure while keeping soil, water and plant type constant, which is the independent variable? Answer: Light exposure. The dependent variable is the measured outcome, such as plant growth. Recognizing the design prevents confusing the factor changed with the result observed.

English: make meaning and grammar work together

Question 9. Choose the grammatically correct sentence: A, “The list of supplies are on the table”; B, “The list of supplies is on the table.” Answer: B, because the singular subject is “list,” not the nearby plural “supplies.”

Question 10. In the sentence “Although the instructions were lengthy, the team completed the task,” which word signals contrast? Answer: “Although.” It prepares the reader for an outcome that differs from the expectation created by the first clause.

Turn the ten answers into a study plan

A learner who missed Questions 3–5 should revisit ratios, measurement and averages before taking another timed mathematics set. A reader who made unsupported inferences on Questions 1–2 should practice distinguishing explicit statements from plausible additions. Science misses may require a fundamental concept lesson rather than memorizing a model response.

The ATI section and navigation guidance explains that questions can be revisited within the current section while time remains, but not after the section is submitted. Use official practice to learn these controls. The right result from ten practice items is not a claimed passing score; it is a specific next lesson and a reasoned explanation of what needs correction.