TEAS^® Practice Test

Free TEAS Practice Test 2026 | 170 Questions

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Click the “Start Test” button above to begin our free TEAS practice test! These TEAS practice questions will give you a better idea of what to study on your exam.

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TEAS Practice Tests by Subject

A strong TEAS test prep plan should include targeted practice in each subject area. If you need extra help in a specific section, click one of the subjects below to get started on a subject-specific TEAS 7 practice test.

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TEAS 7 Test Outline

Top 5 Hardest TEAS Questions

Now that you know more about the exam, try your hand at some targeted practice!

Over the last year, we’ve compiled the data from about 30,000 test-takers who tried their hand at the practice test at the top of this page. According to the data, around 70% of people answered these five questions incorrectly.

Answer each question and read through the answer explanation, whether you got the answer right or wrong. This will help you ensure you’ve got the topic mastered.

Whether you struggled with these questions or aced them on your first try, be sure to take the full practice test to get a better idea of how prepared you really are!

Hardest Question

Only 18% answered correctly

1. In a few months, a 4th grade science class will be competing with another class to see who can produce the tallest plants. In preparation for this, the class conducts an experiment in which groups of plants are given different liquids. Eight plants are divided into four groups of two. Each group is watered with 200 mL per week of one of the following solutions: pure water, diet soda, 1% bleach solution, and 1% salt solution. All plants receive the recommended amount of light for the duration of the test.

After one month, only three plants are alive. Both plants that received water are alive and healthy, and one of the two that received diet soda is alive but appears unhealthy. Based on these results, which of the following would be a good hypothesis to design the next experiment around?

A.Increasing the amount of water will increase plant growth. B.Salt has no impact on plant health. C.Water promotes the healthiest plant growth. D.A combination of the solutions tested will produce healthier plants. Submit

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2. Examine the data below before answering the question:

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A research group is investigating the relationship between age and screen usage. The team sent out surveys to 50,000 random residential addresses across the United States and then compiled the results from the 2,307 responses into the following table and chart.

The table reports the number of respondents in each age group and average daily screen-usage range. Screen usage is measured in hours per day. There are 2,307 responses in total.

Ages 18–25: 0–3 hours, 75 respondents; 4–6 hours, 65; 7–9 hours, 59; 10–12 hours, 17; 13–15 hours, 8; 16 or more hours, 0. Total: 224 respondents.

Ages 26–50: 0–3 hours, 132 respondents; 4–6 hours, 224; 7–9 hours, 290; 10–12 hours, 179; 13–15 hours, 64; 16 or more hours, 12. Total: 901 respondents.

Ages 51–75: 0–3 hours, 157 respondents; 4–6 hours, 242; 7–9 hours, 273; 10–12 hours, 177; 13–15 hours, 41; 16 or more hours, 16. Total: 906 respondents.

Ages 76 and older: 0–3 hours, 135 respondents; 4–6 hours, 97; 7–9 hours, 28; 10–12 hours, 16; 13–15 hours, 0; 16 or more hours, 0. Total: 276 respondents.

Totals across all age groups: 0–3 hours, 499 respondents; 4–6 hours, 628; 7–9 hours, 650; 10–12 hours, 389; 13–15 hours, 113; 16 or more hours, 28.

The bar chart is titled Hours of Daily Screen Use by Age Group and displays the same counts as the table. Its horizontal axis shows the four age groups. Its vertical axis shows frequency, meaning the number of respondents, with labeled ticks from 0 to 300 in increments of 50. Each age group has six bars corresponding to the six screen-usage ranges.

Which of the following best describes a flaw of this survey as it is described?

A.The broad age groups limit the detail available about the relationship between age and screen usage. B.The addresses were chosen randomly rather than strategically. C.The distribution of ages in the sample did not reflect the actual population. D.Each response represents one randomly selected person per address. Submit

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How the TEAS is Scored

The good news is there is no defined way to “pass” the TEAS exam. Because the exam is used purely as an evaluative tool, meant to gauge how well you’ll be able to handle nursing school curriculum, what qualifies you as “passing” the exam is ultimately up to the programs you’re planning to apply to.

Since TEAS score expectations vary by program, it also helps to review common nursing school requirements before you apply.

For TEAS exams administered or proctored by an institution, your transcript is automatically sent to that institution. If you test through ATI or PSI, you must request that your transcript be sent to your chosen school through your ATI account. For TEAS at ATI, the transcript cannot be released until your score is finalized.

ATI reports a total score, four content-area scores, and sub-content-area scores. Total and content-area scores are adjusted to account for differences in difficulty between test forms. You cannot calculate your total score from the reported content-area scores.

*Total and Content Area scores are adjusted to account for differences across forms (different versions of the TEAS exam).

TEAS Score Requirements

To give you an idea of how varied the score requirements can be from school to school, here are a few examples of the TEAS score requirements from different schools across the country:

Examples of TEAS admission score requirements by nursing program

School and Nursing Program	Minimum TEAS Scores
Indiana University KokomoTraditional BSN	Minimum TEAS scores Overall: Proficient or better At least 3 of 4 sections: 50th percentile or higher
Georgia College & State UniversityBSN	Minimum TEAS scores Overall: 70%
University of New Mexico–GallupAssociate Degree in Nursing	Minimum TEAS scores Composite: 58.7% Reading: 69% Science: 52%
University of Central FloridaTraditional BSN	Minimum TEAS scores Composite: 78%
West Coast University–MiamiAssociate Degree in Nursing	Minimum TEAS scores Overall: 58.7%
North Shore Community CollegeNurse Education — Associate in Science	Minimum TEAS scores Reading: 69% Math: 73% Science: 50% English: 66.7%
Northern Virginia Community CollegeNursing — Associate of Applied Science	Minimum TEAS scores Reading: 73% Math: 65% Science: 58% English: 62%
Harford Community CollegeNursing — Associate of Science	Minimum TEAS scores Overall: 58.7%
Collin CollegeAssociate Degree in Nursing	Minimum TEAS scores Composite: 65% Reading: 50% Science: 50%

Practice for the TEAS the Best Way

Start with a TEAS Practice Test

Before creating your study schedule, take a TEAS practice test to establish a starting point. You do not need to wait until you have reviewed every topic. At this stage, the goal is to identify where your preparation time will have the greatest effect.

Review your results by content area:

• Reading: Can you identify main ideas, evaluate supporting details, interpret text structure, and use information from charts and graphs?
• Mathematics: Are you comfortable using fractions, percentages, ratios, algebra, and geometry?
• Science: Do you need more work in anatomy and physiology, biology, chemistry, or scientific reasoning?
• English and Language Usage: Are grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, spelling, or vocabulary causing problems?

When you ask yourself these questions, it will help expose the areas that you struggle with the most so that you know which areas need more attention during your study time.

Review Difficult Questions

After each practice session, review every question you got wrong AND every question you guessed on or answered with low confidence. Guessing correctly doesn’t show that you’ve mastered the material.

For each difficult question, determine which of the following caused the problem:

• You didn’t know the topic/concept at all.
• You knew the concept but misread the question.
• You made a calculation error.
• You eliminated a correct answer for the wrong reason.
• You struggled with the question format.
• You spent too long trying to figure out the answer.

Then, start outlining a specific plan of improvement based on what you’ve determined. In other words, don’t just say “I need to study science more.” Instead, note that you need to review the path of blood through the heart or revisit the different types of chemical reactions.

Utilize Answer Explanations

Answer explanations are an underutilized studying resource. To take full advantage of this information, read the explanation for every question you found difficult, including questions you answered correctly.

For each one, make sure you confidently state:

1. Why the correct answer is correct
2. Why each incorrect option is wrong
3. What rule, formula, or concept is being tested
4. How the same concept might appear in a different question

An answer explanation on its own will likely just clarify one question without expounding on the entire underlying topic. If the explanation isn’t enough for you to fully grasp the concept at hand, return to your studying material before completing more questions on that topic.

Study TEAS Concepts, Not Individual Questions

Memorizing the answer to a practice question won’t prepare you for a new question on the same topic. Your goal should be to recognize and apply the underlying concept to any question that’s asked about it.

The odds that you have the exact same questions on your test are probably pretty low, so if you only know the right answers on the practice test, but you don’t know why each answer is the right answer, then you may not do as well as you hope.

If you can explain a concept without looking at your notes, it’s a good sign that you’ve mastered it.

Practice TEAS Pacing

Each of the four TEAS content areas is timed separately. Practice deciding when to continue working on a question and when to make your best guess and move on. Time left in one section can’t be held over to give you extra time during the next section.

Once you’ve finished a section on the actual exam, there’s no going back. Your timed practice should prepare you to make final decisions within each section instead of relying on being able to review everything at the end of the test.

TEAS Test Online Prep Course

If you want more complete TEAS test prep, Mometrix offers an online TEAS prep course designed to give you structured lessons, practice questions, and study tools to help you prepare for the TEAS 7 exam.

Here’s what you’ll find in the TEAS course:

Everyone learns differently, so we’ve tailored the TEAS online prep course to ensure every learner has what they need to prepare for the TEAS 7 exam.

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FAQs

To help you prepare for the exam, you’ll find answers to some of the most common questions about the exam listed below.

By Kate Nockunas

Kate has been Mometrix’s Nursing and Medical Editor for over four years. She has a bachelor’s degree in Communications from Vanderbilt University, a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Marymount University, and a master’s degree in Education from Johns Hopkins. Kate is a critical care registered nurse who still works occasionally in the ICU and PACU.

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