TExES Core Subjects EC-6 Mathematics Online Center
This TExES Core Subjects EC-6 Mathematics Online Center brings together practice, lessons, worksheets, flashcards and review tools. Choose the resource that matches the skill you want to work on next.
TExES Core Subjects EC-6 Mathematics Practice Center
Take a full 70-minute form, then read the explanation under every question you missed. Note whether the miss was arithmetic or one of the teaching items, where the question is what a child’s work shows. Those need different fixes.
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TExES Core Subjects EC-6 Mathematics at a glance
This is the mathematics subtest of Core Subjects EC-6, the certification test for Texas elementary teachers. Forty questions in seventy minutes is a comfortable pace, and the mathematics stops around middle school. What surprises candidates is how much of it is not computation: the first and last competencies are about how children learn mathematics and how mathematicians reason, and together they carry a quarter of the questions on this form.
| Subtest code | 902 (Mathematics) |
|---|---|
| Part of | TExES Core Subjects EC-6, test code 391, alongside English Language Arts and Reading (901), Social Studies (903), Science (904), and Fine Arts, Health and Physical Education (905). Each subtest can be taken and retaken on its own. |
| Number of questions | 40 selected-response questions |
| Answer options | Four per question |
| Time limit | 1 hour 10 minutes |
| Format | Computer-administered. Items include direct questions, word problems, and questions built on student work, a figure, a table, or a graph. |
| Competencies | Six: mathematics instruction, number concepts and operations, patterns and algebra, geometry and measurement, probability and statistics, and mathematical processes. |
| Passing score | A scaled score of 240. |
Texas does not publish how many questions come from each competency on this subtest, so any percentage breakdown you find in a commercial guide is that publisher’s estimate. Treat all six as testable, and note that two of them are about teaching and reasoning rather than content.
The six competencies, in plain language
Texas states each competency in one sentence. Here they are, with what each one asks of you.
Competency 001: Mathematics instruction
The teacher understands how students learn mathematical skills and uses that knowledge to plan, organize and implement instruction and assess learning.
- Read a child’s strategy and name what it shows
- Sequence instruction along a learning progression
- Choose manipulatives and representations that fit the idea
- Use assessment to decide what to teach next
- Plan for the range of learners in an elementary classroom
Competency 002: Number concepts and operations
The teacher understands concepts related to numbers, operations and algorithms and the properties of numbers.
- Place value, number sense, and estimation
- Operations with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and integers
- Properties of operations and the order of operations
- Factors, multiples, primes, GCF and LCM
- Ratio, proportion, and percent
- Standard algorithms and why they work
Competency 003: Patterns and algebra
The teacher understands concepts related to patterns, relations, functions and algebraic reasoning.
- Extend and describe patterns with a rule
- Write and solve expressions, equations, and inequalities
- Represent a relationship as a table, graph, and equation
- Understand the equal sign as balance rather than an answer signal
- Read slope and rate of change from a linear situation
Competency 004: Geometry and measurement
The teacher understands concepts and principles of geometry and measurement.
- Classify two- and three-dimensional figures by properties
- Angle relationships, congruence, and similarity
- Perimeter, area, surface area, and volume
- Coordinate plane and transformations
- Measurement units, conversion, and precision
Competency 005: Probability and statistics
The teacher understands concepts related to probability and statistics and their applications.
- Collect, display, and interpret data
- Measures of center and spread, and when each is appropriate
- Read bar graphs, line plots, circle graphs, and box plots
- Simple and compound probability
- Judge a conclusion drawn from data
Competency 006: Mathematical processes
The teacher understands mathematical processes and knows how to reason mathematically, solve mathematical problems and make mathematical connections within and outside of mathematics.
- Choose and justify a problem solving strategy
- Reason inductively and deductively
- Connect mathematics to other subjects and to daily life
- Communicate mathematical thinking with precision
- Judge whether an answer is reasonable
A study routine that fits 70 minutes of testing
Under two minutes a question is enough time if the formulas are already in your head. The part worth rehearsing is reading a child’s work quickly and saying what it shows.
Complete lesson map
Forty-seven lessons covering the mathematics this subtest expects you to know cold. Each one opens in a new tab so you can keep this page open while you work.
Counting, place value, and operations
Fractions and decimals
Ratios, proportion, and percent
Algebraic thinking and patterns
The coordinate plane
Measurement and geometry
Data, statistics, and probability
Before test day
Two competencies decide this subtest for most candidates, and neither is arithmetic. The first asks what a child’s strategy reveals, and the answer is almost always the choice that builds on what the child already did rather than the one that restarts with the standard algorithm. The last asks whether an answer is reasonable and whether the reasoning holds. Practice saying both out loud and the content questions take care of themselves.
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TExES Core Subjects EC-6 Mathematics: study questions
What can I study in this TExES Core Subjects EC-6 Mathematics Online Center?
This TExES Core Subjects EC-6 Mathematics Online Center includes practice, lessons, worksheets, flashcards and review tools. Topics on the page include Competency 001: Mathematics instruction, Competency 002: Number concepts and operations, Competency 003: Patterns and algebra.
How should I use the TExES Core Subjects EC-6 Mathematics resources?
Choose a topic or practice activity from this Online Center. Review the linked explanation, try the practice, and use the result to decide what to study next. Check each resource’s directions for its format and access requirements.
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