A new question appears each calendar day, based on your device’s date. Over 365 days you see every question in the bank once: 125 Mathematics, 120 Reading and 120 Writing. The order mixes subjects and difficulty, so a Writing question one day may be followed by Math the next. Most questions are intermediate, with some foundational and a few advanced ones spread through the year.
The line above each question shows its topic, which tells you the subject: a math skill such as “Adding and subtracting polynomials,” or a label that starts with Reading or Writing. Reading questions come with a passage and Writing questions with a short draft, so allow a few extra minutes on those days. Choose an answer, submit it, and the explanation opens. Today’s answer is saved on this device.
Missed a few days? Every question is listed by day in the daily practice library, so you can catch up or work ahead.
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How to review a missed question
One question a day is only useful if a miss turns into a fix. Spend two or three minutes on this routine whenever you get it wrong, or guess and get it right:
Find what your choice did. Wrong choices usually come from a specific slip, such as a dropped sign, a detail that is true but not the main point, or a verb that agrees with the wrong noun.
Name the cause. Was it a concept you didn’t know, a misread question, or a careless step?
Rework it from scratch without looking at the explanation, then compare your steps with it.
Open the matching lesson with the Review the lesson link under the explanation. Every lesson in the free PERT course also lists its skill by name.
Try another question on the same skill. Answer the practice question at the end of that lesson, and on the next day build a short set for the subject in the question bank.
A review in practice · Easier · Adding and subtracting polynomials
Add (2x² − 3x + 4) and (x² + 5x − 7).
A.x² + 2x − 3
B.3x² + 8x − 3
C.3x² + 2x − 3
D.3x² + 2x + 11
Answer: C (3x² + 2x − 3)
How to solve it
Suppose you chose B, 3x² + 8x − 3. The 8x is the clue: it comes from adding 3x and 5x, so the minus sign on −3x was dropped.
Name the cause: a sign slip, not a gap in the concept. You knew to combine like terms.
Rework by degree: 2x² + x² = 3x²; −3x + 5x = 2x; 4 + (−7) = −3. The sum is 3x² + 2x − 3, choice C.
Fix the habit: copy each term with its sign before combining. Then reread the lesson on [adding and subtracting polynomials](/pert-course/pert-math-polynomial-sums-01) and answer its practice question, which tests the same skill.
Why it works: Quadratic terms give 3x², linear terms give 2x, and constants give −3. Thus the sum is 3x² + 2x − 3. The linear coefficient 8 ignores the sign on −3x.
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Where to go after today’s question
Each subject has two question-type guides with a method, common mistakes, worked examples and a 20-question practice set:
A daily question works best as a warm-up next to a plan. The PERT study plan uses it that way in its 60-day schedule, and the question bank builds longer sets when you want more than one question on a subject.
Ready for more than one question?
Take a free 30-question PERT practice test in Math, Reading or Writing. Untimed, answer to advance, like the real test.
At the start of each calendar day on your device. Each day shows one question, and none repeats until all 365 have appeared.
No. They are practice questions written to match the skills in the public PERT study guide. They are not official PERT items.
Yes. The daily practice library lists every question by day, so you can answer any day you missed.
No. A single practice question shows whether you know one skill. Practice results can’t be converted to the official 50–150 PERT scale.
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Sources
PERT rules are set by Florida law and by each college. These are the pages this guide relies on; your testing center’s current instructions take priority.