This PERT cheat sheet compresses Florida's Postsecondary Education Readiness Test into a printable rundown of the scaled-score targets and skills that decide your placement. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Reinforce it with the rest of your free PERT toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
PERT exam at a glance
- Scoring: 50–150 scaled score per subtest — placement only, no pass/fail
- College-ready cut scores: Reading 106 · Writing 103 · Math 114 (Math 123 places into College Algebra)
- Subtests: Mathematics, Reading, Writing — 30 questions each (25 scored + 5 field-test)
- Format & time: Computer-adaptive and untimed, taken at a Florida college testing center
What’s on the PERT cheat sheet
- Scaled scores & placement — the 50–150 scale, the current cut scores (Reading 106, Writing 103, Math 114), and the Math 123 line into College Algebra.
- Mathematics (30 questions) — linear and quadratic equations, inequalities, literal equations, polynomials and factoring, slope and the coordinate plane, functions, and systems.
- Reading (30 questions) — main idea and supporting details, vocabulary in context, inference, author's purpose and tone, text structure, and evaluating arguments.
- Writing (30 questions) — standard written English — grammar, usage, and mechanics — plus organization, transitions, word choice, and sentence structure.
How to use it in your final week
- Memorize the scaled-score targets first — Reading 106, Writing 103, Math 114, and Math 123 for direct College Algebra placement — so every practice set has a number to beat.
- Front-load Math: it has the most placement bands, so a few extra points there moves your placement more than anywhere else. Drill isolate-the-variable, slope, and factoring until they are automatic.
- Run one timed section drill per day even though the real PERT is untimed — the pacing keeps you sharp and surfaces the topics still costing you scaled-score points.
- Read the sheet the morning of the test for a final pass on the memory hooks — flip the inequality sign for a negative, 'affect' is the verb, and anchor every Reading answer to the passage.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your PERT practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
PERT cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the PERT cheat sheet downloads as a PDF with no sign-up and no account. It sits alongside Career Employer's free PERT practice test, study guide, and flashcards, so your whole Florida placement-test toolkit costs nothing.
It prints the current college-ready cut scores from Florida Rule 6A-10.0315 — Reading 106, Writing 103, and Mathematics 114 — plus the Math 123 breakpoint that places you straight into College Algebra (MAC 1105). Every subtest is reported on the same 50 to 150 scaled score, and the PERT is placement-only, so there is no single pass mark.
One condensed reference covering all three subtests: Math (equation, inequality, slope, and factoring moves), Reading (main idea, inference, and context-clue tactics), and Writing (grammar, sentence-structure, and commonly confused words). It leads with the scaled-score bands so you always know which number you are aiming at.
No — it is a fast review and last-week cram layer, not a full course. Because the PERT is computer-adaptive and untimed, pair the sheet with worked practice questions so you can consistently clear your target scaled score before test day.
Click the download button or the preview card at the top of this page and the PDF opens instantly. Bookmark the page so you can pull the scaled-score bands back up the morning of your test.
References
- 1.Florida Department of Education. “Common Placement Testing (P.E.R.T.).” fldoe.org, 2026. ↑
- 2.Florida Department of Education (McCann Associates). “P.E.R.T. Student Study Guide.” fldoe.org, 2026. ↑
- 3.Florida State Board of Education. “Rule 6A-10.0315: Demonstration of Readiness for College-Level Communication and Computation.” law.cornell.edu, 2026. ↑
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