Math Anxiety
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Do You Suffer From Math Anxiety?
Test Yourself

Rate your answers from 1 to 5; add them up and check your score below.

(1) = Strongly Disagree
(2) = Disagree Slightly
(3) = Neither Agree Nor Disagree
(4) = Agree Slightly
(5) = Strongly Agree

  1. I don't like going to Math Class. 1 2 3 4 5
  2. I am uneasy about going to the board in a math class. 1 2 3 4 5
  3. I am afraid to ask questions in math class. 1 2 3 4 5
  4. I always hope my math teacher doesn't call on me. 1 2 3 4 5
  5. I understand math now, but I worry that it's going to get really difficult soon.1 2 3 4 5
  6. I tend to zone out in math class. 1 2 3 4 5
  7. I fear math tests more than any other kind. 1 2 3 4 5
  8. I don't know how to study for math tests. 1 2 3 4 5
  9. I understand the problems in class, but as soon as I step out of the class room, I forget everything. 1 2 3 4 5
  10. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up with the rest of the class. 1 2 3 4 5

CHECK YOUR SCORE

40-50 Click here for tips on how to reduce Math Anxiety
30-39 Math scares you.
20-29 You are teetering in the middle.
10-19 You are confident and should do well with Math.

Math anxiety is an emotional reaction to mathematics usually based on a past unpleasant experience which harms future learning and leads ot heightened degrees of math avoidance. A good experience learning mathematics can overcome these past feelings and success and future achievement in math can be attained.