ATI TEAS 7 Study Guide: What to Study From ATI’s Blueprint

Start with the current ATI TEAS 7 map

Before you block time on a calendar, read the canonical What is on the ATI TEAS 7? guide for section totals, scored-content allocation, question formats, and timing. ATI's current public information identifies the exam as ATI TEAS Version 7 with 170 total items in 209 minutes across four separately timed sections. You cannot identify which items are unscored, so approach every item as if it counts. Once the map is clear, practice one section at a time in the Passy ATI TEAS prep app → and use each explanation to choose the next review block.

Where the 150 scored items are

ATI’s Version 7 content outline (PDF) splits the 150 scored items like this. Section times also cover the 20 unscored pretest items.

No section is small enough to skip. Science and Reading carry the most scored items, but English has the least time per item.

What should you study for each section?

The topics below summarize the objectives in ATI’s outline. Use them as the boundary, then open the section guide that matches your first weak area.

Reading (39 scored items). See the ATI TEAS Reading guide.

• Key Ideas & Details (15): summarize a multi-paragraph text, infer purpose and meaning, follow written directions, find specific information, read charts and graphs, and track a sequence of events.
• Craft & Structure (9): tell fact from opinion, work out words from context, and judge the author’s purpose and point of view.
• Integration of Knowledge & Ideas (15): use evidence to predict and conclude, compare themes across texts, evaluate an argument, and combine data from several sources and formats.

Mathematics (34 scored items). See the ATI TEAS Math formulas guide.

• Numbers & Algebra (18): convert among fractions, decimals, and percentages, compute and order rational numbers, solve one-variable equations, and work percent, proportion, ratio, and rate problems with estimation and rounding.
• Measurement & Data (16): read tables, charts, and graphs, use basic statistics, describe how two variables relate, calculate geometric quantities, and convert within and between standard and metric units.

Science (44 scored items). See the ATI TEAS Science study guide.

• Human Anatomy & Physiology (18): general orientation of the body plus the respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, nervous, muscular, reproductive, integumentary, endocrine, urinary, immune, and skeletal systems.
• Biology (9): cell structure and function, how genetic material relates to proteins, Mendel’s laws, macromolecules, and microorganisms in disease.
• Chemistry (8): atomic structure, properties and changes of matter, chemical reactions and what affects them, solutions, and acids and bases.
• Scientific Reasoning (9): measurement tools, logic and evidence, predicting relationships, and the scientific method.

English & Language Usage (33 scored items). See the ATI TEAS English guide.

• Conventions of Standard English (12): spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure.
• Knowledge of Language (11): grammar for clarity, language that fits the audience and context, and paragraph organization.
• Vocabulary (10): the writing process and working out word meaning from word parts.

A practical way to divide your time

Your schedule should respond to evidence, not a generic percentage. Start with the free 20-question ATI TEAS practice set to see which section or skill creates the most uncertainty.

Then use this repeatable weekly rhythm:

1. Focused review: learn or refresh one defined skill.
2. Application: answer a small set that uses that skill.
3. Explanation review: identify why each wrong or guessed option failed.
4. Mixed practice: keep the other sections active.
5. Delayed revisit: try the missed skill again after time has passed.

A six-week TEAS 7 plan you can adjust

This is a Passy starting template, not an ATI schedule. Move time toward whatever your diagnostic shows.

With more than six weeks, stretch the focus blocks. With fewer, shorten week 1 and spend the saved days on your weakest section.

If you want a schedule built around your available days and minutes, build a free ATI TEAS study plan. You can also plan those available days with the study planner in the Passy ATI TEAS prep app → and adjust as evidence changes.

How should you use practice questions?

Question volume is not the same as useful practice. For each miss, name the underlying issue:

• missing content.
• a calculation or conversion error.
• overlooking evidence in the passage.
• misunderstanding the task in the question.
• grammar or vocabulary uncertainty.
• rushing or spending too long.

After each set, review your missed questions in the Passy ATI TEAS prep app → and name the reusable method behind the error—not the item itself.

Later in your plan, use mixed and timed sets to practice changing sections and maintaining pace. Keep enough review time after each set to correct the method behind a miss.

What not to use as your 2026 study plan

Do not reorganize months of preparation around an unsourced video or community post claiming a hidden 2026 format or a “new blueprint.” ATI's current official pages still document Version 7, and the Version 7 content outline ATI posts carries a 2022 copyright. If ATI publishes a replacement blueprint, use the effective date and official outline—not a rumor—to update your plan.

The guide Did the ATI TEAS change in 2026? explains how to verify those claims.

Start your first study block

Choose one action today: open the official section map, complete the free mixed sample, or generate a schedule. Keep all four sections visible, then move extra time toward the evidence from your own work. Track your recent results and plan the next study block in the Passy ATI TEAS prep app →, keeping practice and scheduling in one place.