What Is on the ATI TEAS 7? Sections, Questions, and Time

ATI TEAS 7 at a glance

ATI currently identifies the admissions assessment as ATI TEAS Version 7. The exam includes 170 total items and allows 209 minutes of testing time. That four-section structure makes a mixed ATI TEAS baseline in Passy → useful before you choose section priorities.

The remaining 20 items are unscored pretest items distributed through the exam. ATI does not identify them to the candidate.

Use the section map to practice one current ATI TEAS content area in Passy → before deciding where your study time belongs.

What is tested in Reading?

ATI groups the scored Reading content into:

• Key Ideas & Details: locate, summarize, infer, and follow written information.
• Craft & Structure: interpret wording, purpose, point of view, and organization.
• Integration of Knowledge & Ideas: evaluate arguments and connect information across sources or formats.

Reading questions can involve prose, directions, charts, or other written and visual information. Use evidence from the material rather than outside assumptions.

What is tested in Mathematics?

The two Mathematics content areas are:

• Numbers & Algebra: operations, fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios, proportions, equations, and quantitative relationships.
• Measurement & Data: units, conversions, geometry, tables, graphs, and statistical information.

The online exam provides a calculator within the testing interface. A provided calculator supports arithmetic; it does not replace knowing how to set up a proportion, choose a unit, or interpret a graph. See the ATI TEAS math formulas and conversions guide for a focused review map.

What is tested in Science?

Science covers:

• Human Anatomy & Physiology — 18 scored items.
• Biology — 9 scored items.
• Chemistry — 8 scored items.
• Scientific Reasoning — 9 scored items.

That is 44 scored Science items within a 50-item section. The official categories are a blueprint, not a list of live questions. Prepare to apply relationships—for example, connecting a body structure with its function or identifying variables in an experiment.

What is tested in English & Language Usage?

ATI organizes the scored English content into:

• Conventions of Standard English — grammar, punctuation, and sentence mechanics.
• Knowledge of Language — how language choices fit purpose and context.
• Using Language and Vocabulary to Express Ideas in Writing — word meaning, clarity, and effective expression.

Study those skills in sentences and short passages. Isolated rules become more useful when you can recognize what needs revision and why.

What question formats appear?

ATI says Version 7 can include:

• standard multiple choice.
• multiple select.
• numeric fill-in-the-blank.
• ordered response.
• hot spot items.

Not every item uses an alternate format, and ATI does not publish future live questions. Practice following the task precisely: select all requested choices, enter the requested numeric form, place steps in order, or choose the requested area.

To make the formats familiar without guessing at live items, work through original ATI TEAS questions with clear rationales in Passy →.

How should you use the timing?

Each section has its own time limit. The overall averages are only rough orientation:

• Reading: about 73 seconds per total item.
• Mathematics: about 90 seconds.
• Science: about 72 seconds.
• English & Language Usage: about 60 seconds.

Some items should take less time and some more. Practice recognizing when to make the best supported choice and move on. The free ATI TEAS practice questions provide a small untimed starting point before you add pacing.

Is there one passing score?

No universal ATI admissions cut score applies to every nursing or allied-health program. Schools and programs decide what score they require and how they use attempts. Read the ATI TEAS passing-score guide and verify the current policy directly with each target program.

Turn the outline into a plan

Use the four-section outline to identify what you already know and what needs deliberate review. Then turn the map into a schedule with the ATI TEAS 7 study guide or use your baseline to choose the next ATI TEAS section to practice in Passy →.