How many questions are on the Praxis 5165?
The Praxis 5165 has 60 questions and a 150-minute (2-hour 30-minute) time limit. That works out to about 2.5 minutes per question on average — comfortable pacing for a candidate who's well-prepared, tight for one who isn't.
Question types
The 60 questions are a mix of formats:
- Selected-response (most common) — pick one correct answer from four choices
- Multiple-select — pick all that apply
- Numeric-entry — type in a number, no answer choices
- On-screen calculator available throughout
Distribution by ETS content category
| Category | Approx. % of test | Approx. # of items |
|---|---|---|
| Number and Quantity | 15% | 9 |
| Algebra | 20% | 12 |
| Functions | 20% | 12 |
| Calculus | 13% | 8 |
| Geometry | 15% | 9 |
| Probability and Statistics | 10% | 6 |
| Discrete Mathematics | 7% | 4 |
Percentages are approximate — ETS doesn't publish exact item counts per form. Counts here are rounded to whole items out of 60.
What the timing means in practice
150 minutes for 60 items is generous if you've practiced under realistic conditions. Most candidates who finish prep with QuantegyAI report they had 20–40 minutes of buffer at the end. Where candidates run out of time is on the unfamiliar question types — particularly Discrete Mathematics graph-theory items and Probability and Statistics inference problems. Practice those under timed conditions before test day.
QuantegyAI's question coverage by category
We currently maintain 1,533 Praxis 5165 questions across the seven categories. That's roughly 25× the length of the actual exam, so adaptive selection always has fresh items to draw from at every difficulty level.
| Category | Questions in our bank |
|---|---|
| Algebra | 419 |
| Geometry | 282 |
| Probability and Statistics | 242 |
| Number and Quantity | 206 |
| Functions | 197 |
| Calculus | 101 |
| Discrete Mathematics | 101 |