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CLEP College Algebra Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An equation that shows a relationship among two or more quantities






2. The sum of a number and its opposite is zero.






3. The perpendicular (90 degrees) distance from the base of a triangle to the opposite vertex






4. one of four sections into which the coordinate plane is divided






5. The total area of the 2-dimensional surfaces that make up a 3-dimensional object.






6. The distance around a circle.






7. The number of square units needed to cover a flat surface






8. The steepness of a line on a graph - rise over run






9. Is the difference of the greatest value and the least value in a set of data.






10. A line segment from the center of a circle to any point on the circle (is also half the diameter)






11. A ratio whose denominator is 100






12. An event that is not affected by another event.






13. Inequalities that have the same solution






14. The sum of a number and zero is always that number.






15. A number that has a whole number for a square root ex: 9 - 16 - 121






16. All possible arrangements of a collection of things - where the order is important. The number of ______________ of n distinct objects is n






17. 3.1415.... is an irrational number resulting from the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter






18. A plane that is divided into four regions by a horizontal line called the x-axis and a vertical line called the y-axis - aka 'the Cartesian plane' after Ren






19. The sum of the lengths of the sides of a polygon






20. A number that can be written as a/b where a and b are integers - but b is not equal to 0.






21. A term that has no variable and does not change






22. A mathematical sentence with an equal sign that shows that two expressions are equivalent






23. The point in the exact middle of a circle






24. A single term made up of numbers and variables






25. The original amount of money loaned or borrowed






26. What should occur in a probability experiment...an experiment is not actually done






27. A number that has more than two factors






28. operations that undo each other - such as addition and subtraction






29. Number of favorable outcomes divided by total number of possible outcomes






30. A diagram used to show the total number of possible outcomes in an experiment






31. To get a variable alone on one side of an equation or inequality in order to solve the equation or inequality






32. Is the amount paid for borrowing or lending money






33. special polyhedron with faces that are all squares






34. A pair of numbers - (x - y) - that indicate the position of a point on a coordinate plane.






35. The point where a graph crosses the x-axis






36. Number in front of a variable






37. Changing the grouping of terms will not change the sum - (a + b) + c = a + (b + c)






38. Is the middle value in a data set where the numbers are ordered least to greatest






39. The sum of the values in a data set divided by the number of values in the set






40. The set of all the output (y-values) for a function






41. The amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object






42. When the GCF of the numerator and denominator is 1






43. A decimal in which one or more digits repeat infinitely






44. The ratio of the number of ways the event can occur to the number of ways the event cannot occur. Favorable over Unfavorable.






45. Apr - the percent of the principal you pay or earn a year






46. An event who's outcome does depend on the outcome of a previous event






47. A method of writing very large or very small numbers by using powers of 10






48. The least common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions.






49. A relation that assigns exactly one output value for each input value






50. Terms that have identical variable parts raised to the same power