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CLEP College Algebra Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A diagram used to show the total number of possible outcomes in an experiment






2. A comparison of two numbers by division






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






4. Is the amount paid for borrowing or lending money






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






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






7. y = mx + b






8. 3.1415.... is an irrational number resulting from the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter






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






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






11. The order in which operations in an expression to be evaluated are carried out. 1. parentheses 2. exponets 3. multiplication and divison 4. addition and subtraction






12. A ratio whose denominator is 100






13. To find the value of an expression






14. 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






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






16. The smallest multiple that two or more numbers have in common






17. skip-counting by any given number Ex: 4 - 8 - 12 - 16...






18. The point where a graph crosses the y-axis






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






20. Ratios that have the same value.






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






22. Is the set of all points that are an equal distance from a point called the center






23. The largest factor that two or more numbers have in common.






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






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






26. A model of an object in which the dimensions are in proportion to the actual dimensions of the object.






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






28. A letter used to represent one or more numbers






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






30. A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself






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






32. special polyhedron with faces that are all squares






33. The number that is on the other side of 0 and is exactly the same distance away from 0






34. The set of all the input (x-values) for a function






35. A whole number that has exactly two factors - 1 and itself.






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






37. In a sum - you can add terms in any order - a + b = b + a






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






39. An equation that states that two ratios are equal - Ex: 1/2 = x/10






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






41. probability based on what happens when an experiment is actually done






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






43. A set of three positive integers that work in the pythagorean theorem






44. equations that have the same solution






45. An expression that contains a square root






46. one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2






47. In an expression are separated by addition and subtraction signs






48. A statement that compares two quantities using < - > - = -= - or ?






49. An equation whose answers are ordered pairs (x -y) and whose answers graph a straight line






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